Takuma Koga (racing driver)
Takuma Koga | |||||||
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![]() Koga at Sonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | April 16, 1977||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 5 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 01 (Fast Track Racing) No. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 67th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
117 races run over 14 years | |||||||
ARCA West no., team | No. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 6th (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Coors Light 200 (Evergreen) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of June 16, 2024. |
Takuma Koga (古賀琢麻, Koga Takuma, born April 16, 1977) is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 7 Toyota for Jerry Pitts Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 01 Toyota Camry for Fast Track Racing and the No. 7 for JPR.
Racing career
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Koga began competing in NASCAR in 2001 in the NASCAR Northwest Series, where he attempted six races, qualifying for five and failing to qualify for one.[1] After competing in partial K&N West Series schedules between 2002 and 2016, Koga ran his first full season in 2017. That year, he also scored a career-best fifth-place finish at Orange Show Speedway.[2] In December 2018, Koga announced he would be joining Performance P-1 Motorsports for the 2019 season.[3] He remained with the team for the 2020 season in the renamed ARCA Menards Series West. Koga left Performance P-1 for the 2021 season, and joined Jerry Pitts Racing to drive their No. 7 car full-time, which switched from Ford to Toyota starting that year.[4] The team was formerly Jefferson Pitts Racing before the team's two co-owners, Jeff Jefferson and Jerry Pitts, split up to each have their separate teams.
On February 21, 2022, an article from Yahoo! Japan revealed that Koga would attempt to make his Xfinity Series debut at some point in 2022, driving for MBM Motorsports. However, this did not end up happening. [5]
Motorsports career results
[edit]ARCA Menards Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Performance P-1 Motorsports | 77 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 13 | TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 66th | 31 | [6] |
2021 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 7 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 23 | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 110th | 21 | [7] |
2022 | DAY | PHO 18 | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 100th | 26 | [8] | |||
2023 | DAY | PHO 19 | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 106th | 25 | [9] | |||
2024 | Fast Track Racing | 01 | Toyota | DAY DNQ | -* | -* | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
Jerry Pitts Racing | 7 | Toyota | PHO 23 | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL |
ARCA Menards Series West
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* Season still in progress
References
[edit]- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2001 Raybestos Northwest Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ Utter, Jim (December 11, 2018). "Japanese driver Takuma Koga to compete for 2019 K&N West title". Motorsport.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga to team with Performance P-1 Motorsports for 2019 season". Catchfence. December 10, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 20, 2021). "Takuma Koga Joins Jerry Pitts Racing for 2021 ARCA West Campaign". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Takuma Koga participates in NASCAR Exfinity series spots CKB Yokoyama Ken also rushes to support". Yahoo! Japan. Z Holdings. February 21, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ "Takuma Koga – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official NASCAR Bio
- Official website
- Takuma Koga driver statistics at Racing-Reference