Roger Yasukawa

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Roger Yasukawa (2008)
Roger Yasukawa in training for the Indianapolis 500 2007

Roger Yasukawa (born October 10, 1977 in Los Angeles ) is a former American racing driver of Japanese descent.

Career

Yasukawa began his motorsport career in karting in 1991 , where he was active until 1997. In 1998 he moved into the single-seater racing and entered Europe in the Formula Palmer Audi on. He finished his first season in 16th place overall. In 1999 he returned to North America and competed in the Barber Dodge Pro Series . After finishing ninth in 1999 and seventh in 2000, he finished fourth in the drivers' championship with a victory in 2001. In 2002 he moved to the Atlantic Championship and was Ryan Hunter-Reay's team-mate at Hylton Motorsports . Yasukawa won the race at West Allis and finished the season behind Hunter-Reay in 10th place overall.

In 2003 , the American was signed by Super Aguri Fernández Racing for the IndyCar Series . He finished eight races among the top ten drivers and was twelfth overall at the end of the season. He also became the second best newcomer behind Dan Wheldon . Despite performing in his debut season, Yasukawa did not receive a full season cockpit in 2004 . For Rahal Letterman Racing he went to the races in Motegi and Indianapolis and was 26th in the drivers' championship. In 2005 , Dreyer & Reinbold Racing gave him another cockpit for the whole season. This time he never made it into the top ten and finished 17th overall.

Yasukawa has not played a full season since 2006 . In 2006 he started for Playa Del Racing and in 2007 for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing at the Indianapolis 500. In 2008 he was signed by CURB / Agajanian / Beck Motorsports / Wellman Racing for the races in Motegi and Indianapolis, but could not compete for the Indianapolis 500 to qualify. In 2009 he started for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in Motegi. In 2010 he competed again in Motegi for Conquest Racing and finished 40th overall at the end of the season and ended his driving career.

statistics

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

season team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th Points rank
2003 Great Aguri Fernández Racing HMS
14 		PHX
17 		MOT
21 		INDY
10 		TXS
9 		PPI
17 		RIR
11 		KAN
7 		NSH
15 		MIS
8 		STL
18 		KTY
12 		NZR
8 		CHI
8 		FON
7 		TX2
10 		301 12.
2004 Rahal Letterman Racing HMS
  		PHX
  		MOT
11 		INDY
10 		TXS
  		RIR
  		KAN
  		NSH
  		Mil
  		MIS
  		KTY
  		PPI
  		NZR
  		CHI
  		HAIRDRYER
  		TX2
  		39 26th
2005 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing HMS
17 		PHX
18 		STP
11 		MOT
18 		INDY
18th 		TXS
15 		RIR
16 		KAN
22 		NSH
11 		MIL
15 		MIS
18 		KTY
17 		PPI
15 		SNM
11 		CHI
15 		WGL
15 		FON
16 		246 17th
2006 Playa Del Racing HMS
  		STP
  		MOT
  		INDY
16 		WGL
  		TXS
  		RIR
  		KAN
  		NSH
  		Mil
  		MIS
  		KTY
  		SNM
  		CHI
  		14th 28.
2007 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing HMS
  		STP
  		MOT
  		KAN
  		INDY
21 		Mil
  		TXS
  		IOW
  		RIR
  		WGL
  		NSH
  		MDO
  		MIS
  		KTY
  		SNM
  		DET
  		CHI
  		12 30th
2008 CURB / Agajanian / Beck Motorsports / Wellman Racing HMS
  		STP
  		MOT 1
14 		LBH 1
  		KAN
  		INDY
DNQ 		Mil
  		TXS
  		IOW
  		RIR
  		WGL
  		NSH
  		MDO
  		EDM
  		KTY
  		SNM
  		DET
  		CHI
  		SRF 2
  		16 35.
2009 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing STP
  		LBH
  		KAN
  		INDY
  		Mil
  		TXS
  		IOW
  		RIR
  		WGL
  		GOAL
  		EDM
  		KTY
  		MDO
  		SNM
  		CHI
  		MOT
20 		HMS
  		12 38.
2010 Conquest Racing SAO
  		STP
  		ALA
  		LBH
  		KAN
  		INDY
  		TXS
  		IOW
  		WGL
  		GOAL
  		EDM
  		MDO
  		SNM
  		CHI
  		KTY
  		MOT
20 		HMS
  		12 40.

( Legend )

1 The races took place on the same day.
2 No points were awarded.

Web links

Commons : Roger Yasukawa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Conquest signs Yasukawa for Motegi” (autosport.com on September 4, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Yasukawa, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , United States