Hiro Matsushita

Hiroyuki Matsushita, also known as Hiro Matsushita, is a Japanese businessman and former racing driver, born in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture. He is the grandson of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic, and the youngest son of Masaharu Matsushita, who was the second president of Panasonic. He raced motorcycles in Japan between 1977 and 1980, becoming Kansai regional motocross champion in 1980, then moved to four wheels, taking second in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1988 and third at the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 1989 he won the Toyota Atlantic Championship (Pacific), becoming the first and only Japanese driver to do so, and he became the first Japanese driver to race in the Indianapolis 500. He raced in Champ Car from 1990, and his best finish was sixth at Michigan in 1994.