Richie Hearn
Hearn practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500
NationalityAmerican
Born (1971-01-04) January 4, 1971
Glendale, California, U.S.
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Years active1996, 2000–2005, 2007
TeamsDella Penna Motorsports
Pagan Racing
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Team Menard
Hemelgarn Racing
Hemelgarn/Racing Professionals
Starts25
Wins1
Poles2
Best finish4th in 1996
CART Championship Car
Years active1996–1999
TeamsDella Penna Motorsports
Starts59
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish16th in 1998
Previous series
1994–1995Toyota Atlantic
Championship titles
1995Toyota Atlantic Series

Richie Hearn (born January 4, 1971) is an American former 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.

Hearn is currently a driving instructor at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch's Ron Fellows driving school.

Motorsports Career Results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

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 Ref
1996 Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 95i Ford XB V8t MIA
RIO
SRF
LBH
10
NZR
500
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
TOR
25
MIS
MDO
ROA
VAN
LS
17
29th 3 [1]
1997 Della Penna Motorsports Lola T97/00 Ford XD V8t MIA
11
SRF
13
LBH
27
NZR
18
RIO
14
STL
9
MIL
23
DET
23
POR
14
CLE
28
TOR
27
MIS
22
MDO
13
ROA
9
VAN
22
LS
25
FON
15
21st 10 [2]
1998 Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford XD V8t MIA
13
MOT
27
LBH
23
NZR
10
RIO
7
STL
28
MIL
6
DET
23
POR
10
CLE
18
TOR
7
MIS
5
MDO
24
ROA
13
VAN
16
LS
11
HOU
9
SRF
18
FON
8
16th 47 [3]
1999 Della Penna Motorsports Swift 010.c Toyota RV8D V8t MIA
23
MOT
10
LBH
11
NZR
20
RIO
19
22nd 26 [4]
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
23
FON
27

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 Ref
1996 Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 95i 4 Ford XB V8t WDW
19
PHX
4
INDY
3
4th 237 [5]
1996–1997 NHM
14
LVS
1
WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NH2 LV2 33rd 59 [6]
2000 Pagan Racing Dallara IR-00 75 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 WDW PHX LVS INDY
27
TXS PPIR ATL KTY TX2 47th 3 [7]
2001 Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara IR-01 60 PHX HMS ATL INDY
DNQ
TXS 27th 50 [8]
Sam Schmidt Motorsports 99 PPIR
9
RIR KAN NSH KTY STL CHI
6
TX2
2002 Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX FON
14
TXS
9
15th 204 [9]
20 INDY
6
PPIR
12
RIR
7
KAN
10
NSH
4
MIS
10
KTY
24
STL CHI TX2
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 11 NZR
14
2003 Sam Schmidt Motorsports G-Force GF09 99 Toyota Indy V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY
28
TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MIS STL KTY NZR 28th 39 [10]
Team Menard Dallara IR-03 2 Chevrolet Indy V8 CHI
14
Hemelgarn Racing 91 FON
21
TX2
18
2004 Sam Schmidt Motorsports G-Force GF09B 33 Toyota Indy V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY
20
TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPIR NZR CHI FON TX2 30th 12 [11]
2005 Panoz GF09C 70 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX STP MOT INDY
25
TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON 33rd 10 [12]
2007 Racing Professionals
Hemelgarn Racing
Dallara IR-05 91 Honda HI7R V8 HMS
STP
MOT
KAN
INDY
23
MIL
TXS
IOW
RIR
WGL
NSH
MDO
MIS
KTY
SNM
DET
CHI
31st 12 [13]
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

References

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