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  Bryan Herta Chat
Bryan Herta: I started racing carts when i was twelve years old and when i turned 18 my friends sent me to the skip barber driving school and i started racing in his amatuer program and i had enough success to keep moving up.
Bryan Herta: I was six years old when my dad took me to my first auto race and at the time i didn't even want to go but right from that first race i feel in love with it.
Bryan Herta: I'm definatley sad when i think about friends and people who we've lost but danger is inherent in our sport and i guess i've always known that and still love it and choose to compete at it.
slam.canoe.ca /SlamChats/herta_bryan_000713.html   (980 words)

  
 Teleconference with Bryan Herta
Bryan Herta: "I think there is. We have actually been pretty optimistic for the last few races and like you said, I guess there is always two ways to look at the last, you know, few situations like what happened to Bobby last week.
Bryan Herta: "Well, I think it is funny, because the team and myself are both in the same sort of situation, you know, we have been close recently a number of times, but that really doesn't get it done.
Bryan Herta: "Well, actually, I think it is pretty much, according to what everybody thought, I mean, it is an extremely close championship...closely fought, and there is a lot of people in with a chance at it.
www.speedcenter.com /interviews/sc_i0805_97.html   (3184 words)

  
  Bryan Herta Chat
Bryan Herta: I started racing carts when i was twelve years old and when i turned 18 my friends sent me to the skip barber driving school and i started racing in his amatuer program and i had enough success to keep moving up.
Bryan Herta: I was 19 years old when i first raced pro and my parents have always been very supportive of me in everything i've done.
Bryan Herta: I'm definatley sad when i think about friends and people who we've lost but danger is inherent in our sport and i guess i've always known that and still love it and choose to compete at it.
www.canoe.ca /SlamChats/herta_bryan_000713.html   (986 words)

  
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Two drivers, Bryan Herta and Townsend Bell, had the engines changed in their cars before qualifying began and were not allowed to make qualifying attempts.
Herta last raced in the series in 2001 with Forsythe Championship Racing before the team closed their doors at the end of the season.
Bryan Herta [W]as almost perfect on his second trip around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., and won the pole for today's inaugural Honda Grand Prix.
www.lycos.com /info/bryan-herta.html   (255 words)

  
 Bryan Herta - Motorsportpedia
Herta enjoyed considerable success in the lower formulae, winning the Barber Formula Ford and Barber Saab series championships, and dominating the 1993 Indy Lights championship with Tasman Motorsports.
In the opening laps of the 1998 event at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Road America circuit, Herta was involved in one of the scariest incidents in the history of North American motor racing.
A few seconds later, an ESPN camera that had zoomed in on Herta's head pulled back when Herta clenched his fists, put them against the sides of his head and duck with scattering course workers, only to catch Alex Barron sliding into the front of Herta's car, and end up on top of it.
directory.worldmotorsport.com /index.php?title=Bryan_Herta&redirect=no   (498 words)

  
 Teleconference with Bryan Herta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bryan Herta: "I think there is. We have actually been pretty optimistic for the last few races and like you said, I guess there is always two ways to look at the last, you know, few situations like what happened to Bobby last week.
Bryan Herta: "Well, I think it is funny, because the team and myself are both in the same sort of situation, you know, we have been close recently a number of times, but that really doesn't get it done.
Bryan Herta: "Well, actually, I think it is pretty much, according to what everybody thought, I mean, it is an extremely close championship...closely fought, and there is a lot of people in with a chance at it.
www.champcar.com /interviews/sc_i0805_97.html   (3184 words)

  
 Bryan Herta Chat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bryan Herta: I think each circumstance is unique but certainly as drivers we know the risks out there.
Bryan Herta: I was six years old when my dad took me to my first auto race and at the time i didn't even want to go but right from that first race i feel in love with it.
Bryan Herta: I would like to say thanks to all the fans who have supported me in the past and especially the ones who have been there cheering for me this season under difficult circumstances when i don't have a full time ride.
www.cso.on.ca /SlamChats/herta_bryan_000713.html   (986 words)

  
 Press Conference ~ Dario Franchitti, Bryan Herta, Tony Kanaan, Dan Wheldon
HERTA: Well, tomorrow is an important day because we've been off the track now for -- I've been off for nearly a week now, these guys have been off the track for five days.
HERTA: Yeah, it is. But there have been some changes to that part, and we feel confident that that shouldn't be an issue again.
On the team we got Bryan, who was as capable as Dario and the information, they also concentrate on race stuff, and I used to concentrate on qualifying.
speednewsnow.com /PR2004/052604a.html   (4225 words)

  
 Herta gets first win of season at Michigan - Boston.com - Baseball - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bryan Herta has piled up plenty of poles, but on Sunday he picked up his first IndyCar Series victory of the season.
Herta held off three drivers in a scramble to the finish, beating Andretti Green Racing teammate Dan Wheldon by less than a car length on the wide, 2-mile oval at Michigan International Speedway to win the Firestone Indy 400 for his first victory since 2003.
Herta finished with an average speed of 167.197 mph, with Wheldon, the series points leader, second.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/07/31/herta_gets_first_win_of_season_at_michigan   (596 words)

  
 The Inside Line: Bryan Herta - Part 2 of 2; www.TheRaceSite.com
Bryan Herta: It was a problem that we identified and we changed a part, a style of part on the Brakes that failed and it won't be a problem again.
Bryan Herta: Yes, it's a little bit different because in the Champ Cars you don't have to get out of the cars and rest for awhile and get back in.
Bryan Herta: My dad took me to a race when I was six years old and I just loved it.
www.theracesite.com /index.cfm?template=magazine&mag_id=3814_3   (336 words)

  
 Welcome to DORAN Enterprises®
Herta made his CART champ car debut at the age of 24, claiming 19 top-five finishes and 43 top-10 finishes through the end of the 2003 season.
Herta also has a full season of endurance sports car racing to his credit, as he competed with the Panoz factory team in the American Le Mans Series in 2002.
Herta began racing in karts at the age of 12, and his talents were quickly underscored with six championships in seven years of competition.
www.doranracing.com /driver_bherta.htm   (926 words)

  
 Honda Worldwide | Motor Sports | INDY | 2003 Topics | August 24, 2003
Bryan Herta, driver for the team owned by Andretti (Andretti Green Racing) showed some aggressive and tenacious driving to move up from fifth in the qualifiers, to take the checkered flag in third.
Herta went up a position when another car had an accident, finishing 3rd after the 12th race in Kentucky.
Herta, Wheldon and Yasukawa each moved up 1 position in the point standing: Herta moved from 16th to 15th; Yasukawa moved from 12th to 11th; and Wheldon moved from 14th to 13th.
www.world.honda.com /INDY/2003/0824.html   (585 words)

  
 AUTO RACING - CBS SportsLine.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Herta drafted off of the lapped Robbie Buhl and took the lead with five laps remaining, earning his first Indy Racing League victory.
Herta was hired late last month by longtime friend Michael Andretti after Dario Franchitti, who broke his back in a motorcycle accident in April, had season-ending surgery.
Herta was running third with 16 laps left in the 200-lap race and moved up to second when de Ferran pitted.
jordon.sportsline.com /autoracing/story/6468572   (659 words)

  
 Andretti Green Racing |  | Bryan Herta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Despite being one of the first qualifiers, Herta posted the fastest qualifying lap to record his third pole of the season.
As the 2006 season begins, Herta and the XM Satellite Radio team provide many reasons to be considered contenders for the IndyCar Series championship.
Herta was the only driver in 2005 to record a pole position on a short oval (Phoenix), a superspeedway (Michigan) and a road course (St. Petersburg) and he led more laps (159) in a single race than any other driver in 2005.
www.andrettigreenracing.com /bherta.cfm   (362 words)

  
 Interview with Bryan Herta About his Return to Laguna Seca
Bryan Herta: "It was disappointing certainly not to be out racing, but I went in thinking that the program was going to be competitive and through the early winter testing it became obvious that it wasn't.
Bryan Herta:"No, no, no. They had a lot of different types of cars, like older Formula One cars, sports cars, even motorcycles, so they had representation from all the different types of cars that would be competing over there.
Bryan Herta:"You know I don't even think anybody timed me. The car I drove wasn't completely set up for the track and I had to lift on the straights because we were too short on the gearing and things like that.
www.speedcenter.com /interviews/sc_i0906_00.html   (1702 words)

  
 WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
BRYAN HERTA: I think it's difficult to draw too many conclusions off the first test day because I don't think everybody showed everything they have quite yet.
BRYAN HERTA: This is the first time I've driven an IRL IndyCar (Series) car on a road course.
BRYAN HERTA: I think ultimately it's a lot different types of corners than what we'll see at St. Pete or a street course, even Watkins Glen or Sears Point, for that matter.
www.whowon.com /sresults.asp?SanctionID=215&StoryID=141795   (1356 words)

  
 The Inside Track - NAKA
Bryan Herta and Hollis Brown have grown the Las Vegas Karting Center into one of the premier kart racing venues in the United States.
Bryan's new partners in the Las Vegas Karting Center are a group headed up by SSC Racing of Palm Springs, California, a leading importer and distributor of karts and karting merchandise.
Bryan Herta said, "I'm proud of what Hollis and I have been able to accomplish at the Las Vegas Karting Center over the past 3 years, and I am confident that the new partnership with SSC Racing will enable the Center to become the top kart facility in North America."
www.theinsidetrack.com /RACES/2002/FEBRUARY/RACE014.HTML   (476 words)

  
 Archipelago/Motorola Driver Bryan Herta's Day Ends Early at Calif
Herta worked his way up to the seventh position from his starting spot on the outside of the seventh row when contact with Alex Barron bent the right front toe-link on the #27 Archipelago/Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone.
Herta was credited with a 22nd place finish in the final rundown.
Bryan Herta, #27 Archipelago/Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone ?I gave Alex (Barron) room on the high side, I had a car inside of me and there was no place to go and he turned down and we touched.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/09/21/169080.html   (476 words)

  
 hondanews.com > Bryan Herta Bio
Bryan Herta smiles at the thought of his recent experiences.
How Herta arrived on the team was a product of circumstance that involved far more than Dario Franchitti's decision to have surgery on his ailing back and sit out the rest of the 2003 season.
Herta, a longtime friend and former teammate of Andretti, was hired by AGR in May to fill in if Gordon had to leave Indy early for the NASCAR race in Charlotte, N.C. Andretti said Herta would drive for Franchitti in June races at Texas and Pikes Peak.
www.hondanews.com /CatID4004?mid=2003101032315&mime=asc   (902 words)

  
 Backstretch Motorsports - Racing news for the thinking unimpaired. - Bryan Herta -- XM Satellite Radio 2006 Indy Grand ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Herta led 159 of 200 laps at Michigan in 2005, the most laps led by any driver in one race during 2005.
Herta is one of only 22 drivers to win two or more races in IndyCar Series history.
Herta was the only driver in 2005 to claim pole positions on a road course (St. Petersburg), a short
www.backstretchmotorsports.com /bm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6682&Itemid=33   (496 words)

  
 Bryan Herta Bio
Herta finished 1997 with two poles, one at the Miller 200 and one at the Toyota Grand Prix.
Herta is still looking to reclaim his first victory, which was snatched from him on the final lap at Laguna Seca when Alex Zanardi made the most spectacular pass of 1996.
Herta is back with Team Rahal, which switched to Ford engines but kept its Reynard chassis and Firestone tires.
www.cartracingupdate.com /BIOS/hertabio.htm   (370 words)

  
 Bryan Herta Wins Firestone 400, Danica Patrick Blows Motor - The Post Chronicle
Bryan Herta held off three drivers in a mad scramble to the finish, beating teammate Dan Wheldon by less than a car length on the wide, fast, two-mile oval for his first victory since 2003.
Herta finished with an average speed of 167.197 miles per hour, with Wheldon, the series points leader, finishing second.
Herta dominated the race for most of the day, leading 159 of its 200 laps.
www.postchronicle.com /news/sports/printer_212229.shtml   (512 words)

  
 Driver: Bryan Herta
Bryan Herta followed a common theme as many other current race car drivers, kart racing.
From karting, Bryan moved into Formula Ford competition taking the series by storm and winning 14 of the 18 races and taking the series championship in 1989.
True to form, Bryan improved his standings, taking 7 wins and 8 poles on his way to the 1993 Indy Lights Championship.
www.racechase.com /sutra202.html   (292 words)

  
 ARCHIPELAGO/MOTOROLA DRIVER BRYAN HERTA TO START 14TH AT CALIF
6, 2003) ? Bryan Herta qualified seventh today for the Delphi Indy 300 in the #27 Archipelago/Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone with an average speed of 221.323 miles per hour.
Herta and the Archipelago/Motorola team were second quick in this morning?s practice and thought they had found the right setup for qualifying.
  Herta was the third driver to qualify and went out when the track was at it hottest.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/09/20/169060.html   (383 words)

  
 CART Racing News
Bryan's car was great from the time the team unloaded it off the trailer on Friday.
Bryan lead from the pole and was trailed by Vasser, Zanardi, Moore, Unser, and Fernandez.
Bryan showed that crowd that he can control a race, and put on a splendid performance for the crowd, and his team.
www.cartracingupdate.com /News/91398hertawin.htm   (545 words)

  
 Deep Throttle Uncensored CART Commentary by Ed Donath
While Herta showed flashes of brilliance in subsequent seasons—not the least of which was his “Herta-Mania” dominance at Laguna Seca—he eventually became the odd man out after losing his Team Rahal Shell Car seat to Kenny Brack.
Bryan Herta’s ambition, maturity level and work ethic undoubtedly got kicked up a notch as a result of the war between his personal responsibilities and the lack of steady work.
There is a good possibility that Bryan Herta will return to Champ Cars for the remainder of this season by continuing what began with his one-off Laguna Seca ride in the #27 PK Racing Lola.
www.deepthrottle.com /Donath/ageb4beauty.shtml   (675 words)

  
 Bryan Herta Bio - Honda - Press Releases - Selected Story
Herta took full advantage of the opportunity to expand his racing horizons.
How Herta arrived on the team was a product of circumstance that involved far more than Dario Franchitti's decision to have surgery on his ailing back and sit out the rest of the 2003 season.
Herta, a longtime friend and former teammate of Andretti, was hired by AGR in May to fill in if Gordon had to leave Indy early for the NASCAR race in Charlotte, N.C. Andretti said Herta would drive for Franchitti in June races at Texas and Pikes Peak.
corporate.honda.com /press/article.aspx?id=2003101032315   (948 words)

  
 JS Online: Bryan Herta Returns to CART Racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Then the PK Racing team made Herta an offer to drive at Laguna Seca, where he has got of his Champ Car victories and three of his six poles.
Herta arrived at the track Thursday, giving him less than 24 hours to prepare for the first round of qualifying.
Herta started ninth and finished fifth in his IRL debut last Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.
www.jsonline.com /sports/race/ap/jun03/ap-car-cart-monter061203.asp?format=print   (374 words)

  
 Honda Racing Driver Detail Page
In September, Herta came within seven-hundredths of a second of scoring his second IRL IndyCar Series victory, battling fellow Honda-powered driver Adrian Fernandez all the way to the finish at Chicagoland Speedway.
It was another ultra-close finish at the fast, 1.5-mile oval and the second year in a row Herta found himself in a multi-car battle for victory in Chicago.
Herta returns for a second full season with Andretti Green in 2005, and will continue to drive the #7 XM Satellite Radio-sponsored entry.
racing.honda.com /drivers/detail.aspx?driver=bherta§ion=bio   (382 words)

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