Kenji Momota

Kenji Momota
Kenji Momota
Born	August 4, 1962 (age 59); Tokyo, Japan
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
	1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	82nd (1995)
First race	1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix)

Kenji Momota (桃田健史, Momota Kenji, born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer and former driver. He has raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship, American Racing Series, IndyCar, and NASCAR.

Racing career[]

Momota drove in the All Japan Touring Car Championship in the mid to late 1980s. In 1990 he competed in the first two American Racing Series races of the season for , finishing 17th and 20th. He attempted to qualify for the 1992 Indianapolis 500 in a car fielded by TEAMKAR but was bumped from the field on the final day of qualifying by Jimmy Vasser.^[1] In 1995 he competed in a NASCAR SuperTruck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway driving for Randy MacDonald, becoming the first Japanese NASCAR driver. He crashed 25 laps in and was credited with 37th place.^[2]

Post-racing career[]

Since ending his career, Momota has worked as a racing journalist and announcer.^[3] From 2004 to the network's final season of coverage in 2019, he was a color commentator for Nippon TV G+'s NASCAR broadcast.^[4]

Motorsports career results[]

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

SuperTruck Series[]

NASCAR SuperTruck 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	NCTC	Pts
1995	MacDonald Motorsports	71	Chevy	PHO	TUS	SGS	MMR			I70	LVL	BRI	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP		RCH	MAR	NWS DNQ	SON	MMR	PHO 37	82nd	104

References[]

^ Kenji Momota, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-07-15
^ Kenji Momota - 1995 Truck Series, Racing Reference, Retrieved 2010-07-15
^ "プロフィール" [Profile]. Kenji Momota (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
^ Momota, Kenji (January 1, 2020). "【3つの原因】NASCARやインディ　なぜアメリカでモータースポーツが地盤沈下しているのか" [[Three reasons] NASCAR and IndyCar: Why motorsports are subsiding in the United States] (in Japanese). Autocar. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

External links[]

Official website
Kenji Momota driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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[1] Kenji Momota, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-07-15

[2] Kenji Momota - 1995 Truck Series, Racing Reference, Retrieved 2010-07-15

[3] "プロフィール" [Profile]. Kenji Momota (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2021.

[4] Momota, Kenji (January 1, 2020). "【3つの原因】NASCARやインディ　なぜアメリカでモータースポーツが地盤沈下しているのか" [[Three reasons] NASCAR and IndyCar: Why motorsports are subsiding in the United States] (in Japanese). Autocar. Retrieved April 12, 2021.

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