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Shigeaki Hattori

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

Shigeaki Hattori
NationalityJapanese
Born (1963-11-03) November 3, 1963 (age 61)
Okayama, Okayama
Retired2005
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active2000–2003
TeamsTreadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing
Bradley Motorsports
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Starts26
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish13th in 2001
Previous series
1999
1996–1998
1993–1994		CART World Series
Indy Lights
All-Japan Formula Three Championship
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
10 races run over 1 year
Best finish35th (2005)
First race2005 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona)
Last race2005 Toyota Tundra 200 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

As an owner, Hattori owns Hattori Racing Enterprises, which currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. HRE also has competed part-time in the Xfinity Series in the past. The team has fielded cars for Johnny Sauter, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, Max McLaughlin, David Garbo Jr., Lee Pulliam, Brett Moffitt, Sergio Pena, Ross Kenseth, Jesse Little,[1] and Ryan Truex. His race team won the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship with Brett Moffitt.

Racing career

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

Indy Lights

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Team ownership

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Main article: Hattori Racing Enterprises
 
Hattori Racing Enterprises' 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship-winning truck driven by Brett Moffitt in Japan

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 with driver Brett Moffitt. 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 hosted Ross Kenseth's first Truck start in the No. 18 at the fall Martinsville event.

In 2016, Ryan Truex took over Hattori's Truck ride (renumbered from the No. 18 to the No. 81 due to Kyle Busch Motorsports re-taking that number). After the team gave Truex that chance, he nearly won the season-opening race at Daytona, where he finished second. After that strong run, the team and Truex said they would try to run the full season, which ended up not happening due to sponsorship issues. However, Truex drove part-time for the team in select races for the remainder of the season. The two parties ran the full 2017 season in the renumbered No. 16,[10] but Truex was released prior to the 2018 season.[11]

Moffitt returned to HRE in 2018.[12] Despite sponsorship concerns that threatened to cut their season short,[13] Moffitt and HRE went on to win that year's championship. Nevertheless, troubles with funding resulted in Moffitt's release.[14] Austin Hill would take over the No. 16 in 2019.[15] The team expanded to two trucks in 2022 with Tyler Ankrum and Chase Purdy.[16]

In 2022, Hattori formed Hattori Motorsports to compete in the GT4 America Series with Seth Lucas and Matt Plumb.[17]

Racing record

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American open-wheel racing results

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(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights

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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

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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 Ref
1999 Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 98i Mercedes-Benz IC108E MIA
DNS 		MOT
20 		LBH
26 		NZR
WD 		RIO STL
15 		MIL
23 		POR
28 		CLE ROA TOR
23 		MIS DET MDO CHI
17 		VAN LS
WD 		HOU SRF FON 36th 0 [18]

IndyCar Series

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref
2000 Treadway Racing G-Force 55 Oldsmobile WDW PHX LVS INDY TXS
8 		PPI
17 		ATL
9 		KTY
8 		TX2
7 		22nd 109 [19]
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 [20]
2002 Bradley Motorsports Dallara 12 Chevrolet HMS PHX
25 		27th 78 [21]
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 5 Toyota HMS
18 		MOT
20 		26th 43 [22]
Dallara PHX
10 		INDY
30 		TXS PPI RIR KAN NSH MIS STL KTY NZR CHI FON TX2

Indianapolis 500

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

NASCAR

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

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2004 Germain/Arnold Racing 01 Toyota DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM
DNQ 		NA - [23]
2005 9 DAY
34 		CAL
30 		ATL
27 		MAR
DNQ 		GTY
27 		MFD
36 		CLT
34 		DOV TEX
35 		MCH
27 		MLW
DNQ 		KAN KEN
24 		MEM IRP NSH
35 		BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 35th 703 [24]

References

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  1. ^ Spencer, Lee (July 29, 2015). "East meets West: Jesse Little to run for Hattori Racing". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  5. ^ Toyota (November 17, 2004). "Homestead: Toyota preview". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. 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. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  10. ^ Utter, Jim (January 16, 2017). "Ryan Truex set to run full NASCAR Trucks schedule in 2017". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  11. ^ Utter, Jim (January 4, 2018). "After best season yet, Ryan Truex now looking for a job". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  12. ^ "Brett Moffitt joins Hattori Racing for 2018 NASCAR Truck season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  13. ^ Crandall, Kelly (August 22, 2018). "Moffitt's Trucks title shot endangered by sponsor hole". Racer. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  14. ^ Long, Dustin (December 5, 2018). "Hattori Racing to replace Truck champ Brett Moffitt". NBC Sports. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  15. ^ "Austin Hill, Hattori Racing Enterprises Team for 2019 Truck Season". Frontstretch. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  16. ^ Estrada, Chris (December 7, 2021). "Trucks: Tyler Ankrum, Chase Purdy hope to pick up the pace with Hattori". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  17. ^ "Shige Hattori Launches Hattori Motorsports, Toyota GR Supra Entry in GT4". Hattori Racing Enterprises. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  18. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 1999 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  19. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  20. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  21. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 2002 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  22. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 2003 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  23. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  24. ^ "Shigeaki Hattori – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Toyota Main Series
Champion
1994 		Succeeded by
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