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{{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       = [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]]
|years active      = 2000–2002, 2007
|team              =
|car number        =
|teams             = [[McCormack Motorsports|Byrd-McCormack Racing]]<br />[[Tri-Star Racing]]<br />[[Racing Professionals]]
|starts            = 16
|wins              = 0
|poles             = 0
|fastest laps      = 0
|best finish       = 23rd
|year              = 2001 & [[2007 IndyCar Series season|2007]]
|prev series       = [[Indy Pro Series]]<br />[[ARCA Racing Series]]
|prev series years = 2004–2006<br />1998–2001
|titles            =
|title years       =
|awards            =
|award years       =
}}

'''Jon Allen Herb''' (born June 1, 1970) is an American former racecar owner, driver in the [[IndyCar Series|Indy Racing League]]<ref name="Race1">https://archive.today/20130201063259/http://raceday.racingone.com/driver.aspx?driverid=280&seriesID=3&subID=11</ref> and [[Automobile Racing Club of America|ARCA]], and convicted [[child sex offender]].

==Racing career==

===IRL debut===
Herb made his IRL debut in the opening round of the [[2000 in IRL|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 [[Automobile Racing Club of America|ARCA]] series (best finished was 11th, three times).

Herb made his [[Indianapolis 500]] debut in [[2001 Indianapolis 500|2001]], finishing 27th. He competed in five other races, with a best finish of 9th at [[Texas Motor Speedway|Texas]]. He made six more starts in 2002, but did not attempt to qualify at [[2002 Indianapolis 500|Indy]].

===Indy Pro Series===
In [[2004 Infiniti Pro Series season|2004]] Herb moved to the [[Infiniti Pro Series]], where he co-owned his team with Matt Young. His first IPS start was the [[Firestone Freedom 100|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===
[[File:JonHerb1.JPG|thumb|right|Herb prepares for a qualification attempt prior to the [[2007 Indianapolis 500]].]]

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.<ref name="Indy2007b">{{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 }}</ref>

He made two other starts in  [[2007 IndyCar Series season|2007]]. In June 2007 he raced at [[2007 Bombardier Learjet 550|Texas]], finishing 20th after spinning entering the pits. At [[2007 Firestone Indy 400|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 Series season|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.<ref name=Naples>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

On January 4, 2016, Herb pleaded [[no contest]] to [[child sexual abuse|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.<ref name="naples">{{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}}</ref>

==Career results==

===Complete American open–wheel racing results===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|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 Indy Racing League season|2000]]
! nowrap| [[Jonathan Byrd's Racing|Byrd]]-[[McCormack Motorsports|McCormack Racing]]
! nowrap| [[G-Force Technologies|G-Force]] GF05
! 30
!rowspan=3| [[Oldsmobile]] [[Northstar engine series#L47|Aurora]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|WDW<br />{{small|22}}
|PHX
|LVS
|[[2000 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]
|TXS
|PPIR
|ATL
|KTY
|TX2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!style="background:#CFCAFF;"| '''41st'''
!style="background:#CFCAFF;"| '''8'''
!<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2001 Indy Racing League season|2001]]
! nowrap| [[Tri-Star Motorsports]]
! nowrap| [[Dallara]] IR-01
! 6
|PHX
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|HMS<br />{{small|25}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|ATL<br />{{small|16}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2001 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br />{{small|27}}
|TXS<br /><small>Rpl</small>
|PPIR
|RIR
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|KAN<br />{{small|19}}
|NSH
|KTY
|STL
|
|
|
|
|
|
! rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| '''23rd'''
! rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| '''70'''
! rowspan=2| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
! nowrap| [[PDM Racing]]
! nowrap| [[G-Force Technologies|G-Force]] GF05B
! 18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CHI<br />{{small|15}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|TX2<br />{{small|9}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2| [[2002 Indy Racing League season|2002]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]
! nowrap| [[G-Force Technologies|G-Force]] GF05C
!rowspan=2| 16
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Chevrolet]] Indy [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"|HMS<br />{{small|DNS}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|PHX<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FON<br />{{small|19}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|NZR<br />{{small|22}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|[[2002 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| '''31st'''
!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCAFF;"| '''70'''
!rowspan=2| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
! nowrap| [[Dallara]] IR-02
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TXS<br />{{small|22}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PPIR<br />{{small|21}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|RIR<br />{{small|19}}
|KAN
|NSH
|MIS
|KTY
|STL
|[[2002 Delphi Indy 300|CHI]]
|TX2
|
|
|-
| [[2006 IndyCar Series season|2006]]
! nowrap| [[Playa Del Racing]]
! nowrap| [[Panoz, LLC|Panoz]] GF09C
! 12
! [[Honda]] [[Honda Indy V8#2nd Generation .282004-2006.29|HI6R]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|[[2006 Toyota Indy 300|HMS]]
|[[2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]
|MOT
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|[[2006 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|WGL
|TXS
|RIR
|KAN
|NSH
|MIL
|MIS
|KTY
|SNM
|CHI
|
|
|
! NC
! -
! <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| [[2007 IndyCar Series season|2007]]
! nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]
! nowrap| [[Dallara]] IR-05
! 19
! [[Honda]] [[Honda Indy V8#3rd Generation .282007-2011.29|HI7R]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|[[2007 XM Satellite Radio Indy 300|HMS]]
|[[2007 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]
|[[2007 Indy Japan 300|MOT]]
|[[2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300|KAN]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2007 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br />{{small|32}}
|[[2007 ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225|MIL]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2007 Bombardier Learjet 550|TXS]]<br />{{small|20}}
|[[2007 Iowa Corn Indy 250|IOW]]
|[[2007 SunTrust Indy Challenge|RIR]]
|[[2007 Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix|WGL]]
|[[2007 Firestone Indy 200|NSH]]
|[[2007 Honda 200|MDO]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2007 Firestone Indy 400|MIS]]<br />{{small|20}}
|[[2007 Meijer Indy 300|KTY]]
|[[2007 Motorola Indy 300|SNM]]
|[[2007 Detroit Indy Grand Prix|DET]]
|[[2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300|CHI]]
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''23rd'''
!style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''34'''
!<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
!colspan="25"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportHerb>{{cite web|title=Jon Herb|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/jon-herb|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=MStatsHerb>{{cite web|title=Jon Herb Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/jon-herb/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Years
! Teams
! Races
! Poles
! Wins
! Podiums<br />(non-win)
! Top 10s<br />(non-podium)
! Indianapolis 500<br /> wins
! Championships
|-
|5
|4
|16
|0
|0
|0
|1
|0
|0
|-
!colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportHerb/><ref name=MStatsHerb/>}}}}
|}

====Indianapolis 500====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Start
! Finish
! Team
|-
| [[2001 Indianapolis 500|2001]]
| [[Dallara]]
| [[Oldsmobile]]
| 18th<ref name="Indy2001a">{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0881749.html|title = 85th Indianapolis 500}}</ref>
| 27th<ref name="Indy2001b">{{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 }}</ref>
| nowrap| [[TriStar Racing|Tri-Star]]
|-
| [[2002 Indianapolis 500|2002]]
| [[Panoz|G-Force]]
| [[Chevrolet]]
|colspan=2| Failed to Qualify
| nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]
|-
| [[2006 Indianapolis 500|2006]]
| [[Panoz]]
| [[Honda]]
|colspan=2| driven by [[Roger Yasukawa|R. Yasukawa]]
| nowrap| [[Playa Del Racing|Playa Del]]
|-
| [[2007 Indianapolis 500|2007]]
| [[Dallara]]
| [[Honda]]
| 27th
| 32nd<ref name="Indy2007">{{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 }}</ref>
| nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]
|-
!colspan="6"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportHerb/><ref name=MStatsHerb/>}}}}
|}

====Indy Lights====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Team
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! Rank
! Points
|-
| [[2004 Infiniti Pro Series season|2004]]
! nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]<br>[[Matt Young Motorsports]]
|[[Homestead-Miami Speedway|HMS]]
|[[Phoenix International Raceway|PHX]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Firestone Freedom 100|INDY]]<br />{{small|17}}
|[[Kansas Speedway|KAN]]
|[[Nashville Superspeedway|NSH]]
|[[Milwaukee Mile|MIL]]
|[[Firestone Indy 400|MIS]]
|[[Kentucky Speedway|KTY]]
|[[Pikes Peak International Raceway|PPIR]]
|[[Chicagoland Speedway|CHI]]
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[California Speedway|FON]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Texas Motor Speedway|TXS]]<br />{{small|7}}
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''18th'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''67'''
|-
| [[2005 Infiniti Pro Series season|2005]]
! nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]<br>[[Matt Young Motorsports]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Homestead-Miami Speedway|HMS]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|[[Phoenix International Raceway|PHX]]<br />{{small|1}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[[Firestone Freedom 100|INDY]]<br />{{small|13}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Texas Motor Speedway|TXS]]<br />{{small|7}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Liberty Challenge|IMS]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Nashville Superspeedway|NSH]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Milwaukee Mile|MIL]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Kentucky Speedway|KTY]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Pikes Peak International Raceway|PPIR]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Infineon Raceway|SNM]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Chicagoland Speedway|CHI]]<br />{{small|4}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[[Watkins Glen International|WGL]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[California Speedway|FON]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''7th'''
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|'''364'''
|-
| [[2006 Indy Pro Series season|2006]]
! nowrap| [[Racing Professionals]]<br>[[Matt Young Motorsports]]
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Homestead-Miami Speedway|HMS]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP1]]<br />{{small|13}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP2]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Firestone Freedom 100|INDY]]<br />{{small|19}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Watkins Glen International|WGL]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[Liberty Challenge|IMS]]<br />{{small|8}}
|[[Nashville Superspeedway|NSH]]
|[[Milwaukee Mile|MIL]]
|[[Kentucky Speedway|KTY]]
|[[Infineon Raceway|SNM1]]
|[[Infineon Raceway|SNM2]]
|[[Chicagoland Speedway|CHI]]
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''11th'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''126'''
|-
!colspan="18"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportHerb/><ref name=MStatsHerb/>}}}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Years
! Teams
! Races
! Poles
! Wins
! Podiums<br />(non-win)
! Top 10s<br />(non-podium)
! Championships
|-
|3
|1
|23
|0
|1
|1
|15
|0
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MSportHerb/><ref name=MStatsHerb/>}}}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Racing-Reference driver|Jon_Herb}}

{{McCormack Motorsports}}
{{American Dream Motorsports}}
{{Byrd Racing}}

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