CarGuy Racing

{{Infobox motor racing team

| name = {{flagicon|JPN}} CarGuy Racing

| logo = File:2022 24 Hours of Le Mans (52174874617).png

| founded = 2015

| principal = Takeshi Kimura

| Base = Kikugawa

| current series = Super GT
GT World Challenge Asia
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
24 Hours of Le Mans

| former series = FIA World Endurance Championship
Super Taikyu

| drivers =

| driver titles =

| team titles = Asian Le Mans Series:
1 (2018–19)

| folded =

|current drivers={{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Cozzolino}}

CarGuy Racing is an auto racing team based in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established by Takeshi Kimura in 2015.{{cite news|url=https://carguy.jp/profile/|title=CARGUYとは・・・車が持つ全く新しい世界観の創出・・・それはまさに・・・「圧倒的な程、圧倒的なもの・・・」|website=carguy.jp|accessdate=1 February 2025}} The team currently competes in the European Le Mans Series under collaboration with Kessel Racing, fielding the No. 9 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT300 class and the No. 57 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in the LMGTE class respectively.{{Cite web |title=Pacific CarGuy Racing Announces 2022 Super GT Participation|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/02/28/pacific-carguy-racing-announces-2022-super-gt-participation.html|date=2022-02-28|access-date=2022-04-24|website=www.dailysportscar.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/elms/jensen-schandorff-complete-kessel-carguy-lineup/|title=Jensen, Schandorff Complete Kessel Carguy Lineup|date=5 April 2022|last=Lloyd|first=Daniel|website=sportscar365.com|publisher=John Dagys Media|access-date=5 April 2022}} Car Guy is also scheduled to compete in GT World Challenge Asia with a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT3 class.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gt-world-challenge-asia.com/news/448/dstation-abssa-and-carguy-first-to-confirm-japan-cup-entries|title=D'Station, ABSSA and CarGuy first to confirm Japan Cup entries|date=28 January 2022|website=gt-world-challenge-europe.com|publisher=SRO Motorsports Group|access-date=28 January 2022}}

The team qualified for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans race{{Cite web|url=https://wec-magazin.com/le-mans-entry-list-starts-to-take-shape/|title=Le Mans entry list starts to take shape|last=David {{!}}|date=2019-02-24|website=WEC-Magazin|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-30}} in the GTE Am category using a Ferrari 488.

History

In 2016, Car Guy Racing entered a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 driven by team owner Takeshi Kimura, Manabu Orido and Malaysian driver Afiq Yazid in the fifth round of that year's Super Taikyu championship, achieving a third place finish on the team's debut.{{Cite web|date=2016-10-22|title=スーパー耐久 2016 岡山レース結果|url=https://carguy.jp/race/%e3%82%b9%e3%83%bc%e3%83%91%e3%83%bc%e8%80%90%e4%b9%85-2016-%e5%b2%a1%e5%b1%b1-%e3%83%ac%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e7%b5%90%e6%9e%9c/|access-date=2022-04-24|website=CarGuy|language=ja}} Car Guy later moved to the Super Car Race championship the following year with Car Guy acting as one of the series' primary partners for the season.{{Cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/when-tokyos-supercar-owners-get-bored-they-invite-every-1818651497|title=When Tokyo's Supercar Owners Get Bored They Invite Everyone To See Them Race|date=22 September 2017|website=jalopnik.com|publisher=Jalopnik|access-date=24 April 2022}} The team also competed as a wildcard in the Blancpain GT Asia round at Fuji Speedway that year, securing an overall victory with drivers Naoki Yokomizo and Kei Cozzolino.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2017/12/21/carguy-racing-enters-super-gt-with-honda-nsx-gt3.html|title=CarGuy Racing Enters Super GT With Honda NSX GT3 – dailysportscar.com|website=www.dailysportscar.com|date=21 December 2017 |access-date=2019-04-30}}

In 2018, the team first entered into the Super GT championship, where they became one of the first teams to compete with the new Honda NSX GT3 in the GT300 class with Kimura and Cozzolino acting as the team's primary drivers. The team finished 26th out of 29 entrants in the team standings with a best finish of 15th in the opening round at Okayama.{{Cite web|url=https://supergt.net/results/team_ranking/2018/gt300|title=Results {{!}} SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE|website=supergt.net|access-date=2019-04-30}} Later that year, the team competed in the Asian Le Mans Series with a Ferrari 488 GT3 in the GT class with Kimura, Cozzolino, and British driver James Calado driving for the team. Car Guy went on to dominate the GT class that year, scoring a total of 101 points after winning all four races and gaining an additional point for pole position at their home circuit Fuji Speedway.{{Cite web|url=https://races.ferrari.com/en/competizioni-gt/news/2019-asian-le-mans-series-victory-and-title-for-car-guy/|title=Victory and title for Car Guy - CGT - English|website=Competizioni GT|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianlemansseries.com/uncategorized/asian-le-mans-series-champions-crowned-in-malaysia-2/|title=Asian Le Mans Series Champions Crowned in Malaysia {{!}} Asian Le Mans Series|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-date=2019-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421121801/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/uncategorized/asian-le-mans-series-champions-crowned-in-malaysia-2/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianlemansseries.com/races/2018-2019-season/2018-2019-team-standings/|title=2018/2019 Team Standings {{!}} Asian Le Mans Series|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907003231/http://www.asianlemansseries.com/races/2018-2019-season/2018-2019-team-standings/|archive-date=2019-09-07|url-status=dead}}

In 2023, Car Guy have switched to a new Ferrari 296 GT3 for GT World Challenge Asia, but will continue to campaign various versions of the Ferrari 488 with confirmed entry{{Cite web |title=Car Guy's 2023 Plans Confirmed {{!}} dailysportscar.com |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/11/25/car-guys-2023-plans-confirmed.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=www.dailysportscar.com|date=25 November 2022 }} to Asian Le Mans Series and a "likely" entry to European Le Mans Series.

Results

File:Car Guy in Asia Le Mans Sepang.jpg

=Asian Le Mans Series results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Year ! Series ! Entrant ! Race ! Car ! Drivers ! Group ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Overall Position}}
align="left" ! rowspan="2"\|2018 \| rowspan="2" align="left" \|Asian Le Mans \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Car Guy Racing \| 1. Shanghai \| align="left"\| Ferrari 488 \| align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|GBR}} James Calado \| GT \| style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| 1st
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Car Guy Racing \| 2. Fuji \| align="left"\| Ferrari 488 \| align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|GBR}} James Calado \| GT \| style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| 1st
align="left" ! rowspan="2"\|2019 \| rowspan="2" align="left" \|Asian Le Mans \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Car Guy Racing \| 3. Buriram \| align="left"\| Ferrari 488 \| align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|GBR}} James Calado \| GT \| style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| 1st
align="left" \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Car Guy Racing \| 4. Sepang \| align="left"\| Ferrari 488 \| align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|GBR}} James Calado \| GT \| style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| 1st

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

Year

! Series

! Entrant

! Race

! Car

! Drivers

! Group

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

align="left"

! rowspan="2"|2018

| rowspan="2" align="left" |Asian Le Mans

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Car Guy Racing

| 1. Shanghai

| align="left"| Ferrari 488

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino
{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado

| GT

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align="left"

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Car Guy Racing

| 2. Fuji

| align="left"| Ferrari 488

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino
{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado

| GT

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align="left"

! rowspan="2"|2019

| rowspan="2" align="left" |Asian Le Mans

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Car Guy Racing

| 3. Buriram

| align="left"| Ferrari 488

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino
{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado

| GT

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align="left"

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Car Guy Racing

| 4. Sepang

| align="left"| Ferrari 488

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino
{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado

| GT

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

=Complete Super GT results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Car ! Class ! No. ! Drivers ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Team Rankings Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|Points\|Team Rankings Points}}
2018 \| Car Guy Racing \| Honda NSX GT3 \| GT300 \| 777 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|ITA}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Naoki Yokomizo \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| OKA {{small\|15}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FUJ {{small\|26}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SUZ {{small\|21}} \| CHA \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FUJ {{small\|17}} \| SUG \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUT {{small\|Ret}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MOT {{small\|23}} ! 26th ! 11
2021 \| Pacific - Car Guy Racing \| Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo \| GT300 \| 9 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|JPN}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Naoki Yokomizo \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| OKA {{small\|23}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FUJ {{small\|25}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MOT {{small\|6}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SUZ {{small\|4}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SUG {{small\|15}} \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT {{small\|9}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MOT {{small\|19}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FUJ {{small\|13}} ! 16th ! 35
2022 \| Pacific hololive Car Guy Racing \| Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo \| GT300 \| 9 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura {{flagicon\|JPN}} Kei Cozzolino {{flagicon\|JPN}} Naoki Yokomizo \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| OKA {{small\|4}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FUJ {{small\|23}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SUZ {{small\|17}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FUJ {{small\|12}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SUZ {{small\|11}} \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SUG {{small\|Ret}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| AUT {{small\|13}} \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MOT {{small\|15}} ! 19th ! 26.5

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! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! Class

! No.

! Drivers

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5