Racing Professionals was a racing team owned by

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driver

Jon Herb Jon Allen Herb (born June 1, 1970) is an American former racecar owner, driver in the IndyCar Series, Indy Racing Leaguehttps://archive.today/20130201063259/http://raceday.racingone.com/driver.aspx?driverid=280&seriesID=3&subID=11 and Automobile ...

. Herb formed the team in the middle of the 2001 season and competed in a total of eight races at the end of that season and the 2002 season. In

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

the team fielded a car for Herb in three events in the

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. In

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Herb ran the full IPS season, highlighted by winning the Phoenix race. The team competed in the

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as Herb filed an entry on March 29. The team also fielded a second car in conjunction with

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for driver

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. Herb also competed in the

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and

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races during the 2007 season. Herb sold the team's chassis to the League for redistribution to former Champ Car teams after 2008's open wheel unification.

Complete IRL IndyCar Series results

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Team stats at IRL World
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