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Jon Herb

{{Short description|American racing driver and sex offender}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2008}}{{Infobox racing driver

|name = Jon Herb

|image = Jon Herb.jpg

| caption =Herb's booking photo following his arrest on child sexual abuse charges by the Collier County Sheriff's Department

|nationality = American

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|6|1}}

|birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|death_date =

|retired =

|last series = IRL IndyCar Series

|years active = 2000–2002, 2007

|team =

|car number =

|teams = Byrd-McCormack Racing
Tri-Star Racing
Racing Professionals

|starts = 16

|wins = 0

|poles = 0

|fastest laps = 0

|best finish = 23rd

|year = 2001 & 2007

|prev series = Indy Pro Series
ARCA Racing Series

|prev series years = 2004–2006
1998–2001

|titles =

|title years =

|awards =

|award years =

}}

Jon Allen Herb (born June 1, 1970) is an American former racecar owner, driver in the Indy Racing League[https://archive.today/20130201063259/http://raceday.racingone.com/driver.aspx?driverid=280&seriesID=3&subID=11] and ARCA, and convicted child 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=

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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.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/race.asp?series%3DIRL%26id%3D20070527004 |title=Indy Racing League - IRL - Racing - SI.com |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708171224/http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/race.asp?series=IRL&id=20070527004 |archive-date=2011-07-08 }}

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.

Child sexual abuse conviction

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.{{cite news|title=Former Indy race car driver arrested on child porn charges|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/oct/06/n-naples-man-arrested-child-porn-charges/|accessdate=October 6, 2013|newspaper=Naples Daily News|date=October 6, 2013|archive-date=October 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011014139/http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/oct/06/n-naples-man-arrested-child-porn-charges/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/state/north-naples-race-car-driver-facing-246-child-porn-charges-also-has-case-in-lee-ep-313809764-341645851.html|title=North Naples race car driver facing 246 child porn charges also has case in Lee|date=October 7, 2013|work=Naples Daily News|accessdate=28 April 2016}}

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.{{cite news|first=Jacob|last=Carpenter|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/crime/former-indy-car-driver-gets-25-years-in-prison-for-collier-child-sex-abuse-28982ffc-4dd8-1224-e053-0-364244401.html|title=Former Indy car driver gets 25 years in prison for Collier child sex abuse|newspaper=Naples Daily News|date=January 5, 2015|accessdate=January 5, 2015}}

Career results

=Complete American open–wheel racing results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

==IRL IndyCar Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Chassis

! No.

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! Rank

! Points

! Ref

2000

! nowrap| Byrd-McCormack Racing

! nowrap| G-Force GF05

! 30

!rowspan=3| Oldsmobile Aurora V8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|WDW
{{small|22}}

|PHX

|LVS

|INDY

|TXS

|PPIR

|ATL

|KTY

|TX2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!style="background:#CFCAFF;"| 41st

!style="background:#CFCAFF;"| 8

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/herbjo01/2000/O/|title=Jon Herb – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 2, 2023}}

rowspan=2| 2001

! nowrap| Tri-Star Motorsports

! nowrap| Dallara IR-01

! 6

|PHX

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|HMS
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|ATL
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|27}}

|TXS
Rpl

|PPIR

|RIR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|KAN
{{small|19}}

|NSH

|KTY

|STL

|

|

|

|

|

|

! rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| 23rd

! rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| 70

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/herbjo01/2001/O/|title=Jon Herb – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 2, 2023}}

nowrap| PDM Racing

! nowrap| G-Force GF05B

! 18

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CHI
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|TX2
{{small|9}}

|

|

|

|

rowspan=2| 2002

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Racing Professionals

! nowrap| G-Force GF05C

!rowspan=2| 16

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Chevrolet Indy V8

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"|HMS
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|PHX
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FON
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|NZR
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|INDY
{{small|DNQ}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| 31st

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| 70

!rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/herbjo01/2002/O/|title=Jon Herb – 2002 Indy Racing League Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 2, 2023}}

nowrap| Dallara IR-02

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TXS
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PPIR
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|RIR
{{small|19}}

|KAN

|NSH

|MIS

|KTY

|STL

|CHI

|TX2

|

|

2006

! nowrap| Playa Del Racing

! nowrap| Panoz GF09C

! 12

! Honda HI6R V8

|HMS

|STP

|MOT

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|INDY
{{small|DNQ}}

|WGL

|TXS

|RIR

|KAN

|NSH

|MIL

|MIS

|KTY

|SNM

|CHI

|

|

|

! NC

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/herbjo01/2006/O/|title=Jon Herb – 2006 IndyCar Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 2, 2023}}

2007

! nowrap| Racing Professionals

! nowrap| Dallara IR-05

! 19

! Honda HI7R V8

|HMS

|STP

|MOT

|KAN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|32}}

|MIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TXS
{{small|20}}

|IOW

|RIR

|WGL

|NSH

|MDO

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIS
{{small|20}}

|KTY

|SNM

|DET

|CHI

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"|23rd

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"|34

!{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/herbjo01/2007/O/|title=Jon Herb – 2007 IndyCar Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 2, 2023}}

colspan="25"|{{center|{{small|Sources:{{cite web|title=Jon Herb|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/jon-herb|work=Motor Sport|access-date=23 March 2023}}{{cite web|title=Jon Herb Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/jon-herb/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=23 March 2023}}}}}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"

! 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

colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Sources:}}}}

==Indianapolis 500==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Chassis

! Engine

! Start

! Finish

! Team

2001

| Dallara

| Oldsmobile

| 18th{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0881749.html|title = 85th Indianapolis 500}}

| 27th{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/2001/indy500/news/2001/05/27/indy_results_ap/ |title=CNNSI.com - 2001 Indy 500 - 2001 Indianapolis 500 Results - Sunday May 27, 2001 09:31 PM |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-date=2008-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007091338/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/2001/indy500/news/2001/05/27/indy_results_ap |url-status=dead }}

| nowrap| Tri-Star

2002

| G-Force

| Chevrolet

|colspan=2| Failed to Qualify

| nowrap| Racing Professionals

2006

| Panoz

| Honda

|colspan=2| driven by R. Yasukawa

| nowrap| Playa Del

2007

| Dallara

| Honda

| 27th

| 32nd{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/more/05/27/indy.500.results/index.html |title=SI.com - Racing - Indy 500 Official Results - Sunday May 27, 2007 9:32PM |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-date=2011-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622095829/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/more/05/27/indy.500.results/index.html |url-status=dead }}

| nowrap| Racing Professionals

colspan="6"|{{center|{{small|Sources:}}}}

==Indy Lights==

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! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! Rank

! Points

2004

! nowrap| Racing Professionals
Matt Young Motorsports

|HMS

|PHX

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|17}}

|KAN

|NSH

|MIL

|MIS

|KTY

|PPIR

|CHI

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|FON
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|TXS
{{small|7}}

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|18th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|67

2005

! nowrap| Racing Professionals
Matt Young Motorsports

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|HMS
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|PHX
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STP
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|TXS
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|IMS
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|NSH
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|KTY
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PPIR
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|SNM
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CHI
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|WGL
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|FON
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|7th

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|364

2006

! nowrap| Racing Professionals
Matt Young Motorsports

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|HMS
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STP1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|STP2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INDY
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|WGL
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|IMS
{{small|8}}

|NSH

|MIL

|KTY

|SNM1

|SNM2

|CHI

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|11th

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|126

colspan="18"|{{center|{{small|Sources:}}}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"

! Years

! Teams

! Races

! Poles

! Wins

! Podiums
(non-win)

! Top 10s
(non-podium)

! Championships

3

|1

|23

|0

|1

|1

|15

|0

colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Sources:}}}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Jon_Herb}}

{{McCormack Motorsports}}

{{American Dream Motorsports}}

{{Byrd Racing}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herb, Jon}}

Category:1970 births

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Category:IndyCar Series drivers

Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers

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Category:Indy Lights drivers

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Category:U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers