Takuma Koga (racing driver)
Japanese auto racing driver (born 1977)
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Takuma Koga (古賀琢麻, Koga Takuma; born April 16, 1977) is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver who currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 12 Toyota Camry for Fast Track Racing. He has previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
| Takuma Koga | |||||||
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Koga at All American Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | April 16, 1977 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2025 position | 69th | ||||||
| Best finish | 69th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2025 Pacific Office Automation 147 (Portland) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025 IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 17 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. 12 (Fast Track Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 26th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026 Alabama Manufactured Housing 200 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 8 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| ARCA East no., team | No. 12 (Fast Track Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 5th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2025 Pensacola 150 (Pensacola) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 126 races run over 15 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 12 (Fast Track Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2002 Coors Light 200 (Evergreen) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of April 25, 2026. | |||||||
Racing career


Koga began competing in NASCAR in 2001 in the NASCAR Northwest Series, where he attempted six races, qualifying for five and 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. That year, he also scored a career-best fifth-place finish at Orange Show Speedway.[2] In December 2018, Koga announced he would be joining Performance P-1 Motorsports for the 2019 season.[3] He remained with the team for the 2020 season in the renamed ARCA Menards Series West. Koga left Performance P-1 for the 2021 season, and joined Jerry Pitts Racing to drive their No. 7 car full-time, which switched from Ford to Toyota starting that year.[4] The team was formerly Jefferson Pitts Racing before the team's two co-owners, Jeff Jefferson and Jerry Pitts, split up to each have their separate teams.
On February 21, 2022, an article from Yahoo! Japan revealed that Koga would attempt to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at some point in 2022, driving for MBM Motorsports. However, this did not end up happening.[5]
On January 30, 2025, Koga moved to the ARCA Menards Series East where he would run the No. 12 Fast Track Racing Toyota for the full season.[6] Later that year, it was revealed that Koga would make his Xfinity Series debut driving for Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen in the No. 53 Toyota.[7] He was not entered for Dover, but he did, in fact, enter for Portland, but in the No. 35, where he finished in 29th.
On December 12, 2025, it was revealed that Koga will drive the full ARCA Menards Series schedule, driving the No. 12 for FTR.[8]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
| NASCAR Xfinity 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2025 | Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen |
35 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR 29 |
GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR 37 |
PHO | 69th | 9 | [9] |
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 |
TAL | POC | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | 67th | 31 | [10] |
| 2021 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 7 | Toyota | DAY | PHO 23 |
TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 110th | 21 | [11] |
| 2022 | DAY | PHO 18 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 100th | 26 | [12] | |||
| 2023 | DAY | PHO 19 |
TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 106th | 25 | [13] | |||
| 2024 | Fast Track Racing | 01 | Toyota | DAY DNQ |
68th | 53 | [14] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Pitts Racing | 7 | Toyota | PHO 23 |
TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | |||||||
| Fast Track Racing | 12 | Toyota | KAN 15 |
TOL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Ford | DAY 25 |
PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | MCH | BLN | ELK | LRP | 26th | 152 | [15] | |||||||||||||
| Toyota | DOV 15 |
IRP 31 |
IOW 22 |
GLN | ISF | MAD | DSF | BRI 33 |
SLM | KAN 16 |
TOL 14 | |||||||||||||||
| 2026 | DAY 16 |
PHO 23 |
KAN 19 |
TAL 14 |
GLN | TOL | MCH | POC | BER | ELK | CHI | LRP | IRP | IOW | ISF | MAD | DSF | SLM | BRI | KAN | -* | -* | [16] | |||
ARCA Menards Series East
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 | Midgley Racing | 09 | Pontiac | PHO | LVS | CAL | KAN | EVG 14 |
IRW 16 |
S99 | RMR | DCS | LVS | 33rd | 236 | [18] | ||||
| 2003 | Chevy | PHO 28 |
LVS 19 |
CAL | MAD | TCR | EVG | IRW 17 |
S99 | RMR | DCS | PHO | MMR 21 |
24th | 397 | [19] | ||||
| 2004 | PHO 23 |
MMR 11 |
CAL | S99 | EVG DNQ |
IRW DNQ |
S99 | RMR | DCS | PHO | CNS | MMR | IRW 22 |
25th | 482 | [20] | ||||
| 2005 | PHO 30 |
MMR 21 |
PHO 27 |
S99 Wth |
IRW 26 |
EVG 17 |
S99 14 |
PPR 16 |
DCS 16 |
CTS 11 |
MMR 26 |
14th | 1227 | [21] | ||||||
| Pontiac | CAL 20 |
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| 2006 | Chevy | PHO | PHO | S99 21 |
IRW 17 |
SON 31 |
DCS | IRW | EVG | S99 19 |
22nd | 455 | [22] | |||||||
| 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 | MMP | MMP | MER | AAS | 24th | 103 | [23] |
| 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 | [24] | |||
| 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 | [25] | ||||
| 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 | [26] |
| 2020 | LVS 11 |
MMP 14 |
MMP 14 |
IRW 10 |
EVG 9 |
DCS 8 |
CNS 9 |
LVS 6 |
AAS 9 |
KCR 12 |
PHO 23 |
7th | 509 | [27] | ||||||
| 2021 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 7 | Toyota | PHO 23 |
SON 11 |
IRW 16 |
CNS 15 |
IRW 8 |
PIR 5 |
LVS 8 |
AAS 9 |
PHO 23 |
8th | 378 | [28] | |||||
| 2022 | PHO 18 |
IRW 7 |
KCR 9 |
PIR 5 |
SON 19 |
IRW 18 |
EVG 9 |
PIR 5 |
AAS 18 |
LVS 21 |
PHO 15 |
6th | 490 | [29] | ||||||
| 2023 | PHO 19 |
IRW 7 |
KCR 11 |
PIR 8 |
SON 24 |
IRW 10 |
SHA 11 |
EVG 12 |
AAS 10 |
LVS 19 |
MAD 15 |
PHO 16 |
9th | 516 | [30] | |||||
| 2024 | PHO 23 |
KER 15 |
PIR 10 |
SON 13 |
IRW 9 |
IRW 13 |
SHA 9 |
TRI 11 |
MAD 7 |
AAS 12 |
KER 15 |
PHO 19 |
7th | 522 | [31] | |||||
| 2026 | Fast Track Racing | 12 | Toyota | KER | PHO 23 |
TUC | SHA | CNS | TRI | SON | PIR | AAS | MAD | LVS | PHO | KER | -* | -* | [32] | |
* Season still in progress