Hideshi Matsuda

Hideshi Matsuda (松田 秀士, Matsuda Hideshi, born 22 December 1954) is a Japanese car racer and TV reporter. He has raced in several 24-hour races, including Daytona and LeMans. He also raced 4 times in the Indianapolis 500, in 1994-1996 and 1999, usually for Beck Motorsports. He also drove in one CART Championship Car race at Twin Ring Motegi in his native Japan. He is the brother-in-law of Beat Takeshi.

Hideshi Matsuda
松田 秀士
Born	(1954-12-22) 22 December 1954 Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan
Occupation	Television personality Car racer
Years active	1992–present
Relatives	Takeshi Kitano (brother-in-law)

Racing record

IRL IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
1996	Beck Motorsports	Lola T94	Ford Cosworth	WDW	PHX	INDY 8									30th	27
1998	Beck Motorsports	Dallara IR8	Infiniti	WDW	PHX	INDY DNQ	TEX	NHS	DOV	CLT	PIK	ATL	TEX	LSV	-	0
1999	Beck Motorsports	Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY 10	TEX	PIK	ATL	DOV	PIK	LSV	TEX	34th	20
2000				WDW	PHX	LSV	INDY DNQ	TEX	PIK	ATL	KTY	TEX			-	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1994	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	14th	24th
1995	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	20th	15th
1996	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	30th	8th
1998	Dallara	Infiniti	Failed to Qualify
1999	Dallara	Oldsmobile	10th	10th
2000	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Failed to Qualify

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
1993	Chamberlain Engineering	Lotus Esprit	LM GT4	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ Ret	FUJ						NC	0
1994	Makiguchi Engineering	BMW M3	GT2	FUJ	SEN	FUJ	SUG 2						12th	15
	Team Taisan	Ferrari F40	GT1					MIN 8					21st	3
1995	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT2	GT1	SUZ Ret	FUJ 1	SEN 8	FUJ 5	SUG 6	MIN 1				4th	57
1996	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT2	GT500	SUZ 9	FUJ 9	SEN Ret	FUJ 12	SUG 12	MIN 6				15th	10
1997	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT2	GT500	SUZ	FUJ	SEN 10	FUJ Ret	MIN 14	SUG 8				23rd	6
1998	Team Taisan	Dodge Viper	GT500	SUZ 14	FUJ C	SEN	FUJ 14	MOT	MIN	SUG 10			21st	1
1999	Team Taisan	Dodge Viper	GT500	SUZ 9	FUJ 13	SUG	MIN 13						23rd	2
		Porsche 911 GT3 R	GT300					FUJ 1	TAI Ret	MOT 1			8th	40
2000	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GT300	MOT 1	FUJ 1	SUG	FUJ 7	TAI 7	MIN 1	SUZ 2			2nd	83
2001	Team Taisan	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GT300	TAI 11	FUJ 4	SUG 5	FUJ 7	MOT 3	SUZ 16	MIN 2			5th	49
2002	910 Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	GT300	TAI 8	FUJ 4	SUG Ret	SEP 4	FUJ 6	MOT 8	MIN 2	SUZ 5		6th	55
2003	Team Gainer	Ferrari F360	GT300	TAI 13	FUJ 4	SUG Ret	FUJ 2	FUJ 20	MOT Ret	AUT 2	SUZ 12		8th	46
2004	Team Gainer	Ferrari F360	GT300	TAI 10	SUG 3	SEP 9	TOK 8	MOT 20	AUT 7	SUZ 14			8th	26
2005	Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari F360	GT300	OKA 13	FUJ	SEP Ret	SUG 10	MOT 5	FUJ	AUT 19	SUZ 5		11th	13
2006	Arktech Motorsports	Porsche Boxster	GT300	SUZ 3	OKA 3	FUJ 8	SEP 9	SUG 6	SUZ 10	MOT 17	AUT 4	FUJ Ret	9th	49
2007	Jim Gainer Racing	Ferrari F360	GT300	SUZ 22	OKA 16	FUJ 15			SUZ DSQ	MOT	AUT	FUJ	26th	2
	JLOC	Lamborghini Murcielago RG-1					SEP 12	SUG 9
2008	JLOC	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	GT300	SUZ DNQ	OKA 16	FUJ 16	SEP 16	SUG 19	SUZ 12	MOT Ret	AUT 19	FUJ 14	NC	0
2009	JLOC	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	GT300	OKA Ret	SUZ 13	FUJ 19	SEP Ret	SUG 12	SUZ 10	FUJ 10	AUT 12	MOT 11	25th	2
2010	A speed	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GT300	SUZ DSQ	OKA 15	FUJ 3	SEP 12	SUG 11	SUZ Ret	FUJ C	MOT 23		14th	11
2011	Team Taisan	Porsche 996 GT3	GT300	OKA 11	FUJ 12	SEP 13	SUG	SUZ	FUJ 15	AUT	MOT 10		26th	1
2012	JLOC	Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3	GT300	OKA Ret	FUJ 14	SEP DNQ	SUG 15	SUZ Ret	FUJ	AUT 15	MOT		NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Dick Barbour Racing	Didier de Radiguès Sascha Maassen	Reynard 01Q-LM-Judd	LMP675	95	DNF	DNF

External links

• Race Driver Database: Hideshi Matsuda
• Racing Reference: Hideshi Matsuda