Shozo Tagahara is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in Super GT for Studie Glad Racing. Tagahara has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 9 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,344 ranks Tagahara 6416th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2009-11-07 | Motegi GT300 | DNF | −82 |
| 2009-10-17 | Autopolis GT300 | P10 | +70 |
| 2009-09-12 | Fuji GT300 | DNF | −81 |
| 2009-08-22 | Suzuka GT300 | DNF | −74 |
| 2009-07-25 | Sugo GT300 | P17 | −32 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +70 | Autopolis 2009 | Super GT | P10 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ▸Super GT | Studie Glad Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −251 | 3,344 |
| 2008 | ▸Super GT | Studie & Glad with Asada Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +2,244 | 3,594 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Nobuteru TaniguchiFIA Silver | 5,236 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Kazuki Hoshino | 4,795 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Hiroki KatohFIA Bronze | 4,684 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Tetsuya TanakaFIA Bronze | 4,639 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Shinichi TakagiFIA Silver | 4,567 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Takuto IguchiFIA Silver | 4,540 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Tomonobu FujiiFIA Gold | 4,540 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Morio NittaFIA Silver | 4,522 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇺🇦 Ryo Orime | 4,447 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇯🇵 Sakamoto Yuya | 4,394 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% |
| 🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,715 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇯🇵 Marco ApicellaFIA Silver | 5,695 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇷 Kohei HirateFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 5,178 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,406 | 🏳️ Stephen Hamman | International GT | 3,347 |
| 6,407 | 🇩🇪 Danilo del Favero | Ferrari Challenge | 3,346 |
| 6,408 | 🇺🇸 David Gravel | NASCAR Truck | 3,346 |
| 6,409 | 🇬🇧 Dominic PAUL | Road to Le Mans | 3,346 |
| 6,410 | 🇺🇸 Max Schweid | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 3,346 |
| 6,411 | 🇺🇸 Lucas Downs | Star Mazda Championship | 3,345 |
| 6,412 | 🇧🇷 Emerson Fanucchi Fittipaldi Jr. | Formula Regional European | 3,344 |
| 6,413 | 🇺🇸 Jim Guthrie | Trans-Am | 3,344 |
| 6,414 | 🇬🇧 Luke Garlick | British GT Championship | 3,344 |
| 6,415 | 🇬🇹 Richard Campollo | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,344 |
| 6,416 | 🇯🇵 Shozo Tagahara | Super GT | 3,344 |
| 6,417 | 🇺🇸 Anderson Bowen | ARCA Menards Series | 3,343 |
| 6,418 | 🇪🇸 Santiago Concepción Serrano | Le Mans Cup | 3,343 |
| 6,419 | 🇺🇸 Sean Johnston | IMSA WeatherTech | 3,343 |
| 6,420 | 🇩🇪 Dirk Layer | PCA Club Racing | 3,342 |
| 6,421 | 🇺🇸 J.R. Robbs | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,342 |
| 6,422 | 🇺🇸 Janine Shoffner | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,342 |
| 6,423 | 🇺🇸 Tyler Chambers | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,342 |
| 6,424 | 🇷🇺 Artem Lobanenko | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,341 |
| 6,425 | 🇩🇪 Daniele Di Amato | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,341 |
| 6,426 | 🇨🇦 James Vance | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,341 |
Shozo Tagahara was a semi-professional racing driver competing in the Japanese domestic sportscar scene. He drove the GT300 class, campaigning a mix of FIA GT3 and Japanese-built GT300 specials, for Studie Glad Racing in multiclass endurance racing where each car was shared between multiple drivers across the race distance. His record spans two seasons between 2008 and 2009, with nine starts across that span.[1]
Tagahara finished 22nd in the 2009 Super GT championship standings after a seven-round campaign. His results placed him regularly among competitors including multiple-time champions such as Nobuteru Taniguchi, a Silver-graded professional and three-time GT300 champion, though he typically finished behind such established opposition. Among his career finishes were occasions ahead of Yuhi Sekiguchi, a Gold-graded established professional who would go on to win the GT500 championship in 2021, and Marco Apicella, an established professional with an International Formula 3000 background.[2]