Jon Herb

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Jon Herb
Herb prepares for a qualification attempt prior to the 2007 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality	United States
Date of Birth	June 1, 1970 (1970-06-01) (age 38)
Place of Birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008 IRL IndyCar Series
Debut season	2000
Current team	Racing Professionals
Car No.	19
Former teams	Byrd-McCormack Racing Tri-Star Racing
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2001 & 2007
Previous series
2004-2006	Indy Pro Series

Jon Herb (born June 1, 1970 in Milwaukee) is an American professional race car owner and driver in the Indy Racing League.

Herb made his IRL debut in the first race of the 2000 season, but did not compete in any other races that year. He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 2001, finishing 27th and competing in five other races. He raced in six more races that year, but failed to qualify for the "500" in 2002. In 2003 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series, where he owned his own team and captured a single IPS win. He returned to the IndyCar series for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in a Playa Del Racing Panoz, of which he was a co-owner, but yielded the car to Roger Yasukawa, who qualified it for the race.

Herb qualified in the 27th starting position for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 and finished 32nd after crashing on lap 53. He also crashed in practice earlier in the month.

He continues to run a limited IRL schedule. In June of 2007 he raced in the IRL's Texas Motor Speedway event, finished 20th after spinning entering the pits. He also entered the Michigan 400, but struggled with broken suspension problems, and finished 20th after spinning and hitting the wall.

Contents 1 Career Summary 1.1 American open wheel racing 1.1.1 IndyCar Series 1.1.2 Indy 500 results

[edit] Career Summary

[edit] American open wheel racing

[edit] IndyCar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2000	Byrd-McCormack	WDW Ret	PHX	LSV	IND	TXS	PPI	ATL	KTY	TX2									41st	8
2001	Tri-Star/PDM	PHX	HMS Ret	ATL Ret	IND Ret	TXS DNS	PPI	RIR	KAN Ret	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI 15	TX2 9					23rd	70
2002	Racing Professionals	HMS DNS	PHX 11	CAL 19	NZR Ret	IND DNQ	TXS Ret	PPI Ret	RIR Ret	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2			30th	70
2006	Playa Del Racing	HMS	STP	JPN	IND DNQ	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI					0
2007	Racing Professionals	HMS	STP	JPN	KAN	IND Ret	MIL	TXS Ret	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS Ret	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	23rd	34

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
5	4	16	0	0	0	1	0	0

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	18th	27th
2002	G-Force	Chevrolet	Failed to Qualify
2006	Panoz	Honda	driven by R. Yasukawa
2007	Dallara	Honda	27th	32nd