Colton Herta

He got his 2nd victory at the next event at Barber Motorsports Park, the series' 400th race.

Herta won Rookie of the Year and finished 3rd in the drivers championship.

He qualified 5th for the Indianapolis 500, but retired after just four laps after a gearbox failure.

He finished 8th at the Indianapolis 500.

Colton Thomas Herta (born March 30, 2000) is an American open-wheel racing driver currently competing in the NTT IndyCar Series for Andretti Global with Curb Agajanian.

He is the youngest person to ever win an IndyCar Series race.

He is the son of IndyCar and Champ Car driver Bryan Herta.

He made his single-seater racing debut at 13, finishing second in the SBF2000 Winter Series.

Herta was the first IndyCar Series driver born in the 2000s to start a race.

Herta made his competitive karting debut in 2010 at the age of 10, racing karts in the SKUSA and IKF series, although he had been karting since the age of 6.

In 2014, he made his professional racing debut in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, finishing 15th in the championship despite missing the opening weekend due to age requirements.

In the same year, Herta made his international formula racing debut at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia with the Meritus-run AsiaCup Series, taking part in one event where he won 1 race win and 3 podium finishes.

Herta also made a one-off appearance in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites, being the youngest driver to compete in the series.

In 2015, he made his debut in the UK-based MSA Formula series, as the youngest driver and the only American on a grid that consisted mostly of Britons, and got his first win in the second race at Snetterton Circuit in August, thus helping the United States win the Nations Cup.

He went on to collect three more victories throughout the season, finishing third overall.

For 2016, he was planning to move to the newly renamed BRDC British F3 series but was too young to compete at the opening round.

Wanting to complete a full season, he made the switch to the Euroformula Open Championship, staying with Carlin and finished third in points, with four victories, six podium finishes, and five pole positions.

Herta went on to compete in six British F3 events, earning three podium finishes including a victory at Brands Hatch.

In 2017 Herta joined forces with the newly formed Steinbrenner Racing to pilot the 98-car in the Indy Lights Series.

He started the year strong with a second-place finish in the first race at St. Petersburg street circuit and followed it up with a Sunday victory; Colton's first win in Indy Lights.

In 2018, Herta remained in Indy Lights.

He won four races, including all three held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (both races of the GP of Indianapolis and the Freedom 100 on the speedway).

Herta finished 2nd in points to his Andretti teammate Patricio O'Ward.

In September 2018, Herta made his IndyCar Series debut at the season finale in Sonoma, driving for Harding Racing.

For the 2019 IndyCar season, Herta signed to drive the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing car.

On March 24, 2019, at the age of 18, Herta became the youngest-ever winner in IndyCar history by winning the IndyCar Classic at Circuit of the Americas.

On June 22, 2019, at the age of 19, Herta became the youngest-ever pole-sitter at Road America.

He won again at Laguna Seca, and finished 7th in the overall standings, just 5 points behind Rookie of the Year Felix Rosenqvist.

Herta again drove the #88 car for Harding Steinbrenner Racing in 2020, with additional backing from Andretti Autosport.

Herta finished 7th in the opening round of the 2020 IndyCar season at Texas Motor Speedway.

On September 13, 2020, Herta won the second of two races held at Mid-Ohio.

He scored a runner-up finish at the Indianapolis road course's Saturday race.

With seven top 5s in 14 races, he ranked third in points.

Going into 2021, Herta was seen as the strongest challenger in the Andretti stable to Scott Dixon for the IndyCar title.

For 2021 Herta would move from the #88 Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing car to the #26 Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian car with backing from Indianapolis 500 title sponsor Gainbridge.

Herta started his season caught up in an accident caused by Josef Newgarden in Alabama but earned his first win of the season at St. Petersburg, his first win on a street circuit.

He would secure two podium finishes before his second win of the season; a second-place at Road America and third place at the second round on the IMS Road Course.

He was frequently beset by poor strategy, mechanical issues, and driving errors.

Most notable of these was at the inaugural round in Nashville; Herta would qualify on pole position for the race, lead most of the race, lost the lead under caution to Marcus Ericsson, and crashed out of the race attempting to take the lead back from Ericsson in the closing laps.

Herta was in place to win the race at Texas Motor Speeday but would have to retire the car due to a broken half shaft that happened during a pitstop.