When Hyundai decided to jump into pro racing here in the States, the company shuffled through its resumés for a partner. One name rose to the top: Bryan Herta, a winning IndyCar driver, a two-time victor of the Indianapolis 500 as an owner, and an admitted perfectionist.
Herta had long been interested in partnering with a manufacturer, though he admits Hyundai wasn’t the first company to come to mind. It all started at the Grand Prix of Long Beach in April 2017, when Herta mentioned at a luncheon with Hyundai executives that if the company ever decided to return to motorsports in the U.S.–it had been big in SCCA rally in the ’90s and then had a run in Global Rallycross with Rhys Millen–Herta would be interested in talking.
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“A few months ago,” Herta said in February 2018, “they reached out to us and said they had a project we might be interested in.”
Herta was interested, and the result was unveiled at the…
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