| Kenji Momota | |||||||
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| Born | (1962-08-04) August 4, 1962 (age 62) Tokyo, Japan | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 82nd (1995) | ||||||
| First race | 1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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Kenji Momota (桃田 健史, Momota Kenji, born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former driver. He has raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship, American Racing Series, IndyCar and NASCAR.
Racing career
Momota drove in the All Japan Touring Car Championship in the mid to late 1980s. In 1990 he competed in the first two American Racing Series races of the season for TEAMKAR International, finishing 17th and 20th. He attempted to qualify for the 1992 Indianapolis 500 in a car fielded by TEAMKAR but was bumped from the field on the final day of qualifying by Jimmy Vasser. In 1995 he competed in a NASCAR SuperTruck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway driving for Randy MacDonald, becoming the first Japanese NASCAR driver. He crashed 25 laps in and was credited with 37th place.
Post-racing career
Since ending his career, Momota has worked as a racing journalist and announcer. From 2004 to the network's final season of coverage in 2019, he was a color commentator for Nippon TV G+'s NASCAR broadcast.
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.)
SuperTruck Series
| NASCAR SuperTruck 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | MacDonald Motorsports | 71 | Chevy | PHO | TUS | SGS | MMR | POR | EVG | I70 | LVL | BRI | MLW | CNS | HPT | IRP | FLM | RCH | MAR | NWS DNQ |
SON | MMR | PHO 37 |
82nd | 104 | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- Kenji Momota, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-07-15
- Kenji Momota - 1995 Truck Series, Racing Reference, Retrieved 2010-07-15
- "プロフィール" [Profile]. Kenji Momota (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- Momota, Kenji (January 1, 2020). "【3つの原因】NASCARやインディ なぜアメリカでモータースポーツが地盤沈下しているのか" [ NASCAR and IndyCar: Why motorsports are subsiding in the United States] (in Japanese). Autocar. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- "Kenji Momota – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series By Craftsman Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Kenji Momota driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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