Takuma Koga (racing driver)

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Takuma Koga
Takuma Koga ARCA Sonoma 2021.jpg
Koga competing in the 2021 Procore 200 at Sonoma
NationalityJapan Japanese
Born (1977-04-16) April 16, 1977 (age 44)
Nagoya, Japan
ARCA Menards Series West career
Debut season2002
Current teamJerry Pitts Racing
Car number7
EngineToyota
Crew chiefTBA
Former teamsMidgley Racing, John Krebs Racing, Performance P-1 Motorsports
Starts90
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish7th in 2020
Finished last season8th (2021)
Previous series
2001NASCAR Northwest Series
Last updated on: November 6, 2021.

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 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.

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 [5]
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 [6]

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
Midgley Racing 09 Pontiac PHO LVS CAL KAN EVG
14 		IRW
16 		DCS LVS 33rd 236 [7]
Chevy PHO
28 		LVS
19 		CAL EVG IRW
17 		DCS PHO MMR
21 		24th 397 [8]
PHO
23 		MMR
11 		CAL EVG
DNQ 		IRW
DNQ 		DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
22 		25th 482 [9]
PHO
30 		MMR
21 		PHO
27 		IRW
26 		EVG
17
14 		PPR
16 		DCS
16
11 		MMR
26 		14th 1227 [10]
Pontiac CAL
20
Chevy PHO PHO
21 		IRW
17 		SON
31 		DCS IRW EVG
19 		22nd 455 [11]
Pontiac CAL
32 		AMP
2016 John Krebs Racing 11 Chevy IRW
17 		KCR
23 		TUS OSS CNS SON
13 		SLS IOW EVG
20 		DCS UMC UMC MER AAS 24th 103 [12]
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 [13]
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 [14]
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 [15]
2020 LVS
11 		UMC
14 		UMC
14 		IRW
10 		EVG
9 		DCS
8 		CNS
9 		LVS
6 		AAS
9 		KCR
12 		PHO
23 		7th 509 [16]
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 [17]

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 – 2020 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  10. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  12. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  13. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  16. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  17. ^ "Takuma Koga – 2021 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

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