Takuma Koga
Koga at Sonoma Raceway in 2023
Born (1977-04-16) April 16, 1977
Nagoya, Japan
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., teamNo. 13 (MBM Motorsports)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
3 races run over 3 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing)
Best finish67th (2020)
First race2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
101 races run over 12 years
ARCA West no., teamNo. 7 (Jerry Pitts Racing)
Best finish7th (2020)
First race2002 Coors Light 200 (Evergreen)
Last race2022 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Irwindale)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 20 0

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 Camry for Jerry Pitts Racing.

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]

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 [10]
2003 Chevy PHO
28		 LVS
19		 CAL MAD TCR EVG IRW
17		 S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR
21		 24th 397 [11]
2004 PHO
23		 MMR
11		 CAL S99 EVG
DNQ		 IRW
DNQ		 S99 RMR DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
22		 25th 482 [12]
2005 PHO
30		 MMR
21		 PHO
27		 S99 IRW
26		 EVG
17		 S99
14		 PPR
16		 DCS
16		 CTS
11		 MMR
26		 14th 1227 [13]
Pontiac CAL
20
2006 Chevy PHO PHO S99
21		 IRW
17		 SON
31		 DCS IRW EVG S99
19		 22nd 455 [14]
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 [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
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 [18]
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 [19]
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 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]


* 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.
  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 – 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Takuma Koga – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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