Jon Herb

Jon Herb
Jon Herb
	Herb prepares for a qualification attempt prior to the 2007 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality	American
Born	June 1, 1970 (age 54); Milwaukee, Wisconsin
IRL IndyCar Series
Years active	2000–2002, 2007
Teams	Byrd-McCormack Racing; Tri-Star Racing; Racing Professionals
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2001 & 2007
Previous series
2004–2006; 1998–2001	Indy Pro Series; ARCA Racing Series

Jon Allen Herb (born June 1, 1970) is an American former racecar owner, driver in the Indy Racing League^[1] and ARCA, and convicted sex offender.

Racing career

IRL debut

Herb made his IRL debut in the opening round of the 2000 season. Herb raced in the Delphi Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway. He qualified 26th, and finished 22nd, dropping out with handling problems. Herb spent most of the rest of the year driving in the ARCA series (best finished was 11th, three times).

Herb made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 2001, finishing 27th. He competed in five other races, with a best finish of 9th at Texas. He made six more starts in 2002, but did not attempt to qualify at Indy.

Indy Pro Series

In 2004 Herb moved to the Infiniti Pro Series, where he co-owned his team with Matt Young. His first IPS start was the Freedom 100, where dropped out with a broken suspension and finished 17th. He finished in the top 10 at the next two events he entered, netting a 6th-place finish at Fontana and a 7th in the season finale in Fort Worth.

He ran a full schedule in 2005, won the race at Phoenix, and finished 7th in the season points standings.

In 23 Indy Pro Series starts from 2004 to 2006, he had one win, and a total of 15 top ten finishes.

IRL return

Herb intended to return to the IndyCar series for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in a Playa Del Racing Panoz, of which he was a co-owner. However, he 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.^[2]

He made two other starts in 2007. In June 2007 he raced at Texas, finishing 20th after spinning entering the pits. At Michigan, he struggled with suspension problems, and finished 20th after spinning. It was his final start.

He sold his team's cars to the league's pool of chassis for former Champ Car teams following open wheel unification prior to the 2008 IndyCar season.

Personal life

Herb was arrested by authorities in Collier County, Florida on October 4, 2013. He was charged with numerous counts of possession of child pornography. Herb's wife reportedly went to a police station after finding pictures of nude girls on Herb's laptop. Photos on the laptop also allegedly depicted Herb engaged in sexual acts with a girl who appeared to be four years old.^[3]^[4]

On January 4, 2016, Herb pleaded no contest to lewd and lascivious molestation and 13 counts of child pornography possession and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and lifetime probation. Under current Florida law he is required to serve at least 85% of his prison sentence.^[5]

Career results

Complete American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IRL IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2000	Byrd-McCormack Racing	G-Force GF05	30	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW 22	PHX	LVS	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TX2									41st	8
2001	Tri-Star Motorsports	Dallara IR-01	6		PHX	HMS 25	ATL 16	INDY 27	TXS Rpl	PPIR	RIR	KAN 19	NSH	KTY	STL							23rd	70
2001	PDM Racing	G-Force GF05B	18													CHI 15	TX2 9					23rd	70
2002	Racing Professionals	G-Force GF05C	16	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS DNS	PHX 11	FON 19	NZR 22	INDY DNQ													31st	70
2002	Racing Professionals	Dallara IR-02	16	Chevrolet Indy V8						TXS 22	PPIR 21	RIR 19	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2			31st	70
2006	Playa Del Racing	Panoz GF09C	12	Honda HI6R V8	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY DNQ	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				NC	-
2007	Racing Professionals	Dallara IR-05	19	Honda HI7R V8	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY 32	MIL	TXS 20	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	MIS 20	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

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	18th^[6]	27th^[7]	Tri-Star
2002	G-Force	Chevrolet	Failed to Qualify		Racing Professionals
2006	Panoz	Honda	driven by R. Yasukawa		Playa Del
2007	Dallara	Honda	27th	32nd^[8]	Racing Professionals

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2004	Racing Professionals/Matt Young Motorsports	HMS	PHX	INDY 17	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	CHI	FON 6	TXS 7			18th	67
2005	Racing Professionals/Matt Young Motorsports	HMS 3	PHX 1	STP 11	INDY 13	TXS 7	IMS 9	NSH 6	MIL 4	KTY 11	PPIR 11	SNM 9	CHI 4	WGL 11	FON 9	7th	364
2006	Racing Professionals/Matt Young Motorsports	HMS 6	STP1 13	STP2 9	INDY 19	WGL 8	IMS 8	NSH	MIL	KTY	SNM1	SNM2	CHI			11th	126

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (non-win)	Top 10s (non-podium)	Championships
3	1	23	0	1	1	15	0

References

^ http://raceday.racingone.com/driver.aspx?driverid=280&seriesID=3&subID=11^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Indy Racing League - IRL - Racing - SI.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
^ "Former Indy race car driver arrested on child porn charges". Naples Daily News. October 6, 2013. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
^ "North Naples race car driver facing 246 child porn charges also has case in Lee". Naples Daily News. October 7, 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ Carpenter, Jacob (January 5, 2015). "Former Indy car driver gets 25 years in prison for Collier child sex abuse". Naples Daily News. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
^ "85th Indianapolis 500".
^ "CNNSI.com - 2001 Indy 500 - 2001 Indianapolis 500 Results - Sunday May 27, 2001 09:31 PM". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
^ "SI.com - Racing - Indy 500 Official Results - Sunday May 27, 2007 9:32PM". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links

Jon Herb driver statistics at Racing-Reference

[Race1-1] ttp://raceday.racingone.com/driver.aspx?driverid=280&seriesID=3&subID=11^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Indy2007b-2] "Indy Racing League - IRL - Racing - SI.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

[Naples-3] "Former Indy race car driver arrested on child porn charges". Naples Daily News. October 6, 2013. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.

[4] "North Naples race car driver facing 246 child porn charges also has case in Lee". Naples Daily News. October 7, 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

[naples-5] Carpenter, Jacob (January 5, 2015). "Former Indy car driver gets 25 years in prison for Collier child sex abuse". Naples Daily News. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

[Indy2001a-6] "85th Indianapolis 500".

[Indy2001b-7] "CNNSI.com - 2001 Indy 500 - 2001 Indianapolis 500 Results - Sunday May 27, 2001 09:31 PM". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

[Indy2007-8] "SI.com - Racing - Indy 500 Official Results - Sunday May 27, 2007 9:32PM". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

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