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Shinya Michimi

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Shinya Michimi
道見ショーン真也
Born
Shinya Sean Michimi

(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 33)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityJapan Japanese
Categorisation FIA Silver
Championship titles
2016Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro

Shinya Sean Michimi (道見ショーン真也, Michimi Shōn Shinya; born 29 June 1993) is an American-born Japanese former racing driver who last competed in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian.

Career

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Born in Cincinnati to a Japanese father and American mother, Michimi lived in the US throughout his karting career,[1] before moving to Japan to make his single-seater debut in 2012 in Formula Challenge Japan.[2] In his first season in the series as a Toyota development driver, Michimi scored his only points of the season at Suzuka by finishing fourth and taking three points.[3]

Returning to Formula Challenge Japan under Toyota's support for 2013,[4] Michimi took his maiden series podium at Motegi by finishing second from pole.[5] Michimi then scored two more podiums in the subsequent two rounds at Fuji, which helped him end the year seventh in points.[6][7] At the end of the year, Michimi competed in the MRF Racing-centrally run 2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship.[8] Racing in the first three rounds of the season, Michimi took his only podium of the season on his final series appearance, finishing second to Rupert Svendsen-Cook in race four at Bahrain.[9][10]

After testing Auto GP machinery in late 2013 for Euronova Racing,[11] Michimi joined the team for the fourth round of the 2014 season at Monza to make his series debut.[12] Running as high as fourth on debut, Michimi retired due to a mechanical failure in race one,[13] before finishing sixth in race two.[14] After another one-off appearance at the Red Bull Ring in which he finished fourth in race two,[15] Michimi returned to the team for the season-finale at Estoril, taking his maiden win in cars in race two.[16]

Michimi remained with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing as he switched to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for 2015. Racing alongside Kei Cozzolino, the pair won in the Pro-Am class at Monza,[17] before moving up to the Pro class and taking a best result of second at Spa.[18] Remaining in Super Trofeo competition for 2016, Michimi joined Prestige Performance to race in its North American counterpart in the Pro class as a Lamborghini junior.[19][20] Taking his maiden series win at Laguna Seca,[21] before winning both races at Watkins Glen and VIR,[22][23] and then taking winning Road America,[24] helping him to secure the Super Trofeo North America title at season's end.[25] After taking a one-year hiatus, Michimi returned to Super Trofeo North America for 2018, joining Precision Performance Motorsports in the Pro class alongside Brandon Gdovic.[26] In his return to racing, Michimi took a lone win at Road America en route to a fourth-place points finish in class.[27]

In 2019, Michimi joined X Works to race with them in Super Taikyu and part-time in the GT300 class of the Super GT Series,[28] in which he scored a best result of sixth at Sugo.[29] During 2019, Michimi missed the second-to-last round of the Super Taikyu series as he made a one-off comeback to Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at VIR, in which he won race two.[30] Towards the end of the year, Michimi competed in the Petit Le Mans for Precision Performance Motorsports in the GTD class,[31] in which he qualified third in class and set the fastest lap in GTD.[32]

The following year, Michimi joined Honda-affiliated Meyer Shank Racing to contest the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.[33] In the four races he contested, Michimi won at Road Atlanta,[34] finished third at Sebring and scored the GTD pole for the Petit Le Mans.[35][36] After sitting most of 2021 on the sidelines, Michimi made a one-off appearance in the ST-X class of the Super Taikyu Series as he raced in the Fuji 24 Hours for CarGuy Racing.[37]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2005 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Sportsman 22nd
WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Yamaha Junior 30th
2006 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Yamaha Junior 10th
2007 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Heavy 7th
200 Miles of Newcastle L&T Racing 62nd
2008 Manufacturer's Cup Series – Yamaha Jr SuperCan Heavy 2nd
Manufacturer's Cup Series – Yamaha Jr SuperCan Lite Merlin Woltjer USA 13th
Rotax Max Challenge USA – Junior Max Merlin MRP USA 25th
200 Miles of Newcastle Team KartLift 35th
2009 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – HPV Junior Lite 5th
2010 200 Miles of Newcastle RaceToADomain.com 34th
2011 WKA Manufacturer's Cup – Komet Lite 2nd
2012 200 Miles of Newcastle Three Samurais 41st
Sources:[38]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship 12 0 0 0 0 3 10th
2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 24 12th
2013 Formula Challenge Japan FTRS Scholarship SMR 12 0 2 0 3 26 7th
2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 8 0 0 0 1 62 6th
2014 Auto GP Series Euronova Racing 6 1 0 3 1 55 8th
2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 1 0 1 1 0 NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro 10 0 0 0 2 81 5th
2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Prestige Performance 12 6 6 8 12 110 1st
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro 2 0 0 0 0 9 7th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 20th
2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Precision Performance Motorsports 10 1 3 0 8 110 4th
California 8 Hours – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2019 Super GT – GT300 X Works 5 0 0 0 0 12 23rd
Super Taikyu – ST-X 4 0 0 0 0 60‡ 6th‡
Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Precision Performance Motorsports 2 1 1 0 2 26 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD 1 0 0 1 0 21 55th
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 4 1 1 0 2 107 26th
2021 Super Taikyu – ST-X CarGuy Racing 1 0 0 0 0 23‡ 7th‡
Sources:[39][38]

‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Challenge Japan results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Pts
2012 FTRS Scholarship FUJ1
1
12		 FUJ1
2
9		 MOT
1
10		 MOT
2
Ret		 FUJ2
1
9		 FUJ2
2
9		 FUJ2
3
11		 SUZ1
1
8		 SUZ1
2
4		 SUZ2
1
9		 SUZ2
2
8		 SUZ2
3
9		 10th 3
2013 FTRS Scholarship SMR FUJ1
1
9		 FUJ1
2
5		 MOT
1
4		 MOT
2
2		 FUJ2
1
3		 FUJ2
2
13		 FUJ2
3
11		 FUJ3
1
2		 FUJ3
2
13		 SUZ
1
9		 SUZ
2
7		 SUZ
3
12		 7th 26

Complete Auto GP results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2014 Euronova Racing MAR
1		 MAR
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 MNZ
1
11†		 MNZ
2
6		 IMO
1		 IMO
2		 RBR
1
6		 RBR
2
4		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 EST
1
6		 EST
2
1		 8th 55

Complete Super GT Series results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019 X Works Nismo GT-R GT3 GT300 OKA
 FUJ
7		 SUZ
 CHA
 FUJ
16		 AUT
19		 SUG
6		 MOT
8		 23rd 12

Complete IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship results

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Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
2019 Precision Performance Motorsports GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
SEB
 MDO
DET
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
LAG
PET
10		 55th 21 [40]
2020 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
10		 DAY
 SEB ELK
 VIR
 ATL
1		 MOH
 CLT
 PET
10		 LGA
 SEB
3		 26th 107 [41]

References

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  1. ↑ "Michimi: "You Could Almost Call it a Dream Season"". sportscar365.com. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "道見ショーン真也". ramblas-inc.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "第9戦 決勝レース結果". superformula.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "2013年ドライバー一覧 | 道見 真也 ショーン". toyotagazooracing.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "2013フォーミュラチャレンジ・ジャパンRd.4". superformula.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "2013フォーミュラチャレンジ・ジャパン Rd.5". superformula.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "2013フォーミュラチャレンジ・ジャパン Rd.8". superformula.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Pic edges Ellinas to claim MRF pole at Indian GP". formulascout.com. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ellinas and Svendsen-Cook secure two wins each in MRF round at Sakhir". formulascout.com. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "MRF Challenge: Ellinas, Svendsen-Cook win". autocarindia.com. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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  13. ↑ "Pommer claims victory in first Auto GP race at Monza". formulascout.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Giovesi claims straightforward win in second Monza race". formulascout.com. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "Roda leads Virtuosi 1-2 in chaotic Spielberg race two". formulascout.com. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "道見ショーン真也「優勝して肩の荷が下りた気分」". as-web.jp (in Japanese). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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  18. ↑ "Lamborghini Super Trofeo: Round 4 Highlights at Spa". gtspirit.com. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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  20. ↑ "Lamborghini Squadra Corsa Announces 2016 Young Drivers Program". dailysportscar.com. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Prestige Claims Lamborghini ST Round 2 Victory in Monterey". sportscar365.com. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  22. ↑ "Michimi Sweeps Weekend in Lamborghini ST at Watkins Glen". sportscar365.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "Michimi, Prestige Sweep Lamborghini ST Weekend at VIR". sportscar365.com. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "Michimi Claims Victory in Round 6 at Road America". sportscar365.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "Ferrucci Sweeps Weekend; Michimi Clinches Lamborghini ST Title". sportscar365.com. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "PPM Completes Three-Car Super Trofeo Lineup". sportscar365.com. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "Michimi, Gdovic Claim Race 1 Victory at Road America". sportscar365.com. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "Japanese-American Racer Shinya Sean Michimi: "Just Pushing As Hard As I Can!"". dailysportscar.com. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  29. ↑ "Hirate & Makowiecki Brave The Rain To Win Sugo 300km For NDDP Racing". dailysportscar.com. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  30. ↑ "Reliable Run Sees Michimi, Gdovic Grab VIR Race 2 Win". sportscar365.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  31. ↑ "Petit Le Mans: Thursday Paddock Notes". sportscar365.com. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  32. ↑ "Action Express On Pole For Petit Le Mans (Updated)". sportscar365.com. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  33. ↑ "IMSA：道見真也＆グーノン、デイトナでNSX駆る。2019年王者MSRのラインアップ完成". as-web.jp (in Japanese). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  34. ↑ "IMSA, Road Atlanta : Acura remporte sa première course d'Endurance !". endurance-info.com (in French). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  35. ↑ "#55 Mazda Wins Chaotic Sebring 12 Hours, Taylor & Castroneves Take Championship". dailysportscar.com. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  36. ↑ "Dane Cameron Leads Penske Acura Front Row Lock-Out For Petit Le Mans". dailysportscar.com. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  37. ↑ "2021 Fuji 24 Hours Preview: Future On Track". dailysportscar.com. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  38. 1 2 "Shinya Michimi | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  39. ↑ "Shinya Michimi Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  40. ↑ "Shinya Michimi – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  41. ↑ "Shinya Michimi – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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