Expedition: Shintop Trophy 'By Kolyma Road'.
Time: Summer of 2005.
Logistic: Vladivostok - Khabarovsk - Tynda - Yakutsk - Khandyga - the Verkhoyansk Range - Tomtor - Yagodnoe - Magadan.
Organizer: Vladivostok Off-road Club "Shatoon"
Yakutians joined expedition in Yakutsk and finished in Magadan. The republic was presented by four teams. One of them, namely tandem Oleg Prokofiev & Rail Zalyalov, became the winner of the race.
That was the start of the official off-road movement in Yakutia. By late 2005 Yakutsk Off-road Vehicle Club was established.