Roger Yasukawa

Roger Yasukawa (born October 10, 1977) is an American auto racing driver.
He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Japanese-American descent.
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.

American open–wheel racing results

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Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1999	SEB 10	NAZ 11	LRP 15	POR 11	CLE 10	ROA 11	DET 6	MDO 7	GRA 6	LS 6	HMS 6	WGI 6	9th	81
2000	SEB 4	MIA 25	NAZ 5	LRP 11	DET 5	CLE 5	MDO 8	ROA 4	VAN 11	LS 25	RAT 5	HMS 8	7th	94
2001	SEB 4	PIR 7	LRP1 3	LRP2 10	DET 2	CLE 6	TOR 4	CHI 8	MDO 5	ROA 2	VAN 1	LS	4th	128

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2002	Hylton Motorsports	MTY	LBH 7	MIL 1	LS 3	POR 8	CHI 2	TOR Ret	CLE 21	TRR Ret	ROA 10	MTL	DEN	10th	73

IndyCar Series

1 Run on same day.

Indy 500 results

Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500.