{"id":8614,"date":"2025-09-29T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:50:48","slug":"japanese-driver-kakunoshin-ohta-to-test-meyer-shank-racing-indy-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/japanese-driver-kakunoshin-ohta-to-test-meyer-shank-racing-indy-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Driver Kakunoshin Ohta to Test Meyer Shank Racing Indy car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pataskala, OH (29 September 2025) \u2013 Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) announced today that Japanese driver\u00a0Kakunoshin Ohta\u00a0&#8211; also one of Acura MSR\u2019s IMSA endurance drivers &#8211; will take part in an official\u00a0NTT INDYCAR SERIES test\u00a0at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on\u00a0Wednesday, October 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ohta, who is 26-years old, has built a strong reputation in Japan\u2019s top open-wheel categories. He currently competes in the highly competitive Super Formula Championship, where he has earned four podium finishes this season, including\u00a0three victories, and is currently sitting among the frontrunners in the championship standings.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his Super Formula duties, Ohta has also run with Acura MSR in the No. 93 Acura ARX-06 in three of the five IMSA endurance rounds &#8211; Daytona, Watkins Glen and the Indianapolis road course.<\/p>\n<p>The test at Mid-Ohio will be Ohta\u2019s first outing in an Indy car and highlights the team\u2019s ongoing commitment to providing crossover opportunities between its IMSA and INDYCAR programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to give Kaku this opportunity,\u201d said Mike Shank, co-owner of Meyer Shank Racing.\u00a0\u201cWe love giving drivers the chance to learn and expand their skill set, and we\u2019re very fortunate we can do that because we participate in these two high-level racing series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T alignleft\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZTyStOwkk5DyLVh_L9gfaQfMJa477KVFgdohdZD8rx2p7m4ravCqFECWjNrnN31GCI2hWuZWZruKDHUAuWzcieRsxHkXKzpxiZklfA7I-hdhIRqBfzQu1f3rlqozgxDc5EpUPMOO-4ZaRvG9AHpyYFgEducWe1W9E=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/a33ba08d163385b4a77fabf6c\/images\/25d56493-3eea-5243-cf7f-22fc41f9048a.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/>In Ohta\u2019s three IMSA outings with Acura MSR, he and his teammates have earned three top-tens, including a P5 at the most recent Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so excited to drive an Indy car and very\u00a0thankful to Mike for giving me this opportunity,\u201d said Ohta.\u00a0\u201cGetting to experience different types of Honda and Acura-powered cars is so valuable, and I can\u2019t wait to see how it compares to what I\u2019m driving now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pataskala, OH (29 September 2025) \u2013 Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) announced today that Japanese driver\u00a0Kakunoshin Ohta\u00a0&#8211; also one of Acura MSR\u2019s IMSA endurance drivers &#8211; will<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-meyer-shank-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8616,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8614\/revisions\/8616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}