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Hideshi Matsuda
松田 秀士
Born (1954-12-22) 22 December 1954 (age 69)
Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan
Occupation(s)Television personality
Car racer
Years active1985–present
RelativesTakeshi Kitano (brother-in-law)

Hideshi Matsuda (松田 秀士, Matsuda Hideshi, born 22 December 1954) is a Japanese car racer and TV reporter. He is the brother-in-law of Beat Takeshi.

Racing career

He has most notably raced 20 seasons of Super GT from 1993-2012, and also raced in 6 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, 4 times in the Indianapolis 500, in 1994-1996 and 1999, usually for Beck Motorsports, and raced in three CART Championship Car races, 1 of which at Twin Ring Motegi in his native Japan.

Racing record

Indy Car World Series / CART

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
1994 Dick Simon Racing Lola T93 Ford XB SRF PHX LBH INDY
24 		MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS MDO NHM VAN ROA NZR LS 51st 0 [1]
1995 Beck Motorsports Lola T94 Ford XB MIA SRF PHX LBH NZR INDY
15 		MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MIS MDO NHM VAN LS 36th 0 [2]
1998 Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford XB MIA MOT
18 		LBH NZR RIO STL MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS MDO ROA VAN LS HOU SRF FON 34th 0 [3]

Indy Racing League

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
1996 Beck Motorsports Lola T94 52 Ford Cosworth WDW
 PHX INDY
8 		30th 27 [4]
1998 Dallara IR8 54 Infiniti WDW
 PHX INDY
DNQ 		TEX NHS DOV CLT PIK ATL TEX LSV - 0 [5]
1999 Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 WDW
 PHX
 CLT INDY
10 		TEX PIK ATL
 DOV
 PIK
 LSV
 TEX 34th 20 [6]
2000 Hubbard-Immke Racing Dallara 20 WDW
 PHX
 LSV
 INDY
DNQ 		TEX
 PIK
 ATL
 KTY
 TEX
 - 0 [7]

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 Infiniti Failed to Qualify
1999 Dallara Oldsmobile 10th 10th
2000 Dallara Oldsmobile Failed to Qualify

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
1993 Chamberlain Engineering Lotus Esprit LM GT4 FUJ
 FUJ
 SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
 NC 0
1994 Makiguchi Engineering BMW M3 GT2 FUJ
 SEN
 FUJ
 SUG
2 		12th 15
Team Taisan Ferrari F40 GT1 MIN
8 		21st 3
1995 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 GT1 SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
1 		SEN
8 		FUJ
5 		SUG
6 		MIN
1 		4th 57
1996 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 GT500 SUZ
9 		FUJ
9 		SEN
Ret 		FUJ
12 		SUG
12 		MIN
6 		15th 10
1997 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT2 GT500 SUZ
 FUJ
 SEN
10 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
14 		SUG
8 		23rd 6
1998 Team Taisan Dodge Viper GT500 SUZ
14 		FUJ
C 		SEN
 FUJ
14 		MOT
 MIN
 SUG
10 		21st 1
1999 Team Taisan Dodge Viper GT500 SUZ
9 		FUJ
13 		SUG
 MIN
13 		23rd 2
Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 FUJ
1 		TAI
Ret 		MOT
1 		8th 40
2000 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 MOT
1 		FUJ
1 		SUG
 FUJ
7 		TAI
7 		MIN
1 		SUZ
2 		2nd 83
2001 Team Taisan Porsche 911 GT3 R GT300 TAI
11 		FUJ
4 		SUG
5 		FUJ
7 		MOT
3 		SUZ
16 		MIN
2 		5th 49
2002 910 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RS GT300 TAI
8 		FUJ
4 		SUG
Ret 		SEP
4 		FUJ
6 		MOT
8 		MIN
2 		SUZ
5 		6th 55
2003 Team Gainer Ferrari F360 GT300 TAI
13 		FUJ
4 		SUG
Ret 		FUJ
2 		FUJ
20 		MOT
Ret 		AUT
2 		SUZ
12 		8th 46
2004 Team Gainer Ferrari F360 GT300 TAI
10 		SUG
3 		SEP
9 		TOK
8 		MOT
20 		AUT
7 		SUZ
14 		8th 26
2005 Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari F360 GT300 OKA
13 		FUJ
 SEP
Ret 		SUG
10 		MOT
5 		FUJ
 AUT
19 		SUZ
5 		11th 13
2006 Arktech Motorsports Porsche Boxster GT300 SUZ
3 		OKA
3 		FUJ
8 		SEP
9 		SUG
6 		SUZ
10 		MOT
17 		AUT
4 		FUJ
Ret 		9th 49
2007 Jim Gainer Racing Ferrari F360 GT300 SUZ
22 		OKA
16 		FUJ
15 		SUZ
DSQ 		MOT
 AUT
 FUJ
 26th 2
JLOC Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1 SEP
12 		SUG
9
2008 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 GT300 SUZ
DNQ 		OKA
16 		FUJ
16 		SEP
16 		SUG
19 		SUZ
12 		MOT
Ret 		AUT
19 		FUJ
14 		NC 0
2009 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 GT300 OKA
Ret 		SUZ
13 		FUJ
19 		SEP
Ret 		SUG
12 		SUZ
10 		FUJ
10 		AUT
12 		MOT
11 		25th 2
2010 A speed Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 GT300 SUZ
DSQ 		OKA
15 		FUJ
3 		SEP
12 		SUG
11 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
C 		MOT
23 		14th 11
2011 Team Taisan Porsche 996 GT3 GT300 OKA
11 		FUJ
12 		SEP
13 		SUG
 SUZ
 FUJ
15 		AUT
 MOT
10 		26th 1
2012 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo RG-3 GT300 OKA
Ret 		FUJ
14 		SEP
DNQ 		SUG
15 		SUZ
Ret 		FUJ
 AUT
15 		MOT
 NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2001 United States Dick Barbour Racing Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Germany Sascha Maassen 		Reynard 01Q-LM-Judd LMP675 95 DNF DNF
Sources:[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 1998 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  8. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  9. ^ "Hideshi Matsuda". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

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