- Jon Herb
Infobox racing driver
name = Jon Herb
caption = Herb prepares for a qualification attempt prior to the2007 Indianapolis 500 .
nationality = USA
date of birth = Birth date and age|1970|6|1
place of birth =Milwaukee ,Wisconsin
date of death =
retired =
current series = IRL IndyCar Series
first year = 2000
current team =Racing Professionals
car number = 19
former teams = Byrd-McCormack RacingTri-Star Racing
starts = 16
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps = 0
best finish = 23rd
year = 2001 & 2007
prev series =Indy Pro Series
prev series years = 2004-2006
titles =
title years =
awards =
award years =Jon Herb (born
June 1 ,1970 inMilwaukee ) is an American professional race car owner and driver in theIndy 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 theInfiniti 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 aPlaya Del Racing Panoz , of which he was a co-owner, but yielded the car toRoger 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 continued to run a limited schedule through the
2007 IndyCar Series season . In June 2007 he raced in the series' 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. He sold his team's chassis to the league's pool of chassis for former Champ Car teams following open wheel unification prior to the 2008 IndyCar season.Career Summary
American open wheel racing
IndyCar Series
() (Races in bold indicate pole position)
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