{{Short description|Japanese racing car manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Mooncraft Co., Ltd. | logo = | logo_caption = | image = Cars_Tokai_Dream28_Shiden_MC-RT-16_2011_Fuji_test.jpg | image_caption = [[Mooncraft Shiden]] | former type = | type = ''[[Kabushiki gaisha]]'' | traded_as = | industry = Automotive | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = 1975 | founder = Takuya Yura | defunct = | hq_location_city = [[Gotemba, Shizuoka|Gotemba]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]] | hq_location_country = [[Japan]] | num_locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Takuya Yura<br>Masato Furukawa | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[Toray Industries|Toray Carbon Magic]] | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = https://www.mooncraft.jp/ | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }}
{{nihongo|'''Mooncraft Co., Ltd.'''|ムーンクラフト株式会社|Mūnkurafuto Kabushiki Gaisha|lead=yes}} is a Japanese race car constructor based in [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Japan]].
==History== Mooncraft was founded by {{Ill|Takuya Yura|ja|由良拓也}} in 1975.<ref name=profile>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mooncraft.jp/company/|title = Company Profile|language=ja|website=mooncraft.jp|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> The company was created to design and market race cars within Japan and abroad.
The company created the [[Mooncraft Shiden 77|Shiden 77]] in 1977, driven by [[Noritake Takahara]] in the [[Fuji Grand Champion Series]]; the car featured a unique design that won it many fans although it was not competitive<ref name=shiden>{{Cite web|url=https://motorz.jp/race/17878/|title = 「速いクルマは美しい」に形から挑んだ名車とは？ムーンクラフトの名車”紫電”の歴代モデルをご紹介します。|language=ja|website=motorz.jp|date=15 November 2016|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> and was ultimately destroyed in a crash.<ref name=ld>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldwolf-racing.blog/2021/12/20211219.html|title=あゞ 追憶の紫電改RE-78|website=goldwolf-racing.blog|language=ja|date=19 December 2021|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> In addition to their own cars, Mooncraft also constructed cars for other teams and manufacturers; one of their most notable early creations was the [[Mazda 717C]], which won in its class at the [[1983 24 Hours of Le Mans]], the first Japanese car to do so.
Mooncraft formed their own race team in 1985;<ref name=mc>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mooncraft.jp/company/historymotorsports3/|title = Memories of Mooncraft Race|language=ja|website=mooncraft.jp|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> since then, Mooncraft vehicles have been used in all forms of motorsports. A new wind tunnel facility was installed in the company's new facility in [[Gotemba, Shizuoka|Gotemba]] in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mooncraft.jp/company/greeting/|title = Message from the President|language=ja|website=mooncraft.jp|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> [[Toray Industries|Toray Carbon Magic]] acquired Mooncraft in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.carbonmagic.com/news/news_20181108.html|title = ムーンクラフト株式会社の株式取得について|language=ja|website=carbonmagic.com|date=8 November 2018|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>
==Models== ;Pre-Mooncraft *Formula 2000 (1970) *[[RQC Nova]] (1970) *[[Augusta MK 3]] (1972) *[[Tokyo Giken FJ1300]] (1973) *[[Brabham BT36|Brabham BT36 Kai]] (1973) *[[Nova 01]] (1974)
;Sports prototype *[[Mazda Grand Familia|Mazda RX-3 251]] (1979) *[[Mazda RX-7|Mazda RX-7 252]] (1980) *[[Mazda RX-7|Mazda RX-7 253]] (1981) *[[Mazda RX-7|Mazda RX-7 254]] (1982) *[[Mazda 717C]] (1983) *[[MCS Guppy]] (1983) *[[Mazda 727C]] (1984) *[[Mazda 737C]] (1985) *[[Mooncraft Shiden|Mooncraft Shiden MC/RT-16]] (2006) *[[Lotus Evora|Lotus Evora MC GT300]] (2015)
;Open-wheel *[[Nova 02]] (1975) *[[Nova 512]] (1976) *[[Nova 513]] (1976) *[[Nova 532]] (1976) *[[Kojima Engineering|Kojima KE007]] (1976) *[[Mooncraft Luna Nuova]] (1977) *[[Kojima Engineering|Kojima KE009]] (1977) *[[Niki 79]] (1979) *[[Mooncraft MC-030]] (1988) *[[Mooncraft MC-031]] (1988) *[[Mooncraft MC-040]] (1988) *[[Mooncraft MC-041]] (1989) *[[Mooncraft MC-041|Mooncraft MC-041B]] (1990) *[[Lola T91/50]] (1991) *[[Mooncraft MC-060EL]] (1992) *[[Lola T94/50|Lola MCS94]] (1994) *[[Lola B99/51|Lola MCS99]] (1999) *[[Mooncraft MC-080]] (2009) *[[Mooncraft MC-090]] (2010)
;Fuji Grand Champion *[[March 73S|March 73S Kai]] (1973) *[[GRD S74|GRD S74 Kai]] (1974) *[[March 74S|Mooncraft March]] (1974) *[[Mooncraft Shiden 77]] (1977) *[[McLaren M12|McLaren M12 Kai]] (1977) *[[Mooncraft Shiden 77|Mooncraft Shiden Kai]] (1978) *[[Nova 53S]] (1978) *[[Nova 53S|Nova 54S]] (1978) *[[Mooncraft MCS]] (1979) *[[Thunder LM39]] (1979) *[[Royce RM-1]] (1980) *[[Mooncraft Kibo]] (1980) *[[Mooncraft MCS 2]] (1981) *[[Mooncraft MCS 3]] (1982) *[[Mooncraft MCS 4]] (1983) *[[Mooncraft MCS 5]] (1984) *[[Mooncraft MCS 6]] (1985) *[[Mooncraft MCS 7]] (1986) *[[Mooncraft Special MCS 8|Mooncraft MCS 8]] (1988) *[[Mooncraft Special MCS 9|Mooncraft MCS 9]] (1989) *[[Dallara GC21]] (2002)
;Sports cars *Nissan Super Silhouette race cars **Nissan Silvia Turbo (1981) **Nissan Bluebird SSS Turbo (1982) **[[Nissan Skyline RS Silhouette Formula]] (1982) *[[Yamaha OX99-11]] (1992) *[[Mini Moke|Mooncraft Moke Sport]] (1993) *[[Mooncraft Tottini]] (1995) *[[Mooncraft Koshiden]] (2006) *[[Mooncraft Koshiden|Mooncraft Koshiden-R]] (2006)
==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Japanese racecar constructors]] [[Category:Companies based in Shizuoka Prefecture]] [[Category:1975 establishments in Japan]]