Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I eke a Momota ki te Whakataetae Motuka Taere Katoa o Japan i te waenganui ki te mutunga o te 1980s. I te tau 1990 i whakataetae ia i nga whakataetae tuatahi e rua o te American Racing Series o te waa mo TEAMKAR International, ka mutu te 17 me te 20 o nga tau. I ngana ia ki te tohu mo te 1992 Indianapolis 500
i roto i tētahi motokā i whakaurua e TEAMKAR engari i werohia mai i te mara i te rā whakamutunga o te tohu e Jimmy Vasser. I te tau 1995 i whakataetae ia i roto i te NASCAR SuperTruck Series i Phoenix International Raceway e taraiwa ana mo Randy MacDonald, ka noho ko ia te taraiwa NASCAR tuatahi o Japan. I hinga ia i te 25 o nga porowhita, a, i whakawhiwhia ki te 37 o nga waahi.