Kakunoshin ‘Kaku’ Ohta will join Era Motorsport at the IMSA 12 Hours of Sebring as part of Honda Racing Corporation’s Development Programme.
Era Motorsport and the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) have agreed that Ohta will co-drive the #18 Oreca 07 LMP2 with teammates Tobi Lutke and David Heinemeier-Hansson.
Ohta will take on the 73rd running of the Sebring 12 Hours on 14 March – having made his IMSA SportsCar Championship GTP debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona on 25-26 January last month – in addition to the Sportscar Weekend sprint event at Road America.
Ohta said: “I’m happy to announce that I’m going to race with Era Motorsport at Sebring and Road America.
“Era is a reliable team that has achieved great results every year in the LMP2 class.
“We have been working together since 2024, so our partnership is already strong and I am confident that we can achieve good results.
After the second round with the reigning LMP2-class winners at Sebring, he will take on a six-hour race at Watkins Glen (22 June) in Meyer Shank Racing’s #60 Acura ARX-06 GTP and team-mates Renger van der Zande and Nick Yelloly.
Road America’s 2-hour and 40-minute race takes place on 3 August before the Honda Formula Dream Project (HFDP) graduate returns to the #60 Acura at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – for the six-hour ‘Battle on the Bricks’ race on 21 September – totalling up six IMSA races in Ohta’s debut season.
Kyle Tilley, Era Motorsport’s team founder, added: “The entire team at Era Motorsport are thrilled to welcome Kaku onboard for Sebring and Road America.
“Both he and HRC have been wonderful to work with, and we are honoured to have the opportunity to collaborate on this project.”
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