Shigeaki Hattori

Shigeaki Hattori
Nationality Japanese
Born (1963-11-03) November 3, 1963
Okayama, Okayama
Retired 2005
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active 2000–2003
Teams Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing
Bradley Motorsports
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts 26
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 13th in 2001
Previous series
1999
1996–1998
1993–1994		 CART World Series
Indy Lights
All-Japan Formula Three Championship
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
10 races run over 1 year
Best finish 35th (2005)
First race 2005 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona)
Last race 2005 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Shigeaki Hattori (服部 茂章, November 3, 1963), also called Shige Hattori,[1] is a Japanese professional race car driver and team owner currently based in the United States. He competed in the CART and IndyCar Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now the Camping World Truck Series). He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART.

He owns Hattori Racing Enterprises, which competes part-time in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series, and full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. The team has fielded cars for Johnny Sauter, Alex Bowman, David Garbo Jr., Lee Pulliam, Brett Moffitt, Sergio Pena, Ross Kenseth, and Ryan Truex.

Racing career

Prior to moving to the United States, Hattori won the Formula Toyota championship in 1994.[2]

Indy Lights

Hattori moved to the United States in 1995,[2] and began competing in the Indy Lights series in 1996 at the age of 32. After finishing 13th and 25th in points in his first two seasons, he scored his first career win in the series in 1996 at the season-opener at Homestead Miami Speedway.[3] He would win two races that season and finish 14th in points.

CART

Hattori raced for Bettenhausen in CART in 1999, but after he spun the car 18 times in 7 races, he had his CART competition license revoked[4] at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca by chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. He started 7 races, with a best finish of 15th at Gateway International Raceway.

IRL

Hattori raced in the Indy Racing League from 2000 to 2003. His best IRL finish was a 6th at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002 and he finished 13th in IRL points in 2001 for Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing. He led a total of 28 laps in his 26 series starts.

NASCAR

Hattori attempted his first race in the Craftsman Truck Series at the season-finale at Homestead Miami Speedway in 2004, with sponsorship from Aisin AW. He failed to qualify his No. 01 Toyota Tundra.[5]

Hattori was signed to drive the No. 9 Tundra for Germain Racing (then Germain-Arnold Racing) for 2005, his rookie season in the Truck Series, with sponsorship from Aisin AW.[6] He failed to qualify in several races, and was released at the end of the season after competing in 10 events and finishing 35th in series points.

Beginning in 2008, Hattori has fielded entries in NASCAR and ARCA competition under the Hattori Racing Enterprises banner.[7][8][9] On August 18, 2013, he made his debut as a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team owner, fielding the No. 16 Goodyear of Japan Toyota at Michigan International Speedway in the National Guard 200. The team finished 17th. Hattori's team returned in 2014, fielding the 80 in several Nationwide series events. In 2015, the team fielded the No. 18 for Ross Chastain at Michigan, but he failed to qualify after the rain interrupted. Later on, the team will host Ross Kenseth's first Truck start in the No. 18 at the Fall Martinsville event.

In 2016, his team is giving Ryan Truex a chance and nearly won the Daytona race, he came in 2nd and confirmed a full season schedule.

Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
1996 Dorricott Racing MIA
9		 LBH
DNS		 NAZ
10		 MIS
19		 MIL
6		 DET
13		 POR
7		 CLE
9		 TOR
4		 TRO
8		 VAN
16		 LS
14		 13th 42
1997 Lucas Place Motorsports MIA LBH
9		 NAZ
20		 SAV
15		 STL
23		 MIL
16		 DET
24		 POR
23		 TOR
26		 TRO
14		 VAN
12		 LS
14		 FON
18		 25th 5
1998 Indy Regency Racing MIA
1		 LBH
11		 NAZ
14		 STL
1		 MIL
21		 DET
20		 POR
18		 CLE
21		 TOR
16		 MIS
20		 TRO
16		 VAN
13		 LS
9		 FON
9		 14th 52

CART

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points
1999 Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz IC108E MIA
DNS		 MOT
Ret		 LBH
Ret		 NZR
WD		 RIO STL
15		 MIL
Ret		 POR
Ret		 CLE ROA TOR
Ret		 MIS DET MDO CHI
17		 VAN LS
WD		 HOU SRF FON 36th 0

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2000 Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile WDW PHX LVS INDY TXS
8		 PPI
17		 ATL
9		 KTY
8		 TX2
7		 22nd 109
2001 Vertex-Cunningham Racing Dallara Oldsmobile PHX
13		 HMS
15		 ATL
8		 INDY
DNQ		 TXS
10		 PPI
DNS		 RIR
14		 KAN
8		 NSH
7		 KTY
7		 STL
15		 CHI
21		 TX2
16		 13th 215
2002 Bradley Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet HMS PHX
25		 27th 78
Infiniti FON
26		 NZR
10		 INDY
20		 TXS
6		 PPI
19		 RIR KAN NSH MIS KTY STL CHI TX2
2003 A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Toyota HMS
18		 MOT
20		 26th 43
Dallara PHX
10		 INDY
30		 TXS PPI RIR KAN NSH MIS STL KTY NZR CHI FON TX2

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
2001 Dallara Oldsmobile DNQ
2002 Dallara Infiniti 27 20
2003 Dallara Toyota 30 30

NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

References

  1. ↑ Spencer, Lee (July 29, 2015). "East meets West: Jesse Little to run for Hattori Racing". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Press Release (October 20, 2015). "Ross Kenseth to Make NASCAR Truck Series Debut at Martinsville Speedway with Hattori Racing Enterprises". Mooresville, North Carolina: Catchfence.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Henderson, Martin (April 4, 1998). "GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH NOTEBOOK: Costa Mesa's Hattori Bridges the Language Barrier With Speed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Henderson, Martin (2000-09-01). "Preparation Pays Off in Kentucky for Gregoire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  5. ↑ Toyota (November 17, 2004). "Homestead: Toyota preview". motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Shigeaki Hattori". NASCAR. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  7. ↑ Hattori Racing Enterprises, Germain Racing (February 2, 2009). "Daytona: Hattori Racing Enterprises preview". Mooresville, North Carolina: motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Daytona: Michael Annett preview". Mooresville, North Carolina: motorsport.com, michaelannett.com. February 3, 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Automobile Racing Club of America (May 13, 2008). "ARCA: Series Notebook 2008-05-12". motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mitsuhiro Kinoshita		 Formula Toyota Main Series
Champion
1994 		Succeeded by
Takahiro Fujita
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