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| name = Roger Yasukawa | image = Roger Yasukawa 2008 Indy Japan 300.jpg | imagesize = 250px | caption = Yasukawa in 2008 | nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American/{{flagicon|JPN}} Japanese | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|10|10}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | related to = Minoru Yasukawa, worked for McLaren and Leyton House F1 teams.[1][2] | death_date = | retired = | current series = IRL IndyCar Series | first year = 2003 | current team = Conquest Racing | car number = 36 | former teams = Super Aguri Fernandez Racing Rahal Letterman Racing Playa Del Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports | starts = 40 | wins = 0 | poles = 0 | fastest laps = | best finish = 12th | year = 2003 | prev series = Toyota Atlantic Championship Barber Dodge Pro Series Formula Palmer Audi Skip Barber Formula Dodge Formula Vauxhall Junior | prev series years = 2002 2000-2001 1999 1998 1997 | titles = | title years = | awards = | award years = }} Roger Yasukawa (born October 10, 1977) is a Japanese-American auto racing driver. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Japanese-American descent. He holds dual nationality of Japan and United States of America. Yasukawa started karting in Southern California, winning the California State Championship in 1991 in Junior Sportsman. He then moved to Italy to compete in JICA. He moved to car racing in 1997 in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in England, before winning the West Coast Skip Barber Formula Dodge 2-Liter Championship in 1998. He moved back to the UK to compete in the inaugural Formula Palmer Audi Championship, before driving several years in the Barber Dodge Pro Series before moving up to the Toyota Atlantic championship in 2002 as a teammate to Ryan Hunter-Reay. He finished 10th in points. Yasukawa signed to drive for former Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki's new Indy Racing League team in 2003. He was second to future series champion Dan Wheldon in the rookie-of-the-year standings and 12th overall, with 8 top-10 finishes. He ran only two races for Rahal Letterman Racing in 2004 but finished 10th both times. He struggled on a return to a full-time seat in 2005 for the underfunded Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Yaskuawa has only made occasional IRL appearances since 2006. He drove in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for Playa Del Racing and finished 16th. He was a late entry for the 2007 event, running in Dreyer and Reinbold's third car, alongside 2004 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Rice and Sarah Fisher. In 2008 he contested the Motegi round as well as the 2008 Indianapolis 500, for Beck Motorsports, however he failed to qualify for Indy. In 2007, Yasukawa drove the #11 SAMAX Motorsport Daytona Prototype at Infineon Raceway, finishing 17th. Motorsports Career ResultsAmerican open–wheel racing results(key) Barber Dodge Pro Series
Atlantic Championship
IndyCar Series
1 Run on same day.
Indy 500 results
References1. ^{{cite news | url =http://www.champcaratlantic.com/Drivers/Driver.asp?ID=363 | title = Champ Car Atlantic Drivers: Roger Yasukawa | publisher =Champ Car Atlantic official website | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate =2008-08-21 | language =}} 2. ^{{cite news | url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCH/is_4_31/ai_100046281/pg_1 | title = Success at home and a world of experience - Rising Star: Roger Yasukawa | publisher =BNET | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate =2008-08-21 | language =}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}} External links{{commons|Roger Yasukawa}}
11 : 1977 births|Living people|Racing drivers from California|American people of Japanese descent|IndyCar Series drivers|Indianapolis 500 drivers|Atlantic Championship drivers|Formula Palmer Audi drivers|American sportspeople of Japanese descent|Sportspeople from Los Angeles|Barber Pro Series drivers |
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