Takuma Koga (racing driver)

For the Japanese football player, see Takuma Koga (footballer).
Takuma Koga
Koga at All American Speedway in 2024
Born (1977-04-16) April 16, 1977 (age 47)
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
ARCA Menards Series career
6 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 Reese's 150 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
125 races run over 14 years
ARCA West no., teamNo. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing)
Best finish6th (2022)
First race2002 Coors Light 200 (Evergreen)
Last race2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 28 0
Statistics current as of November 15, 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

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

ARCA Menards Series

(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 		69th 50 [10]
Jerry Pitts Racing 7 Toyota PHO
23 		TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI
Fast Track Racing 12 Toyota KAN
15 		TOL

ARCA Menards Series West

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
11 		MAD
7 		AAS
12 		KER
15 		PHO
19 		7th 472 [24]


* Season still in progress

References

  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.
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