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Shigeaki Hattori
Shigeaki Hattori (服部 茂章, Hattori Shigeaki; November 3, 1963 – April 5, 2025) was a Japanese professional race car driver and team owner based in the United States. As a driver, he competed in the CART and IndyCar Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
As an owner, Hattori owned Hattori Racing Enterprises, which competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. HRE also has competed part-time in the Xfinity Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West in the past. The team has fielded cars for Johnny Sauter, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, Max McLaughlin, Brett Moffitt, Sergio Pena, Ross Kenseth, Jesse Little, and Ryan Truex. His race team won the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship with Brett Moffitt.
Hattori was not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART.
Hattori was born in Okayama, Japan on November 3, 1963.
Prior to moving to the United States, Hattori won the Formula Toyota championship in 1994.
Hattori moved to the United States in 1995, and began competing in the Indy Lights series in 1996 at the age of 32. After finishing 13th and 25th in points in his first two seasons, he scored his first career win in the series in 1997 at the season-opener at Homestead. Later that season, he won the race at Gateway Motorsports Park and finished fourteenth in the standings.
Hattori stepped up to CART in 1999, racing for Bettenhausen Motorsports. After having several accidents and spins throughout the season, his CART competition license was revoked by chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. He started seven races, with a best finish of 15th at Gateway International Raceway.
Hattori raced in the Indy Racing League from 2000 until 2003. His best IRL finish was a sixth at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002 and he finished 13th in IRL points in 2001 for Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing. He led a total of 28 laps in his 26 series starts.
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Shigeaki Hattori
Shigeaki Hattori (服部 茂章, Hattori Shigeaki; November 3, 1963 – April 5, 2025) was a Japanese professional race car driver and team owner based in the United States. As a driver, he competed in the CART and IndyCar Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
As an owner, Hattori owned Hattori Racing Enterprises, which competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. HRE also has competed part-time in the Xfinity Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West in the past. The team has fielded cars for Johnny Sauter, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, Max McLaughlin, Brett Moffitt, Sergio Pena, Ross Kenseth, Jesse Little, and Ryan Truex. His race team won the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship with Brett Moffitt.
Hattori was not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART.
Hattori was born in Okayama, Japan on November 3, 1963.
Prior to moving to the United States, Hattori won the Formula Toyota championship in 1994.
Hattori moved to the United States in 1995, and began competing in the Indy Lights series in 1996 at the age of 32. After finishing 13th and 25th in points in his first two seasons, he scored his first career win in the series in 1997 at the season-opener at Homestead. Later that season, he won the race at Gateway Motorsports Park and finished fourteenth in the standings.
Hattori stepped up to CART in 1999, racing for Bettenhausen Motorsports. After having several accidents and spins throughout the season, his CART competition license was revoked by chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. He started seven races, with a best finish of 15th at Gateway International Raceway.
Hattori raced in the Indy Racing League from 2000 until 2003. His best IRL finish was a sixth at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002 and he finished 13th in IRL points in 2001 for Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing. He led a total of 28 laps in his 26 series starts.
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