Takuya Kurosawa
Dale Coyne Racing

Born: June 7, 1962
City: Ibaraki, Japan
Rookie season: 2000

First Japanese driver to lead a CART race, Long Beach 2000.

Following injury during qualifying for the Michigan 500, Takuya was replaced by Gualter Salles for Chicago, Mid-Ohio and Elkhart Lake, and Alex Barron from Vancouver onwards.

Car 19

Chassis: Lola
Engine: Ford

With new sponsorship from Sports Today, the car changed color from purple to orange. It's not often you see a driver pouring water on his car, but during the Portland race on June 25, 2000, Takuya had to pull over and extinguish an engine fire.