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| Bryan Herta | |
|---|---|
 Herta at the 2004 Indianapolis 500 | |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | May 23, 1970 Warren, Michigan, U.S. |
| Indy Racing League IndyCar Series | |
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze |
| Years active | 2003–2006 |
| Teams | Andretti Green Racing |
| Starts | 58 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Best finish | 8th in 2005 |
| CART Championship Car | |
| Years active | 1994–2001, 2003 |
| Teams | A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chip Ganassi Racing Team Rahal Walker Racing Mo Nunn Racing Zakspeed/Forsythe Racing PK Racing |
| Starts | 121 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 7 |
| Best finish | 8th in 1996 & 1998 |
| Previous series | |
| 2005–2006 1992–1993 1990–1991 | A1 Grand Prix Indy Lights Barber Saab Pro Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 1993 1991 | Indy Lights champion Barber Saab Pro Series champion |
Bryan John Herta (born May 23, 1970) is an American race strategist and former race car driver. He currently runs his own team, Bryan Herta Autosport in the NTT IndyCar Series and is the strategist for the #27 Andretti Autosport in the same series.[1] His team won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon and the 2016 Indianapolis 500 with driver Alexander Rossi. He is the father and former strategist of IndyCar driver Colton Herta.
Racing career
CART/Champ Cars/IndyCars
Herta enjoyed considerable success in the lower formulae, winning the Barber Formula Ford and Barber Saab Pro Series, and dominating the 1993 Indy Lights championship with Tasman Motorsports, race engineered by Gerald Tyler.
He graduated to IndyCar racing in 1994 with team owner A. J. Foyt, where he had several promising races before suffering a season-ending injury at Toronto.
In 1995, Herta was hired to drive for Chip Ganassi Racing. Despite a pole at Phoenix, the association was unsuccessful, with Herta managing only a 20th place in the series standings while his teammate Jimmy Vasser finished 8th. Even so, Herta landed a top ride with Team Rahal for the 1996 season.
During the next few years, Herta developed a reputation for his prowess on road courses, especially at Laguna Seca Raceway. In 1996, he was the leader until the last lap, when Alex Zanardi made a pass through the "Corkscrew" chicane and took the victory. Herta, who rarely qualified below the first row at Laguna Seca, won two events at the circuit in 1998 and 1999. At the height of Herta's career, fan interest in the Shell-sponsored driver was dubbed "Hertamania" by team owner David Letterman.
In the opening laps of the 1998 event at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Road America circuit, Herta was involved in a major accident. In the 4-mile (6.4 km) road course's fifth turn, Herta got too close to the back of the car of co-owner Rahal, and spun out into a paved runoff area, facing oncoming traffic. A few seconds later, Alex Barron slid into the front of Herta's car and rode up on top of it. Both drivers were uninjured; Herta reported that Barron's car had actually hit his hands, only inches from his face.
From 2000 to 2003, Herta drove for a variety of Champ Car teams including Forsythe Championship Racing, Mo Nunn Racing, and PK Racing, but never quite regained his form from the late 1990s. In 2002 Herta drove an F1 car for the first time, piloting a Minardi at the "Thunder in the Park" event held at Donington Park. This led to speculation that he would test and even race for Minardi in F1.[citation needed]
IRL IndyCar Series
After dabbling in sports cars, he revitalized his open-wheel racing career by substituting for an injured Dario Franchitti halfway through the 2003 IRL season.
In just his third IRL start, Herta picked up his first IndyCar Series win at Kansas Speedway for Andretti Green Racing. He was retained in an expanded four-car squad in 2004, usually running development engines. On July 31, 2005, Herta took his second IndyCar Series win, defeating AGR teammate Dan Wheldon in a close finish in the Firestone Indy 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.
In early 2006, he drove at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Fundidora Park for A1 Team USA in the A1 Grand Prix series before returning to Andretti Green for the IRL season.
As of 2006, Herta has started in the Indianapolis 500 five times (1994–1995, 2004–2006) with three top ten finishes, including a best of 3rd in 2005. Bryan has his helmets painted by AliveDesignCo.com
Sports cars
On October 31, 2006, Herta was confirmed as a driver for Andretti Green Racing's new Acura Le Mans prototype program for the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. He shared the car with Marino Franchitti, brother of his former teammate Dario Franchitti. On January 3, 2007, it was announced that Dario would also drive a limited ALMS programme with both Marino and Herta. Herta finished the season 7th in driver points with 1 class win. He also drove for A1 Team USA. At the event in Australia, Herta scored a 10th-place finish.
After racing
Since retiring from racing, Herta served as a driver coach for Vision Racing and founded a Firestone Indy Lights Series team named Bryan Herta Autosport, which has a technical alliance with Vision Racing's Indy Lights team. In 2009, the team fielded a full-time entry for Daniel Herrington. The team campaigned Sebastián Saavedra for eleven races of the 2010 Firestone Indy Lights season and the Indianapolis 500. In 2011 the team fielded a car for Dan Wheldon in the 2011 Indianapolis 500 which resulted in a stunning victory, and a full-time entry in Indy Lights for Duarte Ferreira.
For the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season, Alex Tagliani ran the 500. The team switched to a Honda powered DW12 in May 2012 for the remainder of the season.
In 2016 Herta partnered with Michael Andretti as a co-owner and won the 2016 Indianapolis 500. Their car was driven by series rookie Alexander Rossi.
Herta's son, Colton, is also a racing driver, and made his IndyCar debut in 2019 with Harding Steinbrenner Racing. In March 2019, Colton became the youngest ever IndyCar winner in the second round at the Circuit of the Americas.[2]
Personal life
Herta and his wife Janette Michele (née Fountaine) have three children: Calysta, Colton, and Caden.[3]
Career racing results
American Open Wheel
(key)
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Landford Racing | PHX 16 |
LBH 13 |
DET 7 |
POR 7 |
MIL 6 |
NHA 4 |
TOR 1 |
CLE 2 |
VAN 5 |
MDO 4 |
NAZ 3 |
LS 2 |
5th | 120 |
| 1993 | Tasman Motorsports | PHX 2 |
LBH 3 |
MIL 1 |
DET 2 |
POR 4 |
CLE 1 |
TOR 1 |
NHA 13 |
VAN 1 |
MDO 1 |
NAZ 1 |
LS 1 |
1st | 213 |
CART results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Lola T94/00 | Ford XB V8t | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY 9 |
MIL 10 |
DET 9 |
POR 27 |
CLE 13 |
TOR DNS |
MIS | MDO | NHM | VAN | ROA | NZR | LS | 23rd | 11 | [4] | |||||
| 1995 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 95i | Ford XB V8t | MIA 10 |
SRF 15 |
PHX 20 |
LBH 26 |
NZR 23 |
INDY 13 |
MIL 24 |
DET 27 |
POR 26 |
ROA 14 |
TOR 27 |
CLE 2 |
MIS 15 |
MDO 5 |
NHM 19 |
VAN 16 |
LS 25 |
20th | 30 | [5] | ||||
| 1996 | Team Rahal | Reynard 96i | Mercedes-Benz IC108C V8t | MIA 10 |
RIO 13 |
SRF 17 |
LBH 12 |
NZR 11 |
500 15 |
MIL 14 |
DET 13 |
POR 26 |
CLE 5 |
TOR 6 |
MIS 2 |
MDO 4 |
ROA 5 |
VAN 6 |
LS 2 |
8th | 86 | [6] | |||||
| 1997 | Team Rahal | Reynard 97i | Ford XD V8t | MIA 10 |
SRF 22 |
LBH 6 |
NZR 7 |
RIO 6 |
STL 22 |
MIL 15 |
DET 7 |
POR 21 |
CLE 3 |
TOR 17 |
MIS 5 |
MDO 24 |
ROA 11 |
VAN 8 |
LS 6 |
FON 21 |
11th | 72 | [7] | ||||
| 1998 | Team Rahal | Reynard 98i | Ford XD V8t | MIA 8 |
MOT 28 |
LBH 3 |
NZR 8 |
RIO 4 |
STL 23 |
MIL 11 |
DET 21 |
POR 3 |
CLE 13 |
TOR 5 |
MIS 10 |
MDO 25 |
ROA 23 |
VAN 22 |
LS 1* |
HOU 8 |
SRF 10 |
FON 15 |
8th | 97 | [8] | ||
| 1999 | Team Rahal | Reynard 99i | Ford XD V8t | MIA 12 |
MOT 23 |
LBH 3 |
NZR 22 |
RIO 13 |
STL 23 |
MIL 25 |
POR 6 |
CLE 6 |
ROA 15 |
TOR 15 |
MIS 20 |
DET 9 |
MDO 21 |
CHI 8 |
VAN 24 |
LS 1* |
HOU 5 |
SRF 4 |
FON 14 |
12th | 84 | [9] | |
| 2000 | Walker Racing | Reynard 2Ki | Honda HR-0 V8t | MIA | LBH 5 |
RIO 20 |
MOT | NZR | MIL | DET | 18th | 26 | [10] | ||||||||||||||
| Mo Nunn Racing | Mercedes-Benz IC108F V8t | POR 16 |
CLE 9 |
TOR 18 |
MIS | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Forsythe Championship Racing | Ford XF V8t | LS 4 |
STL | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Bryan_Herta