Richie Hearn

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Richie Hearn
Hearn practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	United States
Date of Birth	January 4, 1971 (1971-01-04) (age 37)
Place of Birth	Glendale, California
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active	1996, 2000-2005, 2007
Teams	Della Penna Motorsports Pagan Racing A. J. Foyt Enterprises Team Menard Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn/Racing Professionals
Starts	25
Wins	1
Poles	2
Best finish	4th in 1996

CART Championship Car
Years active	1996-1999
Teams	Della Penna Motorsports
Starts	59
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	16th in 1998
Previous series
1994-1995	Toyota Atlantic
Championship titles
1995	Toyota Atlantic Series Champion

Richie Hearn is an American auto racing driver born January 4, 1971 in Glendale, California.

He ran in the Toyota Atlantic championship for two seasons, winning the title in 1995. In 1996, he began driving for John Della Penna in both the IRL and Champ Car ranks. He won an IRL race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to cap off the year and was co-rookie of the year at the Indianapolis 500, finishing 3rd.

He moved full-time into Champ Car in 1997 for Della Penna with high profile sponsor Budweiser but failed to post significant results and by 2000 was surplus for sponsored driver Norberto Fontana. He contested a few more Indy 500s, with a best result of 6th in 2002. In 2005 following the Indy 500 he retired as a driver and started Hearn Motorsports LLC that ran in the Star Mazda series. He planned to move the team into Toyota Atlantic competition in 2006. He returned from retirement to qualify on Bump Day of the 2007 Indianapolis 500 in a car jointly entered by Racing Professionals and Hemelgarn Racing.

Contents 1 Motorsports Career Results 1.1 American Open-Wheel 1.1.1 IndyCar 1.1.2 Indy 500 results

[edit] Motorsports Career Results

[edit] American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

[edit] IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1996	Della Pena	WDW Ret	PHX 4	IND 3															4th	79
1996-1997	Della Penna	NWH Ret	LSV 1	WDW	PHX	IND	TXS	PPI	CHR	NH2	LV2								33rd	59
2000	Pagan Racing	WDW	PHX	LSV	IND Ret	TXS	PPI	ATL	KTY	TX2									47th	3
2001	Tri-Star/Schmidt	PHX	HMS	ATL	IND DNQ	TXS	PPI 9	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI 6	TX2					23rd	70
2002	Sam Schmidt	HMS	PHX	CAL 14	NZR 14	IND 6	TXS 9	PPI 12	RIR 7	KAN 10	NSH 4	MIS 10	KTY Ret	STL	CHI	TX2			15th	204
2003	Schmidt/Menard/ Hemelgarn	HMS	PHX	JPN	IND Ret	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NZR	CHI 14	CAL Ret	TX2 Ret		28th	39
2004	Sam Schmidt	HMS	PHX	JPN	IND 20	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPI	NZR	CHI	CAL	TX2		30th	12
2005	Sam Schmidt	HMS	PHX	STP	JPN	IND Ret	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPI	SNM	CHI	WGL	CAL	33rd	10
2007	RP/Hemelgarn	HMS	STP	JPN	KAN	IND 23	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	31st	12

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
9	6	25	2	1	1	9	0	0

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1996	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	15th	3rd
2000	Dallara	Oldsmobile	23rd	27th
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Failed to Qualify
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	22nd	6th
2003	G-Force	Toyota	28th	28th
2004	G-Force	Toyota	30th	20th
2005	Panoz	Chevrolet	20th	25th
2007	Dallara	Honda	32nd	23rd

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Empringham	Toyota Atlantic Champion 1995	Succeeded by Patrick Carpentier