Team
Bryan Herta Autosports is owned and operated by veteran driver Bryan Herta and Steve Newey and will field a car in the Firestone Indy Lights Series for the first time in 2009 with driver Daniel Herrington. BHA and Vision Racing will work together as technical partners for the FIL season.
Bryan 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, then graduating to IndyCar racing in 1994. As of 2006, Herta has started in the Indianapolis 500 five times (1994-1995, 2004-2006) with three top ten finishes, including a best of third (3rd) in 2005. Herta moved to American Lemans Sports Cars full time in 2007. He joined Vision Racing as Road Course Consultant for the 2008 season and will continue that role through 2009.
Steve Newey has been involved at the highest level of professional auto racing for over 20 years. Subsequent to earning his engineering degree, Newey lived in England where he was a design and race engineer in Formula One. On his return to the United States, he engineered the car driven by Bobby Rahal that won the IndyCar World Series Championship in 1992. Newey assembled the Patrick Racing team in 1993 then helped put together Mo Nunn Racing in 1999. In 2003, he took over as Vice President of Operations at Kelley Racing. Most recently Newey lent his expertise in the sportscar world, namely with Andretti Green Racing and their ALMS program.
