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HIDEKI MUTOH
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Name: Hideki Mutoh
Birth Date: October 6, 1982
Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 141 lbs.
Residence: Indianapolis, Ind.
No. 27 Chassis: Dallara
Engine: Honda
Sponsor: Panasonic/Formula Dream
Website: www.hidekimutoh.com
#11 Car : Hideki Mutoh
He began karting at age 12 in 1996 and quickly moved
through the ranks, becoming a part of Honda's Formula Dream
Project. He moved to Europe in 1998 to compete in Formula
Vauxhall. He then moved on to the Formula Ford European
Championship and competed in the Formula Ford Festival,
finishing 7th in 2000 and 3rd in 2001. He then moved back
to Asia to compete in Asian Formula 2000 and Formula Dream,
where he finished second in his rookie season. He won the
Formula Dream championship in his second year in 2002.
Mutoh then moved to Japanese Formula Three, finishing 9th
and 3rd in his two seasons there. In 2006 he drove in Formula
Nippon and Super GT 500-class.
In
2007, Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) announced that Mutoh
had been signed to drive their new entry in the Indy Pro
Series in a car prepared by Panther Racing, who had last
competed in IPS in 2003, winning the championship with driver
Mark Taylor. Mutoh has done very well; he is currently second
in points, and captured his first win in Liberty Challenge
Race 1 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on
United States Grand Prix weekend.
On September 9, Mutoh made his Indy Racing League IndyCar
Series debut with Panther Racing at Chicagoland Speedway
in the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 in the one-off entry #60
car, sponsored by the Formula Dream Project. Mutoh finished
8th and clocked the fastest lap of the race. Mutoh will
replace 2007 IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti at
Andretti Green Racing in the team's full-time #27 IndyCar
for 2008.[1].
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