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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 theIndianapolis 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.

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 [hide*1 Motorsports Career Results

Motorsports Career Results[edit][]

American Open-Wheel[edit][]

(key)

CART[edit][]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points
1996 Della Pena [1]

MIA

[2]

RIO

[3]

SRF

[4]

LBH 10

[5]

NZR

[6]

500

[7]

MIL

[8]

DET

[9]

POR

[10]

CLE

[11]

TOR Ret

[12]

MIS

[13]

MDO

[14]

ROA

[15]

VAN

[16]

LS 17

29th 3
1997 Della Pena [17]

MIA 11

[18]

SRF 13

[19]

LBH Ret

[20]

NZR Ret

[21]

RIO Ret

[22]

STL 9

[23]

MIL Ret

[24]

DET Ret

[25]

POR 14

[26]

CLE Ret

[27]

TOR Ret

[28]

MIS Ret

[29]

MDO 13

[30]

ROA 9

[31]

VAN Ret

[32]

LS Ret

[33]

FON 15

21st 10
1998 Della Pena [34]

MIA 13

[35]

MOT Ret

[36]

LBH Ret

[37]

NZR 10

[38]

RIO 7

[39]

STL Ret

[40]

MIL 6

[41]

DET Ret

[42]

POR 10

[43]

CLE 18

[44]

TOR 7

[45]

MIS 5

[46]

MDO Ret

[47]

ROA 13

[48]

VAN Ret

[49]

LS 11

[50]

HOU 9

[51]

SRF 18

[52]

FON 8

16th 47
1999 Della Pena [53]

MIA Ret

[54]

MOT Ret

[55]

LBH 11

[56]

NZR Ret

[57]

RIO Ret

[58]

STL 13

[59]

MIL 21

[60]

POR 22

[61]

CLE 10

[62]

ROA 10

[63]

TOR 16

[64]

MIS 12

[65]

DET 13

[66]

MDO 12

[67]

CHI 16

[68]

VAN 6

[69]

LS 16

[70]

HOU 8

[71]

SRF Ret

[72]

FON Ret

22nd 26

IndyCar[edit][]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
1996 Della Pena [73]

WDW Ret

[74]

PHX 4

[75]

INDY 3

4th 79
1996–1997 Della Penna [76]

NHM Ret

[77]

LVS 1

[78]

WDW

[79]

PHX

[80]

INDY

[81]

TXS

[82]

PPIR

[83]

CLT

[84]

NH2

[85]

LV2

33rd 59
2000 Pagan Racing [86]

WDW

[87]

PHX

[88]

LVS

[89]

INDY Ret

[90]

TXS

[91]

PPIR

[92]

ATL

[93]

KTY

[94]

TX2

47th 3
2001 Tri-Star [95]

PHX

[96]

HMS

[97]

ATL

[98]

INDY DNQ

[99]

TXS

23rd 70
Schmidt [100]

PPIR 9

[101]

RIR

[102]

KAN

[103]

NSH

[104]

KTY

[105]

STL

[106]

CHI 6

[107]

TX2

2002 Schmidt [108]

HMS

[109]

PHX

[110]

FON 14

[111]

INDY 6

[112]

TXS 9

[113]

PPIR 12

[114]

RIR 7

[115]

KAN 10

[116]

NSH 4

[117]

MIS 10

[118]

KTY Ret

[119]

STL

[120]

CHI

[121]

TX2

15th 204
Foyt [122]

NZR 14

2003 Schmidt [123]

HMS

[124]

PHX

[125]

MOT

[126]

INDY Ret

[127]

TXS

[128]

PPIR

[129]

RIR

[130]

KAN

[131]

NSH

[132]

MIS

[133]

STL

[134]

KTY

[135]

NZR

28th 39
Menard [136]

CHI 14

Hemelgarn [137]

FON Ret

[138]

TX2 Ret

2004 Schmidt [139]

HMS

[140]

PHX

[141]

MOT

[142]

INDY 20

[143]

TXS

[144]

RIR

[145]

KAN

[146]

NSH

[147]

MIL

[148]

MIS

[149]

KTY

[150]

PPIR

[151]

NZR

[152]

CHI

[153]

FON

[154]

TX2

30th 12
2005 Schmidt [155]

HMS

[156]

PHX

[157]

STP

[158]

MOT

[159]

INDY Ret

[160]

TXS

[161]

RIR

[162]

KAN

[163]

NSH

[164]

MIL

[165]

MIS

[166]

KTY

[167]

PPIR

[168]

SNM

[169]

CHI

[170]

WGL

[171]

FON

33rd 10
2007 RP/Hemelgarn [172]

HMS

[173]

STP

[174]

MOT

[175]

KAN

[176]

INDY 23

[177]

MIL

[178]

TXS

[179]

IOW

[180]

RIR

[181]

WGL

[182]

NSH

[183]

MDO

[184]

MIS

[185]

KTY

[186]

SNM

[187]

DET

[188]

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

Indy 500 results[edit][]

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
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