Hideshi Matsuda

is a Japanese car racer and TV reporter. He is the brother-in-law of Beat Takeshi.

Racing career

Matsuda has most notably raced twenty seasons of Super GT from 1993-2012, and also raced in six seasons of Super Formula (then Japanese Formula 2) from 1985 to 1991. He has also raced in several 24-hour races, including Daytona and LeMans, four times in the Indianapolis 500, in 1994-1996 and 1999, usually for Beck Motorsports, and raced in three CART Championship Car races, one of which at Twin Ring Motegi in his native Japan.

Racing record

Indy Car World Series / CART YearTeamChassisEngine12345678910111213141516171819RankPointsRef1994Dick Simon RacingLola T93Ford XBSRFPHXLBH INDYMILDETPORCLETORMISMDONHMVANROANZRLS51st0 1995Beck MotorsportsLola T94Ford XBMIASRFPHXLBHNZR INDYMILDETPORROATORCLEMISMDONHMVANLS36th0 1998Della Penna MotorsportsSwift 009.cFord XBMIA MOTLBHNZRRIOSTLMILDETPORCLETORMISMDOROAVANLSHOUSRFFON34th0

Indy Racing League Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 34567891011 Rank Points Ref 1996 Beck Motorsports Lola T94 52 Ford Cosworth WDW PHX INDY 30th 27 1998 Dallara IR8 54 Infiniti WDW PHX INDY TEX NHS DOV CLT PIK ATL TEX LSV-0 1999 Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 WDW PHX CLT INDY TEX PIK ATL DOVPIK LSV TEX 34th 202000Hubbard-Immke RacingDallara 20 WDW PHX LSV INDY TEX PIK ATL KTY TEX-0

Indy 500 results Year Chassis Engine Start Finish 1994 Lola Ford-Cosworth 14th 24th 1995 Lola Ford-Cosworth 20th 15th 1996 Lola Ford-Cosworth 30th 8th 1998 Dallara InfinitiFailed to Qualify 1999 Dallara Oldsmobile 10th 10th 2000 Dallara OldsmobileFailed to Qualify

Complete JGTC/Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1993Chamberlain EngineeringLotus EspritLM GT4FUJFUJSUZRetFUJNC0 1994Makiguchi EngineeringBMW M3GT2FUJSENFUJSUG212th15Team TaisanFerrari F40GT1MIN821st3 1995Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT2GT1SUZRetFUJ1SEN8FUJ5SUG6MIN14th57 1996Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT2GT500SUZ9FUJ9SENRetFUJ12SUG12MIN615th10 1997Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT2GT500SUZFUJSEN10FUJRetMIN14SUG823rd6 1998Team TaisanDodge ViperGT500SUZ14FUJCSENFUJ14MOTMINSUG1021st1 1999Team TaisanDodge ViperGT500SUZ9FUJ13SUGMIN1323rd2Porsche 911 GT3 RGT300FUJ1TAIRetMOT18th40 2000Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT3 RGT300MOT1FUJ1SUGFUJ7TAI7MIN1SUZ22nd83 2001Team TaisanPorsche 911 GT3 RGT300TAI11FUJ4SUG5FUJ7MOT3SUZ16MIN25th49 2002910 RacingPorsche 911 GT3 RSGT300TAI8FUJ4SUGRetSEP4FUJ6MOT8MIN2SUZ56th55 2003Team GainerFerrari F360GT300TAI13FUJ4SUGRetFUJ2FUJ20MOTRetAUT2SUZ128th46 2004Team GainerFerrari F360GT300TAI10SUG3SEP9TOK8MOT20AUT7SUZ148th26 2005Jim Gainer RacingFerrari F360GT300OKA13FUJSEPRetSUG10MOT5FUJAUT19SUZ511th13 2006Arktech MotorsportsPorsche BoxsterGT300SUZ3OKA3FUJ8SEP9SUG6SUZ10MOT17AUT4FUJRet9th49 2007Jim Gainer RacingFerrari F360GT300SUZ22OKA16FUJ15SUZDSQMOTAUTFUJ26th2JLOCLamborghini Murciélago RG-1SEP12SUG9 2008JLOCLamborghini Gallardo RG-3GT300SUZDNQOKA16FUJ16SEP16SUG19SUZ12MOTRetAUT19FUJ14NC0 2009JLOCLamborghini Gallardo RG-3GT300OKARetSUZ13FUJ19SEPRetSUG12SUZ10FUJ10AUT12MOT1125th2 2010A speedAston Martin V8 Vantage GT2GT300SUZDSQOKA15FUJ3SEP12SUG11SUZRetFUJCMOT2314th11 2011Team TaisanPorsche 996 GT3GT300OKA11FUJ12SEP13SUGSUZFUJ15AUTMOT1026th1 2012JLOCLamborghini Gallardo RG-3GT300OKARetFUJ14SEPDNQSUG15SUZRetFUJAUT15MOTNC0

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Dick Barbour Racing Didier de Radiguès Sascha Maassen Reynard 01Q-LM-Judd LMP675 95 DNF DNF

References

External links Race Driver Database: Hideshi Matsuda Racing Reference: Hideshi Matsuda