Richie Hearn

Richie Hearn
Hearn practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	United States
Born	January 4, 1971 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

Richie Hearn
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 (born January 4, 1971), is an American IndyCar racing driver.

Hearn was born 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 the highest finishing rookie at the Indianapolis 500, finishing 3rd.

Hearn 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. Hearn returned from retirement to qualify on Bump Day of the 2007 Indianapolis 500 in a car jointly entered by Racing Professionals and Hemelgarn Racing.

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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CART

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1996	Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH 10	NZR	500	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR Ret	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS 17					29th	3
1997	Della Penna Motorsports	Lola T97/00	Ford XD V8t	MIA 11	SRF 13	LBH Ret	NZR Ret	RIO Ret	STL 9	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR 14	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIS Ret	MDO 13	ROA 9	VAN Ret	LS Ret	FON 15				21st	10
1998	Della Penna Motorsports	Swift 009.c	Ford XD V8t	MIA 13	MOT Ret	LBH Ret	NZR 10	RIO 7	STL Ret	MIL 6	DET Ret	POR 10	CLE 18	TOR 7	MIS 5	MDO Ret	ROA 13	VAN Ret	LS 11	HOU 9	SRF 18	FON 8		16th	47
1999	Della Penna Motorsports	Swift 010.c	Toyota RV8D V8t	MIA Ret	MOT Ret	LBH 11	NZR Ret	RIO Ret																22nd	26
		Reynard 99i							STL 13	MIL 21	POR 22	CLE 10	ROA 10	TOR 16	MIS 12	DET 13	MDO 12	CHI 16	VAN 6	LS 16	HOU 8	SRF Ret	FON Ret

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1996	Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	WDW Ret	PHX 4	INDY 3															4th	79
1996–1997	Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	NHM Ret	LVS 1	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NH2	LV2								33rd	59
2000	Pagan Racing	Dallara IR-00	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	LVS	INDY Ret	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TX2									47th	3
2001	Tri-Star Motorsports	Dallara IR-01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY DNQ	TXS													23rd	70
	Sam Schmidt Motorsports								PPIR 9	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI 6	TX2
2002	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON 14		INDY 6	TXS 9	PPIR 12	RIR 7	KAN 10	NSH 4	MIS 10	KTY Ret	STL	CHI	TX2			15th	204
	A. J. Foyt Enterprises						NZR 14
2003	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	G-Force GF09	Toyota Indy V8	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY Ret	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NZR					28th	39
	Team Menard	Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet Indy V8														CHI 14
	Hemelgarn Racing																	FON Ret	TX2 Ret
2004	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	G-Force GF09B	Toyota Indy V8	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY 20	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2		30th	12
2005	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Panoz GF09C	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY Ret	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON	33rd	10
2007	Racing Professionals Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI7R V8	HMS	STP	MOT	KAN	INDY 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

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1996	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	15th	3rd	Della Penna
2000	Dallara	Oldsmobile	23rd	27th	Pagan
2001	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Failed to Qualify		Tri-Star
			Stood by as relief driver for Tony Stewart
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	22nd	6th	Schmidt
2003	G-Force	Toyota	28th	28th	Schmidt
2004	G-Force	Toyota	30th	20th	Schmidt
2005	Panoz	Chevrolet	20th	25th	Schmidt
2007	Dallara	Honda	32nd	23rd	Hemelgarn/Racing Professionals

External links

• Driver Database Profile