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 Beginning in 2008, Hattori has fielded entries in NASCAR and ARCA competition under the Hattori Racing Enterprises banner. 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, but Truex was released prior to the 2018 season. Moffitt returned to HRE in 2018. Despite sponsorship concerns that threatened to cut their season short, Moffitt and HRE went on to win that year's championship. Nevertheless, troubles with funding resulted in Moffitt's release. Austin Hill would take over the No. 16 in 2019. The team expanded to two trucks in 2022 with Tyler Ankrum and Chase Purdy. In 2022, Hattori formed Hattori Motorsports to compete in the GT4 America Series with Seth Lucas and Matt Plumb. Racing record American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Indy Lights CART IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Craftsman Truck Series References External links 1963 births Living people Atlantic Championship drivers Champ Car drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Indy Lights drivers IndyCar Series drivers Japanese racing