Hideki Mutoh 武藤 英紀

Hideki Mutoh (武藤 英紀) the Japanese driving phenom has certainly been climbing up the rankings of professional driving in leaps and bounds.

Since his arrival in the USA from Japan, he is certainly getting lots of media attention and no longer being ignored.

Only one year after arriving from Japan to drive in the Indy Pro Series, Mutoh took over for the Andretti Green Racing car driven up to that point by Dario Franchitti, the winner of last years Indy 500, after Franchitti decided to move to NASCAR.

Mutoh started today's Indy 500, the premier racing contest in the USA, in the 3rd row, as the highest qualifying rookie. The driving prowess that he exhibited helped him turn in a respectable 7th place finish ahead of other notables such as Danica Patrick, and thus finished the race with the highest finishing position of any Japanese driver thus far - surpassing the impressive 1996 8th place finish by Hideshi Matsuda.

There is no doubt that the guy can drive, and as he continues to further hone his skills, placing well and winning races, this will all help to cement his place amongst respected professional race car driving legends. Stay tuned racing fans.

All the best.....Mark