Takuya Kurosawa

Takuya Kurosawa (Shinjitai: 黒澤琢弥, Kurosawa Takuya, born Ibaraki, June 7, 1962) is a Japanese race car driver.

Kurosawa raced in All-Japan Formula Three from 1988 to 1989, Japanese Formula 3000 from 1990 to 1995 and the JGTC series from 1994 to 1999, also driving in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 10th.

Kurosawa then obtained sponsorship to drive in the American CART series for Dale Coyne Racing in 2000. He made eight starts with a best finish of 12th at the Detroit Grand Prix. He became the first Japanese driver to lead a Champ Car race when he led seven laps at the Long Beach Grand Prix.[1]

Kurosawa then returned to JGTC for the next three seasons, drove in the Super Taikyu series in 2004. He currently competes in the Super GT series, driving a Porsche Boxster for Arktech Motorsports.

Takuya is son of Best Motoring presenter, Motoharu Kurosawa and is elder brother of Haruki and Tsubasa, who all are racing drivers.

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship/Formula Nippon results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1990	taka-Q Racing w/ Team Le Mans	SUZ Ret	FUJ 9	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG 18	FUJ Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 19	FUJ 4	SUZ Ret		16th	3
1991	Nakajima Racing	SUZ Ret	AUT 8	FUJ 6	MIN 7	SUZ Ret	SUG 15	FUJ 11	SUZ	FUJ C	SUZ 17	FUJ Ret	22nd	1
1992	Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes	SUZ 5	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	AUT Ret	SUG 18	FUJ 4	FUJ 3	SUZ Ret	FUJ 2	SUZ 2	6th	21
1993	Cabin Racing Team w/ Heroes	SUZ 4	SUZ Ret	MIN Ret	SUZ 15	AUT C	SUG 5	FUJ C	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	FUJ	SUZ	13th	5
1994	Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo	SUZ 10	FUJ 10	MIN 3	SUZ 4	SUG 1	FUJ 6	SUZ 4	FUJ 2	FUJ 6	SUZ 2		4th	32 (33)
1995	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 2	FUJ C	MIN Ret	SUZ 4	SUG Ret	FUJ 9	TOK Ret	FUJ 7	SUZ 2			6th	15
1996	PIAA Nakajima Racing	SUZ Ret	MIN 8	FUJ 15	TOK 7	SUZ 2	SUG 5	FUJ 8	MIN 5	SUZ 8	FUJ Ret		9th	10
1997	Team Impul	SUZ 2	MIN 2	FUJ 1	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ Ret	MIN Ret	MOT Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 2		2nd	29
1998	Maziora Team Impul	SUZ Ret	MIN Ret	FUJ 3	MOT Ret	SUZ Ret	SUG Ret	FUJ C	MIN Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 5		12th	6
1999	Team TMS	SUZ Ret	MOT Ret	MIN 12	FUJ 5	SUZ 3	SUG 3	FUJ	MIN	MOT	SUZ		9th	10

Complete CART results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
2000	Dale Coyne Racing	MIA 24	LBH 13	RIO 19	MOT 20	NZR DNS	MIL Wth	DET 12	POR 22	CLE 25	TOR 23	MIS DNS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	STL	HOU	SRF	FON	29th	1

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Nissan Motorsports TWR	Satoshi Motoyama Masami Kageyama	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	319	10th	9th

References

Cipolloni, Mark. Paul Tracy keeps his Kool, wins Long Beach GP for the 2nd time, AutoRacing1.com, April 16, 2000

External links

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[1] Cipolloni, Mark. Paul Tracy keeps his Kool, wins Long Beach GP for the 2nd time, AutoRacing1.com, April 16, 2000