2003 Bryan Herta Signed Race Worn Andretti Autosport IndyCar Suit
This suit was worn in the 2003 IndyCar season race by American Bryan Herta. That season he won the Kansas IndyCar race and that win was one of his four career wins.
Herta currently is a partner in Andretti Autosport and is the strategist for his son's successful car in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Herta became a winning Indy 500 team owner after victories in the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon and the 2016 Indianapolis 500 with driver Alexander Rossi.
Herta won the 1993 Indy Lights Championship and graduated to IndyCar racing in 1994 with A.J. Foyt Racing, where he had several promising races before suffering a season-ending injury at Toronto. He also finished a respectable ninth and 13th in his first two Indy 500 starts of 1994 and 1995 before the series split in 1996. During the next few years, Herta developed a reputation for his prowess on road courses, especially at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In 1996, he was the leader until the last lap, when Alex Zanardi made the spectacular pass through the “Corkscrew” chicane and took the victory. Herta, who rarely qualified anywhere other than the first row at Laguna Seca, finally won two events on the twisty road course in 1998 and 1999. At the height of Herta’s career, fan interest in the Shell-sponsored driver was dubbed by team owner David Letterman as “Hertamania.”
From 2000 to 2003, Herta drove for a variety of Champ Car teams, including Forsythe Championship Racing, Mo Nunn Racing and PK Racing, In 2002, Herta drove an F1 car for the first time, piloting a Minardi at the “Thunder in the Park” event held at Donington Park.
After dabbling in sports cars, he revitalized his open-wheel racing career by substituting for an injured Dario Franchitti halfway through the 2003 Indy Racing League season. In just his third IRL start, Herta picked up his first IndyCar Series win at Kansas Speedway for Andretti Green Racing. He was retained in an expanded four-car squad in 2004, usually running development engines. On July 31, 2005, Herta took his second IndyCar Series win, defeating AGR teammate Dan Wheldon in a close finish in the Firestone Indy 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.
For the next few years, Hera was part of “The Super Team” which saw many championships and race wins for the four Andretti drivers: Wheldon, Herta, Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti. A move to ALMS in sports cars gave Herta some more podiums and a class win at Sebring before he hung up his helmet for good in 2008.
This suit comes from Bryan Herta’s personal collection and has been personally hand-signed with his name and "Kansas 2003 Winner!!" in black marker pen.
The suit comes with a Certificate Of Authenticity.
Herta currently is a partner in Andretti Autosport and is the strategist for his son's successful car in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Herta became a winning Indy 500 team owner after victories in the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon and the 2016 Indianapolis 500 with driver Alexander Rossi.
Herta won the 1993 Indy Lights Championship and graduated to IndyCar racing in 1994 with A.J. Foyt Racing, where he had several promising races before suffering a season-ending injury at Toronto. He also finished a respectable ninth and 13th in his first two Indy 500 starts of 1994 and 1995 before the series split in 1996. During the next few years, Herta developed a reputation for his prowess on road courses, especially at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In 1996, he was the leader until the last lap, when Alex Zanardi made the spectacular pass through the “Corkscrew” chicane and took the victory. Herta, who rarely qualified anywhere other than the first row at Laguna Seca, finally won two events on the twisty road course in 1998 and 1999. At the height of Herta’s career, fan interest in the Shell-sponsored driver was dubbed by team owner David Letterman as “Hertamania.”
From 2000 to 2003, Herta drove for a variety of Champ Car teams, including Forsythe Championship Racing, Mo Nunn Racing and PK Racing, In 2002, Herta drove an F1 car for the first time, piloting a Minardi at the “Thunder in the Park” event held at Donington Park.
After dabbling in sports cars, he revitalized his open-wheel racing career by substituting for an injured Dario Franchitti halfway through the 2003 Indy Racing League season. In just his third IRL start, Herta picked up his first IndyCar Series win at Kansas Speedway for Andretti Green Racing. He was retained in an expanded four-car squad in 2004, usually running development engines. On July 31, 2005, Herta took his second IndyCar Series win, defeating AGR teammate Dan Wheldon in a close finish in the Firestone Indy 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.
For the next few years, Hera was part of “The Super Team” which saw many championships and race wins for the four Andretti drivers: Wheldon, Herta, Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti. A move to ALMS in sports cars gave Herta some more podiums and a class win at Sebring before he hung up his helmet for good in 2008.
This suit comes from Bryan Herta’s personal collection and has been personally hand-signed with his name and "Kansas 2003 Winner!!" in black marker pen.
The suit comes with a Certificate Of Authenticity.