Kenji Momota

Kenji Momota (桃田 健史, Momota Kenji, born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former driver. He has raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship, American Racing Series, IndyCar and NASCAR.

Kenji Momota
Born	(1962-08-04) August 4, 1962 (age 61) Tokyo, Japan
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	82nd (1995)
First race	1995 GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

Racing career

Momota drove in the All Japan Touring Car Championship in the mid to late 1980s. In 1990 he competed in the first two American Racing Series races of the season for TEAMKAR International, finishing 17th and 20th. He attempted to qualify for the 1992 Indianapolis 500 in a car fielded by TEAMKAR but was bumped from the field on the final day of qualifying by Jimmy Vasser.^[1] In 1995 he competed in a NASCAR SuperTruck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway driving for Randy MacDonald, becoming the first Japanese NASCAR driver. He crashed 25 laps in and was credited with 37th place.^[2]

Post-racing career

Since ending his career, Momota has worked as a racing journalist and announcer.^[3] From 2004 to the network's final season of coverage in 2019, he was a color commentator for Nippon TV G+'s NASCAR broadcast.^[4]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

SuperTruck Series

NASCAR SuperTruck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1995	MacDonald Motorsports	71	Chevy	PHO	TUS	SGS	MMR	POR	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	RCH	MAR	NWS DNQ	SON	MMR	PHO 37	82nd	104	^[5]

References

1. Kenji Momota, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2010-07-15
2. Kenji Momota - 1995 Truck Series, Racing Reference, Retrieved 2010-07-15
3. "プロフィール" [Profile]. Kenji Momota (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
4. Momota, Kenji (January 1, 2020). "【3つの原因】NASCARやインディ なぜアメリカでモータースポーツが地盤沈下しているのか" [[Three reasons] NASCAR and IndyCar: Why motorsports are subsiding in the United States] (in Japanese). Autocar. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
5. "Kenji Momota – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series By Craftsman Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Kenji Momota driver statistics at Racing-Reference