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Japanese racing driver

Shigeaki "Shige" Hattori (服部 茂章, November 3, 1963) is a Japanese professional race car driver and team owner based in the United States. As a driver, he competed in the CART and IndyCar Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART. As an owner, Hattori owns Hattori Racing Enterprises, which currently competes part time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. HRE also has competed part time in the Xfinity Series in the past. The team has fielded cars for Johnny Sauter, Alex Bowman, Austin Hill, Max McLaughlin, David Garbo Jr., Lee Pulliam, Brett Moffitt, Sergio Pena, Ross Kenseth, Jesse Little, and Ryan Truex. His race team won the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship with Brett Moffitt.

Prior to moving to the United States, Hattori won the Formula Toyota championship in 1994.

Hattori moved to the United States in 1995, He would win two races that season and finish 14th in points.

Hattori raced for Bettenhausen in CART in 1999, but after he spun the car 18 times in 7 races, he had his CART competition license revoked at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca by chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. He started 7 races, with a best finish of 15th at Gateway International Raceway.

Hattori raced in the Indy Racing League from 2000 to 2003. His best IRL finish was a 6th at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002 and he finished 13th in IRL points in 2001 for Treadway Vertex Cunningham Racing. He led a total of 28 laps in his 26 series starts.

Hattori attempted his first race in the Craftsman Truck Series at the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway in 2004, with sponsorship from Aisin AW. He failed to qualify his No. 01 Toyota Tundra. Hattori was signed to drive the No. 9 Tundra for Germain Racing (then Germain Arnold Racing) for 2005, his rookie season in the Truck Series, with sponsorship from Aisin AW. He failed to qualify in several races, and was released at the end of the season after competing in 10 events and finishing 35th in series points.

Beginning in 2008, Hattori has fielded entries in NASCAR and ARCA competition under the Hattori Racing Enterprises banner. On August 18, 2013, he made his debut as a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team owner, fielding the No. 16 Goodyear of Japan Toyota at Michigan International Speedway in the National Guard 200. The team finished 17th with driver Brett Moffitt. Hattori's team returned in 2014, fielding the 80 in several Nationwide series events. In 2015, the team fielded the No. 18 for Ross Chastain at Michigan, but he failed to qualify after the rain interrupted. Later on, the team hosted Ross Kenseth's first Truck start in the No. 18 at the fall Martinsville event. In 2016, Ryan Truex took over Hattori's Truck ride (renumbered from the No. 18 to the No. 81 due to Kyle Busch Motorsports re taking that number). After the team gave Truex that chance, he nearly won the season opening race at Daytona, where he finished second. After that strong run, the team and Truex said they would try to run the full season, which ended up not happening due to sponsorship issues. However, Truex drove part time for the team in select races for the remainder of the season. The two parties ran the full 2017 season in the renumbered No. 16, but Truex was released prior to the 2018 season. Moffitt returned to HRE in 2018. Despite sponsorship concerns that threatened to cut their season short, Moffitt and HRE went on to win that year's championship. Nevertheless, troubles with funding resulted in Moffitt's release. Austin Hill would take over the No. 16 in 2019. The team expanded to two trucks in 2022 with Tyler Ankrum and Chase Purdy. In 2022, Hattori formed Hattori Motorsports to compete in the GT4 America Series with Seth Lucas and Matt Plumb.

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 2000 Treadway Racing G Force 55 OldsmobileWDWPHXLVSINDYTXSPPIATLKTYTX2 22nd 109 2001 Vertex Cunningham Racing Dallara OldsmobilePHXHMSATLINDYTXSPPIRIRKANNSHKTYSTLCHITX2 13th 215 2002 Bradley Motorsports Dallara 12 ChevroletHMSPHX 27th 78 InfinitiFONNZRINDYTXSPPIRIRKANNSHMISKTYSTLCHITX2 2003 A. J. Foyt Enterprises G Force 5 ToyotaHMSMOT 26th 43 DallaraPHXINDYTXSPPIRIRKANNSHMISSTLKTYNZRCHIFONTX2

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

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2004 Germain/Arnold Racing 01 Toyota DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM NA 2005 9 DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 35th 703