CarGuy Racing is an auto racing team based in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established by Takeshi Kimura in 2015. 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. Car Guy is also scheduled to compete in GT World Challenge Asia with a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the GT3 class.
The team qualified for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans race 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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 to Asian Le Mans Series and a "likely" entry to European Le Mans Series.
Results
Asian Le Mans Series results Year Series Entrant Race Car Drivers Group 2018Asian Le Mans Car Guy Racing 1. Shanghai Ferrari 488 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado GT 1st Car Guy Racing 2. Fuji Ferrari 488 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado GT 1st2019Asian Le Mans Car Guy Racing 3. Buriram Ferrari 488 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado GT 1st Car Guy Racing 4. Sepang Ferrari 488 Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura James Calado GT 1st
Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Car Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2018 Car Guy Racing Honda NSX GT3 GT300 777 Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT 26th 11 2021 Pacific - Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo GT300 9 Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ 16th 35 2022 Pacific hololive Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo GT300 9 Takeshi Kimura Kei Cozzolino Naoki Yokomizo OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 19th 26.5
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant Car Drivers Class Laps 2019 Car Guy Racing 57 Ferrari 488 GTE Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar LMGTE Am 332 35th 5th 2020 MR Racing 70 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Vincent Abril Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura LMGTE Am 172 DNF DNF 2021 Kessel Racing 57 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Scott Andrews Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura LMGTE Am 128 DNF DNF 2022 Kessel Racing 57 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura Frederik Schandorff LMGTE Am 336 45th 12th 2023 Kessel Racing 57 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra LMGTE Am 254 DNF DNF 2024 Akkodis ASP Team 87 Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Takeshi Kimura Esteban Masson LMGT3 279 37th 10th 2025 Kessel Racing 57 Ferrari 296 GT3 Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Casper Stevenson LMGT3 339 40th 8th 2026 Kessel Racing 57 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Takeshi Kimura Conrad Laursen Daniel Serra LMGT3 334 42nd 10th
External links Official website
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