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Akinori Ogata (born 14 August 1973) is a Japanese professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado for MB Motorsports. ==Racing career== Ogata started Motocross racing in Japan around 1987.〔 In 2009, Ogata signed a deal with ENEOS to sponsor his Whelen All-American Series ride, the company's first NASCAR sponsorship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NASCAR - AKINORI OGATA )〕 Ogata made his K&N Pro Series East debut in 2012 in Jennifer McDonald's No. 49 Dodge at Gresham Motorsports Park, finishing 15th. He competed in three more events with McDonald during the year, this time in a Toyota, crashing in two of them. In 2013, Ogata ran with Sherry Kuykendall's No. 44 and Ronald Faison's No. 39, three of which were with the former,〔 and failed to qualify in the No. 44 at Dover International Speedway. The following year, Ogata competed as an owner/driver in the No. 56 Toyota with Dale Quarterly as crew chief, qualifying in three of five races,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NASCAR K&N Pro Series East DNQs or WDs )〕 but only finished the race at Iowa Speedway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results (races) )〕 On 5 November 2014, Win-Tron Racing announced Ogata would make his Camping World Truck Series debut with the team in the No. 35 Toyota, racing in the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway; this also marked his first career race at Phoenix.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Akinori Ogata, No. 35 ENEOS Toyota Tundra, Lucas Oil 150 Fast Facts )〕 After qualifying 28th with a lap time of 28.388 seconds and a speed of ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 Lucas Oil 150 qualifying results )〕 Ogata finished 29th after his rear gear broke on lap 45.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 Lucas Oil 150 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Akinori Ogata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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