Xfinity Series Car No. 61 history On May 30, 2019, it was reported that HRE would field the No. 61 Toyota at the
July Daytona race, marking the team's first Xfinity race since 2015. On June 16, 2019, it was announced that the car would driven by
Austin Hill, who was to make his Xfinity Series debut; however, a drive line failure prevented Hill from setting a qualifying time and he missed the race. In August, HRE partnered with
MBM Motorsports to renumber the latter's No. 42 to the No. 61 for the
Food City 300 at Bristol.
Timmy Hill drove the No. 61 to a career-best seventh. The No. 61 AISIN Group Toyota attempted the race at Indianapolis with
Austin Hill and scored a top ten in his first-ever Xfinity start as he finished ninth.
Car No. 61 results Car No. 80 history Hattori made his
NASCAR Xfinity Series debut with
Johnny Sauter drove the No. 80 Toyota at the 2014
DRIVE4COPD 300 at
Daytona. Sauter qualified ninth and finished twenty-eighth, one lap down. After that race, Hattori was quoted as saying "we have decided that we need to focus more on our Nationwide Series program”. Sauter would pilot Hattori's No. 80 Toyota for two more races, finishing 16th at
Charlotte Motor Speedway and 15th at the
Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona. Starting at
Michigan,
Ross Chastain piloted the car for four races, turning in a best finish of tenth at
Kentucky Speedway.
Alex Bowman ran one race for Hattori, at
Dover International Speedway. One weekend after making his Truck debut for HRE,
Ross Kenseth made his second Xfinity start and the only Xfinity start of 2015 for HRE. Kenseth started 29th, but he suffered from the limited resources at HRE and finished 33rd, 51 laps down. The team did not attempt any Xfinity races from 2016, 2017, and 2018, as the team focused on strengthening their Truck Series program and fielding an entry in that series full-time.
Car No. 80 results Craftsman Truck Series Truck No. 16 history ;Part Time (2013) Hattori made his major-series NASCAR debut at Michigan in 2013 with
Brett Moffitt as the driver of the No. 16 Toyota. Moffitt started fourteenth and finished seventeenth, one lap off the pace. It would be HRE's only Truck start of the year. ;Ryan Truex (2017) In 2017, The team would bring the No. 16 full-time with
Ryan Truex as the driver. Truex missed the playoffs in a tiebreaker with
Ben Rhodes, Moffitt proceeded to win a total of six races on the season, including at Chicagoland where the team nearly wasn't able to race due to lack of sponsorship, to secure Hattori's first-ever NASCAR championship. With Moffitt's win at
Phoenix in November, HRE's fifth ever in the truck series, and Moffitt's fifth on the season, the team became locked into the Championship 4 Round at
Homestead-Miami Speedway. The next weekend, Moffitt held off
Noah Gragson to win the team's first-ever championship. ;Austin Hill (2019–2021) celebrating after winning the
NextEra Energy 250 in 2019 On December 6, 2018, it was announced that Moffitt was released from the No. 16 team due to financial issues. The team plans to replace Moffitt with a driver who has sponsorship backing. On January 8, 2019, HRE announced that
Austin Hill will drive the No. 16 in the
2019 season. Hill scored his record first win at the season-opening
Daytona race. Following 2021,
Austin Hill would move to the
NASCAR Xfinity Series to drive the No. 21 for
Richard Childress Racing. ;Tyler Ankrum (2022–2023) in the No. 16 at
Sonoma Raceway in 2022
Tyler Ankrum drove the No. 16 truck in 2022, getting only 8 Top 10s, 0 Top 5s and finished 12th in overall points with no wins. It was announced on January 13, 2023, that he would return to the team for the 2023 season. On December 7, 2023, it was announced that Ankrum would be leaving for
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing for the 2024 season. ;Part-time (2024) In January 2024, The No. 16 truck owner points were bought by
Reaume Brothers Racing. In February 2024, the team announced it would be scaling back to a part-time schedule. Hattori would make its first start of the season at
North Wilkesboro, with the No. 16 being driven by
Aric Almirola.
Truck No. 16 results Truck No. 18 history ;Part-time (2015) The team raced in the
Xfinity Series for 2014 before returning to the trucks in 2015 with No. 18 Toyota.
Ross Chastain, who raced for Hattori in 2014, returned to HRE to attempt to qualify at Michigan, but failed to qualify.
Ross Kenseth, son of NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series champion
Matt Kenseth, made his first Truck series start with Hattori at
Martinsville Speedway. Kenseth qualified 25th and finished 17th in the
Aisin AW Toyota. Kenseth failed to qualify for the Truck series finale at
Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Truck No. 18 results Truck No. 61 history ;Beginnings (2021) in the No. 61 at
Sonoma Raceway in 2022 For 2021,
Max McLaughlin decided to put more focus on his dirt racing efforts and would therefore not run another full season in the East Series. However, he would remain with Hattori as he would return to the Truck Series to run a part-time schedule in a new second truck for the team, marking the first time Hattori has fielded a second team in the Truck Series. Ultimately, he never raced for Hattori. ;Chase Purdy (2022) On November 30, 2021, it was announced that
Chase Purdy would drive this brand new No. 61 for 2022. On October 18, 2022, it was announced that Purdy will not return to the team for the 2023 season. ;Part Time (2023) On March 17, 2023, it was announced that
Christopher Bell would drive the No. 61 at North Wilkesboro. Bell would return for the Pocono race as well.
Jake Drew would run five races in the No. 61. His first race with them was at
IRP and his best finish in the No. 61 was 10th at
Kansas. On August 18, 2023, it was announced that
Sean Hingorani would run the No. 61 at the
Milwaukee Mile, finishing 23rd.
Truck No. 61 results Truck No. 81 history ;Ryan Truex (2016) In early 2016, it was announced that
Mayetta, New Jersey's
Ryan Truex would drive the No. 81 Toyota for the full season, contingent on sponsorship, according to Truex. Truex turned in a stellar run at the season-opening
NextEra Energy Resources 250, finishing second. Truex may have won the race if not for NASCAR's "freeze-the-field" rule, which freezes the field when a caution comes out. Truex had lost support from
Parker Kligerman, which allowed
Johnny Sauter to win in his first race for
GMS Racing. Truex did lead fourteen laps in the race. Truex would follow that up with a 20th at
Atlanta Motor Speedway and a 12th at Martinsville. Funding fizzled out mid-season, and the team was forced to skip some races in the middle of the season. The team also switched crew chiefs, bringing in
Wauters Motorsports owner Richie Wauters midseason.
Michael Annett made HRE's only start in 2009, a 41st at Daytona after a crash.
Car No. 1 history Max McLaughlin returned to the renamed ARCA Menards East Series in 2020 in Hattori's No. 1 car, but with the series having combination races with the East Series, McLaughlin and Hattori also competed in races in this series. For 2021, McLaughlin decided to put more focus on his dirt racing efforts and would therefore not run another full season in the East Series. McLaughlin would win at Watkins Glen in the same car Moffitt won with a year earlier. For 2021, McLaughlin decided to put more focus on his dirt racing efforts and would therefore not run another full season in the East Series. ==References==