(1971-01-04) January 4, 1971 (age 53) Glendale, California, U.S.
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
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
Richard Edward Hearn[1] (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.
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drove four races and three other drivers who drove a few races each. RichieHearn made nine starts for the team in 2002 as he switched between the team's...
Paul Tracy 21- Felipe Giaffone 44- Alex Barron 51- Eddie Cheever 20- RichieHearn 39- Michael Andretti 31- Robby Gordon 9- Jeff Ward 6- Gil de Ferran This...
Mark Dismore, Buzz Calkins, Michel Jourdain Jr., Michele Alboreto, RichieHearn, Racin Gardner, Randy Tolsma, Dan Drinan, Brad Murphey, and Jim Guthrie...
91- Buddy Rice This race was held September 7 at Chicagoland Speedway. RichieHearn won the pole. Top ten results 4- Sam Hornish Jr. 9- Scott Dixon 27- Bryan...
Airton Daré 51- Eddie Cheever 21- Felipe Giaffone 8- Scott Sharp 99- RichieHearn 15- Sarah Fisher This race was held June 30 at Richmond International...
Moore lost control of his car in almost the same area where RichieHearn had earlier. Hearn was able to slow his car significantly and it came to rest...
Goodyear (1994), Paul Tracy (1995), Christian Fittipaldi (1996–1997), and RichieHearn (1998–1999). Between 2003 and 2006, Budweiser was a sponsor of the BMW...
served as a springboard for such drivers as Greg Ray, Sam Hornish Jr. and RichieHearn to enter the IRL. The Atlantics effectively became CART's primary feeder...
In 1994 Della Penna signed RichieHearn to drive in Toyota Atlantic with the hopes of moving up to CART by 1997. Hearn finished second in points that...
1995. The Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was RichieHearn driving for Della Penna Motorsports. Oval/Speedway Road Course/Street...
RichieHearn (born 1971), American racing driver Robert Hearn (died 1952), Irish Anglican Bishop Ronald Hearns (born 1978), American boxer Roy Hearn (1908–1978)...
(2001–2003) Raul Boesel (2002) Vítor Meira (2002–2003) P. J. Jones (2002) RichieHearn (2003) Robby Gordon (2000) P.J. Jones (2000) Bryan Reffner (2000-2001)...
regulations, before the arrival of a new chassis and engine formula for 1997. RichieHearn was the winner of the race, which was defined by its multiple crashes...
forces with Sam Schmidt Motorsports at the Indy 500 to field a car for RichieHearn who was knocked out by an accident. In 2004 CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports...
cars. Just before 2 p.m., Alex Barron and RichieHearn completed runs, and the field was up to 31 cars. Hearn's team acquired a Penske back-up car, and...
132.610 mph (213.415 km/h) IndyCar Series Qualifying September 6, 2003 RichieHearn 24.521 223.159 mph (359.140 km/h) Race September 10, 2006 Dan Wheldon...
Stuart Crow 1992 David Empringham 1993 Claude Bourbonnais 1994 RichieHearn 1995 RichieHearn 1996 Patrick Carpentier 1997 Memo Gidley 1998 Alex Tagliani...
40 Raul Boesel All Della Penna Motorsports Lola T97/00 Ford XD G 21 RichieHearn All Ralphs Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 97i Toyota RV8B F 24 Hiro Matsushita...
60 km) oval was added in 1985, which is now known as The Bullring. In 1989, Richie Clyne, the director of the Imperial Palace Hotel's (now called The Linq)...
Hogan Motor Leasing Della Penna Motorsports Swift 009.c Ford XB F 10 RichieHearn All Budweiser 43 Hideshi Matsuda 2 BMB Mini-Juke Project CART Reynard...
Hornish and Kanaan again battled back and forth for the lead. On lap 114, RichieHearn and Scott Dixon tangled and crashed in Turn 1. On the restart, Kanaan...
Jones R 6–16 Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 95I Ford Cosworth XB G 44 RichieHearn R 4, 11, 16 Ralphs Brix Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda HRH F 49...
14, 16–17 Tang Della Penna Motorsports Swift 010.c Toyota RV8D F 10 RichieHearn 1–5 Budweiser Reynard 99i 6–20 Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 99i Mercedes...
Formula 1 race winner Michele Alboreto and Formula Atlantic champion RichieHearn. All IndyCar teams refused to get involved in the IRL, and none of the...
was the new race leader. With 26 laps to go, the 5th caution flew when RichieHearn crashed in turn 3. The race restarted with 22 laps to go and Ferran held...
Dallara Toyota 25 Marty Roth 4 Sam Schmidt Motorsports G-Force Toyota 33 RichieHearn 4 Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force Toyota 1 Scott Dixon All 10 Darren...
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