Car Guy Racing is an

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team based in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

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, established by Takeshi Kimura in 2016. The team currently competes in

Super GT Super GT (stylized as SUPER GT) is a grand touring car racing series that began in 1993. Launched as the , generally referred to as either the JGTC or the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship, the series was renamed to Super GT in 2005. It is ...

under the Pacific

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Car Guy Racing banner and in the

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

under collaboration with Kessel Racing, fielding the No. 9 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT300 class and the No. 57

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Evo in the LMGTE class respectively. Car Guy is also scheduled to compete in

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with a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT3 class. The team qualified for the

2019 24 Hours of Le Mans The 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''87e 24 Heures du Mans'') was an 24 hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 15 to 16 June 2019 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le ...

race in the GTE Am category using a

Ferrari 488 The Ferrari 488 (Type F142M) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. The car replaced the 458, being the first mid-engine Ferrari to use a turbocharged V8 since the F40. It was succeeded by the Ferra ...

History

Car Guy Racing first entered into motorsport in 2016 when the team entered a

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driven by team owner Takeshi Kimura,

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and Malaysian driver Afiq Yazid in the fifth round of that year's

Super Taikyu Super Taikyu (スーパー耐久, ''Super Endurance''), formerly known as the Super N1 Taikyu Series prior to 2005 and N1 Endurance Series prior to 1995, and currently named the Eneos Super Taikyu Series Powered by Hankook for sponsorship reasons, ...

championship, achieving a third place finish on the team's debut. 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. The team also competed as a wildcard in the Blancpain GT Asia round at

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that year, securing an overall victory with drivers

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and

Kei Cozzolino Kei Francesco Cozzolino (born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, November 9, 1987) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the Super GT series witPACIFIC NAC CARGUY Racing Teamwith thFerrari 488 GT3 EVO. Racing career Karting Cozzolino started kar ...

. In 2018, the team first entered into the

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. The team finished 26th out of 29 entrants in the team standings with a best finish of 15th in the opening round at

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. Later that year, the team competed in the

Asian Le Mans Series The Asian Le Mans Series is an Asian sports car racing endurance series created by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and based in Asia. It is the successor to the defunct Japan Le Mans Challenge which folded in 2007 after its second season. ...

with a

Ferrari 488 GT3 The Ferrari 488 (Type F142M) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. The car replaced the 458, being the first mid-engine Ferrari to use a turbocharged V8 since the F40. It was succeeded by the Ferra ...

in the GT class with Kimura, Cozzolino, and British driver

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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. In 2023, Car Guy have switched to a new Ferrari 296 GT3 for

, but will continue to campaign various versions of the Ferrari 488 with confirmed entry to

and a "likely" entry to

Results

Asian Le Mans Series results

Complete Super GT results

(

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

External links

Official website

References

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