Takuma Koga (racing driver)
Takuma Koga (born April 16, 1977) is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, driving the No. 77 Toyota Camry for Performance P-1 Motorsports. Koga began his time in NASCAR in 2001 with the NASCAR Northwest Series, where he appeared in five races while 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. He scored a career best fifth place finish at Orange Show Speedway in 2017.[2] In December 2018, Koga announced he would be joining Performance P-1 Motorsports for the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season.[3][4]
Takuma Koga | |
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Koga (No. 11) competing in the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway | |
Nationality | |
Born | Nagoya | April 16, 1977
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career | |
Debut season | 2002 |
Current team | Performance P-1 Motorsports |
Car number | 77 |
Engine | Toyota |
Crew chief | R. B. Bracken |
Former teams | Dick Midgley Motorsports, John Krebs Racing |
Starts | 77 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Best finish | 8th in 2019 |
Finished last season | 8th (2019) |
Previous series | |
2001 | NASCAR Northwest Series |
Last updated on: August 3, 2020. |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
SLM | TAL | CLT | MOH | MCH | CHI | POC | IRP | ELK | IOW | GTW | MAD | GLN | ISF | DSF | BRI | MEM | KAN | -* | -* | [5] |
ARCA Menards Series West
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref | ||
2002 | Dick Midgley Motorsports | 09 | Pontiac | PHO | LVS | CAL | KAN | EVG 14 |
IRW 16 |
S99 | RMR | DCS | LVS | 33rd | 236 | [6] | ||||||
2003 | Chevy | PHO 28 |
LVS 19 |
CAL | MAD | TCR | EVG | IRW 17 |
S99 | RMR | DCS | PHO | MMR 21 |
24th | 397 | [7] | ||||||
2004 | PHO 23 |
MMR 11 |
CAL | S99 | EVG DNQ |
IRW DNQ |
S99 | RMR | DCS | PHO | CNS | MMR | IRW 22 |
25th | 482 | [8] | ||||||
2005 | PHO 30 |
MMR 21 |
PHO 27 |
S99 | IRW 26 |
EVG 17 |
S99 14 |
PPR 16 |
DCS 16 |
CTS 11 |
MMR 26 |
14th | 1227 | [9] | ||||||||
Pontiac | CAL 20 |
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2006 | Chevy | PHO | PHO | S99 21 |
IRW 17 |
SON 31 |
DCS | IRW | EVG | S99 19 |
22nd | 455 | [10] | |||||||||
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 | UMC | UMC | MER | AAS | 24th | 103 | [11] | ||
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 | [12] | |||||
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 | [13] | ||||||
Toyota | DCS 12 |
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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 | [14] | ||
2020 | LVS 11 |
UMC 14 |
UMC 14 |
IRW 10 |
EVG 9 |
DCS 8 |
CNS | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 8th* | 198* | [15] |
References
- "Driver Takuma Koga 2001 Raybestos Northwest Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- "05/20/2017 race: Sunrise Ford 150 (KNPSW) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- "Takuma Koga to team with Performance P-1 Motorsports for 2019 season". Catchfence. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- "Japanese driver Takuma Koga to compete for 2019 K&N West title". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- "Takuma Koga – 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- "Takuma Koga – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
External links
- Official NASCAR Bio
- Official website
- Takuma Koga driver statistics at Racing-Reference