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Akinori finishes 7th

9/30/23

A 7th place finish at Tri-County Speedway in Ogata's #14 HIROTEC AMERICA Toyota Camry.

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After starting 7th, Ogata finishes with another top 5 finish

9/16/23

Ogata's #14 HIROTEC AMERICA Toyota Camry with a strong showing at Hickory, with a 5th place finish in the championship race.

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Up and Down night ends with a damaged car for Ogata, but 5th place finish

8/26/23

Starting in 8th place for the first race, Ogata fights for a 5th place finish. Race #2 ends due to a early wreck.

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Akinori
Ogata


In his native Kanagawa, Japan, Ogata was a race-winning rider in Motocross, a sport he participated in from age 14. At age 26, he shifted from Motocross to Dirt Midget racing, becoming a winning driver at Twin Ring Motegi. Ogata, who enjoyed watching NASCAR on television, opened a NASCAR hobby shop near Tokyo in 1997, but he soon felt compelled to link Japan and America’s top form of auto racing more directly. While on his honeymoon in the United States., he realized that it was time to pursue his “American Dream” of racing in the Daytona 500 a reality.

In 2010, he made the 6,890-mile journey to Mooresville, N.C., the hub of NASCAR, to make the competitive jump from Dirt Midget racing to Stock Car racing. Ogata’s first foray into American racing began in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing late model stock cars at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Racing at Hickory allowed him to learn his race craft and prepared him for his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut in 2012. Across 12 starts in three years, Ogata scored five top-20 finishes with a best finish of 16th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. After three years in the K&N Pro series, he made his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series debut at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway for Win-Tron Racing in 2014. In 2018, Ogata returned to Phoenix to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut with MBM Motorsports.

While working to make his dream of racing in the Daytona 500 a reality, Ogata has made at least one start in the Truck Series each season and continues to race at Hickory in the limited late model class. Ogata is currently the only Japanese winner in NASCAR.

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2023 Schedule & Race Results

Date Race/Track Series Results
October 28th Martinsville Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series
October 14th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / 200 laps
September 30th Tri-County Speedway Late Model 7th
September 16th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / 75 laps 5th
August 26th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 5th
August 5th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / 75 laps 4th
July 22nd Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 Race 1 - 15th, Race 2 - 10th
July 8th Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series / 163 laps 29th
June 12th/13th Charlotte Motor Speedway US Legendcars Summer Shootout 14th
June 10th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / 111 laps 17th
June 3rd Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 Race 1 - 3rd, Race 2 - RAINED OUT
May 20th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 Race 1 - 7th, Race 2 - 13th
May 6th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 Race 1 - 9th, Race 2 - 9th
April 1st Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 Race 1 - 3rd, Race 2 - 15th
March 18th Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES 17th
March 11th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 Race 1 - 8th, Race 2 - 8th
March 4th Hickory Motor Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series / Twin 40 16th




2022 Schedule & Race Results

Date Race/Track Series Results
November 12th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 15th
September 24th Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series 35th
September 17th Hickory Motor Speedway Late Model Stock 8th
September 10th Kansas Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series DNQ
September 3rd Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 4th
August 30/31 North Wilkesboro Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 9th/15th
August 6th Michigan International Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series DNQ
July 23rd Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 1st
July 16th New Hampshire Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series 25th
June 25th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 2nd
June 11th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 2nd
June 4th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 1st
May 21st Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 8th
May 7th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 1st
May 6th Darlington Motor Speedway NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 35th
April 30th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 1st
April 23rd Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 3rd
April 9th Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 1st
April 2nd Hickory Motor Speedway Limited Late Model Stock 2nd