Hideshi Matsuda

Hideshi Matsuda
Hideshi Matsuda
松田秀士
Born	22 December 1954; Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan
Occupation(s)	Television personality ; Car racer
Years active	1992–present
Relatives	Takeshi 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 has raced in several 24-hour races, including Daytona and LeMans. He also raced 4 times in the Indianapolis 500, in 1994-1996 and 1999, usually for Beck Motorsports. He also drove in one CART Championship Car race at Twin Ring Motegi in his native Japan. He is the brother-in-law of Beat Takeshi.

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	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	[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	[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	[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	54	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY 10	TEX	PIK	ATL	DOV	PIK	LSV	TEX	34th	20	[6]
2000	Hubbard-Immke Racing	Dallara	20	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	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
1994	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
1999	Team Taisan	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
2007	JLOC	Lamborghini Murciélago RG-1	GT300				SEP 12	SUG 9					26th	2
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	Dick Barbour Racing	Didier de Radiguès Sascha Maassen	Reynard 01Q-LM-Judd	LMP675	95	DNF	DNF
Sources:[8][9]

References

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

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[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.

[MSportStats-8] "Hideshi Matsuda Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[9] "Hideshi Matsuda". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved August 8, 2023.