Takuma Koga | |||||||
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Born | Nagoya, Japan | April 16, 1977||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 5 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 01 (
Fast Track Racing) No. 7 ( Jerry Pitts Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 67th ( 2020) | ||||||
First race | 2020 General Tire 150 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 General Tire 150 ( Phoenix) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
114 races run over 14 years | |||||||
ARCA West no., team | No. 7 ( Jerry Pitts Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 7th ( 2020) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Coors Light 200 ( Evergreen) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 NAPA Auto Parts 150 ( Irwindale) | ||||||
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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.
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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]
( 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
* Season still in progress