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Takuma Koga (racing driver)

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Takuma Koga
Koga at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born (1977-04-16) April 16, 1977 (age 47)
Nagoya, Japan
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 5 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 01 (Fast Track Racing)
No. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing)
Best finish67th (2020)
First race2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
117 races run over 14 years
ARCA West no., teamNo. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing)
Best finish6th (2022)
First race2002 Coors Light 200 (Evergreen)
Last race2024 General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 25 0
Statistics current as of June 16, 2024.

Takuma Koga (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 (No. 11) racing Matt Levin (No. 10), Ron Norman (No. 40) and other cars in the West Series race at Sonoma in 2017
Koga's No. 7 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2023.

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

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ARCA Menards Series

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(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
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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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC Pts Ref
2002 Midgley Racing 09 Pontiac PHO LVS CAL KAN EVG
14
IRW
16
S99 RMR DCS LVS 33rd 236 [11]
2003 Chevy PHO
28
LVS
19
CAL MAD TCR EVG IRW
17
S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR
21
24th 397 [12]
2004 PHO
23
MMR
11
CAL S99 EVG
DNQ
IRW
DNQ
S99 RMR DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
22
25th 482 [13]
2005 PHO
30
MMR
21
PHO
27
S99 IRW
26
EVG
17
S99
14
PPR
16
DCS
16
CTS
11
MMR
26
14th 1227 [14]
Pontiac CAL
20
2006 Chevy PHO PHO S99
21
IRW
17
SON
31
DCS IRW EVG S99
19
22nd 455 [15]
Pontiac CAL
32
CTS AMP
2016 John Krebs Racing 11 Chevy IRW
17
KCR
23
TUS OSS CNS SON
13
SLS IOW EVG
20
DCS MMP MMP MER AAS 24th 103 [16]
2017 KCR
16
TUS
19
IRW
16
IRW
19
SPO
14
OSS
5
CNS
16
SON
21
IOW
29
EVG
18
DCS
11
MER
12
AAS
14
KCR
17
13th 389 [17]
2018 KCR
20
TUS
17
TUS
16
OSS
12
CNS
14
SON
25
IOW
15
EVG
14
GTW
20
LVS
16
MER
14
AAS
10
KCR
12
9th 399 [18]
Toyota DCS
12
2019 Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Toyota LVS
17
IRW
19
TUS
15
TUS
9
CNS
10
SON
17
DCS
10
IOW
18
EVG
16
GTW
11
MER
15
AAS
13
KCR
11
PHO
15
8th 420 [19]
2020 LVS
11
MMP
14
MMP
14
IRW
10
EVG
9
DCS
8
CNS
9
LVS
6
AAS
9
KCR
12
PHO
23
7th 509 [20]
2021 Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Toyota PHO
23
SON
11
IRW
16
CNS
15
IRW
8
PIR
5
LVS
8
AAS
9
PHO
23
8th 378 [21]
2022 PHO
18
IRW
7
KCR
9
PIR
5
SON
19
IRW
18
EVG
9
PIR
5
AAS
18
LVS
21
PHO
15
6th 490 [22]
2023 PHO
19
IRW
7
KCR
11
PIR
8
SON
24
IRW
10
SHA
11
EVG
12
AAS
10
LVS
19
MAD
15
PHO
16
9th 466 [23]
2024 PHO
23
KER
15
PIR
10
SON
13
IRW
9
IRW
13
SHA
9
TRI
MAD AAS KER PHO -* -* [24]


* Season still in progress

References

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  1. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2001 Raybestos Northwest Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Utter, Jim (December 11, 2018). "Japanese driver Takuma Koga to compete for 2019 K&N West title". Motorsport.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Takuma Koga to team with Performance P-1 Motorsports for 2019 season". Catchfence. December 10, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Srigley, Joseph (January 20, 2021). "Takuma Koga Joins Jerry Pitts Racing for 2021 ARCA West Campaign". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  8. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2022 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  9. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  10. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  12. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  13. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  16. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  17. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  18. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  19. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  20. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  21. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  22. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  23. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  24. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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