Takuma Koga (racing driver)

For the Japanese football player, see Takuma Koga (footballer).

Takuma Koga (古賀琢麻, Koga Takuma; born April 16, 1977) is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 53 Toyota Supra for Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen and full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 12 Toyota Camry for Fast Track Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 12 Toyota Camry for Fast Track Racing.

Takuma Koga
Koga at All American Speedway in 2024
Born	(1977-04-16) April 16, 1977 (age 48) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., team	No. 53 (Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen)
ARCA Menards Series career
10 races run over 6 years
ARCA no., team	No. 12 (Fast Track Racing)
Best finish	67th (2020)
First race	2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Last race	2025 Atlas 150 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
7 races run over 1 year
ARCA East no., team	No. 12 (Fast Track Racing)
First race	2025 Pensacola 150 (Pensacola)
Last race	2025 Atlas 150 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
125 races run over 14 years
Best finish	6th (2022)
First race	2002 Coors Light 200 (Evergreen)
Last race	2024 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 28 0
Statistics up to date as of August 2, 2025.

Racing career

Koga (No. 11) racing Matt Levin (No. 10), Ron Norman (No. 40) and other cars in the West Series race at Sonoma in 2017

Koga's No. 7 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2023.

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 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 will 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 the No. 53 Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen Toyota.^[7]

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
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	53	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	GTW	BRI	KAN	ROV	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	-*	-*

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
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	[8]
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	[9]
2022				DAY	PHO 18	TAL	KAN	CLT	IOW	BLN	ELK	MOH	POC	IRP	MCH	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	100th	26	[10]
2023				DAY	PHO 19	TAL	KAN	CLT	BLN	ELK	MOH	IOW	POC	MCH	IRP	GLN	ISF	MLW	DSF	KAN	BRI	SLM	TOL	106th	25	[11]
2024	Fast Track Racing	01	Toyota	DAY DNQ																				68th	53	[12]
	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	BER	ELK	LRP												-*	-*	[13]
			Toyota										DOV 15	IRP 31	IOW 22	GLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	BRI	SLM	KAN	TOL

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	AMSEC	Pts	Ref
2025	Fast Track Racing	12	Toyota	FIF 11	CAR 15	NSV 7	FRS 3	DOV 15	IRP 31	IOW 22	BRI	-*	-*	[14]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
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	[15]
2003			Chevy	PHO 28	LVS 19	CAL	MAD	TCR	EVG	IRW 17	S99	RMR	DCS	PHO	MMR 21			24th	397	[16]
2004				PHO 23	MMR 11	CAL	S99	EVG DNQ	IRW DNQ	S99	RMR	DCS	PHO	CNS	MMR	IRW 22		25th	482	[17]
2005				PHO 30	MMR 21	PHO 27	S99	IRW 26	EVG 17	S99 14	PPR 16		DCS 16	CTS 11	MMR 26			14th	1227	[18]
			Pontiac									CAL 20
2006			Chevy	PHO	PHO	S99 21	IRW 17	SON 31	DCS	IRW	EVG	S99 19						22nd	455	[19]
			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	[20]
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	[21]
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	[22]
			Toyota							DCS 12
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	[23]
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	[24]
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	[25]
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	[26]
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	466	[27]
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	472	[28]

^* Season still in progress