CarGuy Racing

Car Guy Racing
Founded	2015
Team principal(s)	Takeshi Kimura
Current series	Super GT ; GT World Challenge Asia ; European Le Mans Series ; Asian Le Mans Series ; 24 Hours of Le Mans
Former series	FIA World Endurance Championship ; Super Taikyu
Current drivers	Takeshi Kimura ; Kei Cozzolino
Teams'; Championships	Asian Le Mans Series:; 1 (2018–19)

Last updated February 02, 2025

Car Guy Racing is an auto racing team based in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established by Takeshi Kimura in 2015.^[1] The team currently competes in the European Le Mans Series under collaboration with Kessel Racing, fielding the No. 9 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT300 class and the No. 57 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in the LMGTE class respectively.^[2]^[3] Car Guy is also scheduled to compete in GT World Challenge Asia with a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT3 class.^[4]

History

In 2016, Car Guy Racing entered a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 driven by team owner Takeshi Kimura, Manabu Orido and Malaysian driver Afiq Yazid in the fifth round of that year's Super Taikyu championship, achieving a third place finish on the team's debut.^[6] Car Guy later moved to the Super Car Race championship the following year with Car Guy acting as one of the series' primary partners for the season.^[7] The team also competed as a wildcard in the Blancpain GT Asia round at Fuji Speedway that year, securing an overall victory with drivers Naoki Yokomizo and Kei Cozzolino.^[8]

In 2018, the team first entered into the Super GT championship, where they became one of the first teams to compete with the new Honda NSX GT3 in the GT300 class with Kimura and Cozzolino acting as the team's primary drivers.^[8] The team finished 26th out of 29 entrants in the team standings with a best finish of 15th in the opening round at Okayama.^[9] Later that year, the team competed in the Asian Le Mans Series with a Ferrari 488 GT3 in the GT class with Kimura, Cozzolino, and British driver James Calado driving for the team. Car Guy went on to dominate the GT class that year, scoring a total of 101 points after winning all four races and gaining an additional point for pole position at their home circuit Fuji Speedway.^[10]^[11]^[12]

In 2023, Car Guy have switched to a new Ferrari 296 GT3 for GT World Challenge Asia, but will continue to campaign various versions of the Ferrari 488 with confirmed entry^[13] to Asian Le Mans Series and a "likely" entry^[13] to European Le Mans Series.

Results

Asian Le Mans Series results

Year	Series	Entrant	Race	Car	Drivers	Group	Pos.
2018	Asian Le Mans	Car Guy Racing	1. Shanghai	Ferrari 488	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado	GT	1st
2018	Asian Le Mans	Car Guy Racing	2. Fuji	Ferrari 488	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado	GT	1st
2019	Asian Le Mans	Car Guy Racing	3. Buriram	Ferrari 488	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado	GT	1st
2019	Asian Le Mans
Car Guy Racing	4. Sepang	Ferrari 488	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado	GT	1st

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2018	Car Guy Racing	Honda NSX GT3	GT300	777	Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo	OKA 15	FUJ 26	SUZ 21	CHA	FUJ 17	SUG	AUT Ret	MOT 23	26th	11
2021	Pacific - Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	GT300	9	Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo	OKA 23	FUJ 25	MOT 6	SUZ 4	SUG 15	AUT 9	MOT 19	FUJ 13	16th	35
2022	Pacific hololive Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	GT300	9	Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo	OKA 4	FUJ 23	SUZ 17	FUJ 12	SUZ 11	SUG Ret	AUT 13	MOT 15	19th	26.5

External links

Official website

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[Pacific_Hololive_Carguy_2022-2] "Pacific CarGuy Racing Announces 2022 Super GT Participation". www.dailysportscar.com. 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-04-24.

[Carguy_ELMS_2022-3] Lloyd, Daniel (5 April 2022). "Jensen, Schandorff Complete Kessel Carguy Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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[5] David | (2019-02-24). "Le Mans entry list starts to take shape". WEC-Magazin. Retrieved 2019-04-30.

[6] "スーパー耐久 2016 岡山レース結果". CarGuy (in Japanese). 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2022-04-24.

[7] "When Tokyo's Supercar Owners Get Bored They Invite Everyone To See Them Race". jalopnik.com. Jalopnik. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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