IndyCar Busts: Jon "Pedo" Herb

[@gnnascarfan2410]

No matter how bad NASCAR or IndyCar busts get, at least 95% of them are good people off the track. This unfortunately was a case of not only a bad driver, but an awful (I can't even call them a person) sub-human.

[@DEIFAN]

There was another bust that he mentioned that was a bi sexual man assault a track owner

[@ChaseTPS]

​@@DEIFAN who's the other bust?

[@BrandonA1]

I came into this video knowing nothing about this man, I hoped the "P*do" in the title was some kind of really unfortunate nickname that aged poorly, but my God I was disappointed. What an awful driver and even more awful person

[@Eibarwoman]

Your last sentence is the perfect descriptor for Jon Herb, "awful driver and even more awful person"

[@easyenetwork2023]

Proves anyone can get a ride in racing. Makes you wonder if the teams knew too.

[@BrandonA1]

@@easyenetwork2023 Cosidering his wife was the one who discovered it, there is next to no chance the teams had any clue about that if nobody else around him did

[@MrBrno]

@@BrandonA1 The commentarist called him "a nice guy but a backmarker". That aged SO terribly

[@NASCARFAN93100]

I pretty much knew where this was headed once I saw P3do in the title

[@JHockeyFan]

The IRL era had a ton of terrible drivers. Wish the split never happened, Greg Moore wins several titles & Indy 500s, probably still alive

[@gojenson]

I am still salty about it. Tony George screwed things up badly.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

as much as Greg was gonna be a superstar, If he survives, Helio may never be an Indy 500 winner at all. It is a big catch 22. Greg should have at least had a shot at Indy, alongside Zanardi

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Don’t forget Alex Zanardi. Maybe he could’ve been an Indy 500 champion too. It’s a crime that neither of them raced at the 500. But Greg raced at Indy for IROC

[@wendigockel]

Not to mention Gonzalo Rodríguez, who signed a deal with Penske, only to pass away before his first full season with the captain. Roger Penske only ever signs stellar drivers to his Indycar team. And yes, I am including AJ Allmendinger in that.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

@@wendigockel totally AJs 2006 CCWS season was incredible.

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Also, disgusting actions aside, I laughed at how brutally honest the Sky Sports commentators were.

[@easyenetwork2023]

That is a nice way of saying he just sucks. If they were being honest, they would be like James Hunt and call him a tosser or a terrible driver.

[@andrewhaywood1262]

Still trying to understand why them and EuroSport thought it was necessary to dub over English-speaking commentators with...English-speaking commentators. I've seen the UK broadcasts of California 1999 (RIP Greg Moore) and Nashville 2002 and they are quite interesting.

[@Mike_Connor]

@@andrewhaywood1262 ChampCar had a separate International feed with different graphics and Englishman Jeremy Shaw doing commentary. I think part of the reason was that in the US, there are so many advert breaks - way more than what you would find in the UK, for example - it made sense to have continuous commentary throughout the race, rather than the silence in the breaks that we tend to get with coverage of American racing. I remember Jeremy inviting a young Formula Atlantics driver by the name of James Hinchcliffe to co-commentate on a race with him. He was such a natural, Jeremy had him back several times that season and he even did some commentary work with A1GP afterwards.

[@Mike_Connor]

@@andrewhaywood1262 just to follow-up, for a lot of IRL races, IIRC, we would have the US commentary and then UK studio commentators during the US ad breaks.

[@theonetheonlyjoey]

@@Mike_Connor It still works like that to this day, with IndyCar

[@javakris]

I was like "Damn, 'Pedo' is an unfortunate nickname." Up until I learned it was deserved.

[@joeg5414]

Yeah I was like oh damn how unfortunate a nickname

[@austinemms9772]

People like this don’t deserve success. Those who do horrible things like this always get what’s coming to them.

[@isobel.eleanor]

if only that were true.

[@meaninglesscog]

Not always. Karma is not real. Some people just keep getting away with it and never have to suffer the consequences.

[@dethkillerspiral]

@@isobel.eleanor just look at Saudi Arabian royalty

[@RazorSharp75426]

@Christian Russel Not before getting tortured and beaten by the angels in his grave, though

[@manga12]

@@meaninglesscog you reap what you sew, and what goes around comes around, you burn enough things eventuall the fires will get you even if it takes to maranatha, the day of judgement

[@bhumiriady]

Fascinating installment of IndyCar Busts! To be honest, I've never heard about this driver until you made this video...^^

[@johnvandeventer8668]

This makes me feel a little respect for Drew Dollar, Devlin DeFrancesco, Nicholas Latifi, Joe Graf Jr. The drivers I mentioned are pretty bad or mediocre or are menaces but they are good people

[@johnvandeventer8668]

@@nascarfanFlatTire better person than Herb

[@emdotrod]

Latifi is decent on F2, he's totally a bust but yeah he is a good person

[@bclautz]

Devlin is a good indy lights driver and medicore indycar at best

[@villy27]

@@bclautz It's a little to early to judge him. He is in his rookie year in a very competitive championship.

[@RandomGuy37]

@@emdotrod He was doing pretty well until that infamous Abu Dhabi GP. He was even beating Russell every once in a while. I think the amount of pointless and un-needed hate and death threats he got from some "fans" may have affected him. To me it has seemed like he has lost his confidence completely. It's a shame because he seems like a genuinely nice guy who doesn't deserve all the hate.

[@kevinbelho115]

The guys makes Taki Inoue, Yuji ide, Latifi and Mazespin looks like legends.

[@RazorSharp75426]

Be dead honest, I kinda feel sorry for Ide, but apparently he had a bit of career revival as of late. He currently raced for team Drago Corse in GT300 class in Super GT.

[@TeemoQuinton]

@@RazorSharp75426 man I feel bad for Mazepin. Dude was in lopsided brick in f1 with rookie woes and lost his career due to... where he was born, his nationality. Mazepin lost his career due to racism like jesus christ.

[@ahmadzahraniAAZ]

@@TeemoQuinton the only reason he was in the team was because of his dad's company being the sponsor, and they stopped giving the money when the war started. What did you think was going to happen?

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

Well for one thing Nicholas Latifi is one of the nicest race car drivers I’ve ever met.

[@nickjasperse9903]

Na mazepin will never be a legend

[@timlaberge6135]

"Wow. What a lousy career. At least his life can't get any-- OH JESUS CHRIST!"

[@AlonsoRules]

The biggest on track disgrace is that he got to race in the Indy 500 but Alex Zanardi and Greg Moore were not allowed to. Thanks Tony.

[@miguelelgueta5830]

That's crazy. I remember IRL in the late 90s having a ridiculous ammount of filler or straight bad drivers completing the 33 of the Indy 500, I remember my countryman Eliseo Salazar even making to the top 5 a couple of times and he was definitively a F1 and Cart reject (ok he wasnt a complete disaster but no way he was better than the top 10 Cart guys) I wish that Cart had stayed like it was in 1995, I remember watching some incredible races in ESPN

[@RazorSharp75426]

Was Tony George the Hulman family version of Brian France?

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@RazorSharp75426 yes

[@AlonsoRules]

@@RazorSharp75426 worse

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Talentless hack and a monster! Normally I’d give bad drivers credit for being a racer and be a good individual. NOT IN THIS CASE! He’s a disgrace to the sport!

[@NASCARFAN93100]

N2SC4R and Jason Jacoby's favorite IndyCar driver

[@lordkinbote74]

He is a disgrace to humanity. Tbh I am a little pissed he only got 25 years.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@lordkinbote74 the system when it comes to pedophilia is unfair and broken

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@lordkinbote74 also child loving creeps aren’t humans and people

[@sportsfan09yt]

@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT Jon herb was a absolute mess of a person both on and off the track

[@danieljones8658]

Innocent me thinking "Wow that's a really unfortunate nickname to have" until I watched the video.

[@hendrixjcs10]

HOLD UP, that whole thing took place in SWFL, my home area?! Well now I’m sick and full of rage, Screw his career and his actions.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

I’m from that area too. I never heard of him and never heard of that situation until like 2015

[@TheNewChevyRoll48]

Luckily for you prisoners don't take to kindly to Pedos so that guy likely got his ass beat by other inmates when they found out what he was in for.

[@NotSteveCook]

Fortunately, Wisconsin is home to a hell of a lot of great racecar drivers. Herbert the Pervert is not even a footnote in Wisconsin racing history.

[@donnypopovski7251]

Unintended consequences of the split. No chance in hell he'd have made a CART Indy 500.

[@ryobibattery]

"he's a nice guy but a backmarker" lmao

[@dkasper0063]

Herb is a 4 way bust. The fourth being unforgivable.

[@boomkittyFX]

he didn't just crash in indy car, he even crashed in social standards

[@TheNewChevyRoll48]

I pray for his wife's mental health. I don't want to imagine how scarring it would be to watch a 4 year old commit sexual acts on your spouse.

[@KellieLeigh48]

He'd be dead if it was me

[@spiderbhyd3]

Forget his wife, what about the girl, forced to perform sexual acts on a grown man

[@P1nkR]

The way you are phrasing that is very unfortunate.

[@darksu6947]

@FreeBirb There's two types of people in the world, my dude! Those that think grape jokes are funny and those that do not. Unfortunately these guys are in the latter group, but I thought the joke was hilarious.

[@Brother-of-Darkness-94]

Same here! But also the child itself, who had been forced to do those acts as well because of that creep of a human adult being of a man🤮🤮🤮

[@jareddiamond5133]

If you're all wondering about the 25-years sentence in Florida only being held for 85% of said sentence, 85% of the total 25 years is still 21.25 years of someone's life.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Still ain't long enough for this POS

[@RazorSharp75426]

In that case you can be paroled on year 22 of your sentence.

[@jareddiamond5133]

@@RazorSharp75426 True, but I would still spend the 3.75 years remaining if I was him.

[@hankhillofficialgaming2007]

Ah so this is who Jason Jacoby looked up to growing up

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Joseph Lombard looked up to him as well

[@jj9487]

@@NASCARFAN93100 I feel like if his dad didn’t die he would have never done that

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@jj9487 I agree

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

That poor four year old...

[@ErikZarins]

1:28 *DW calling an ARCA race?!?!* That's pretty epic!!!

[@D2RCR]

Yeah, the main Fox crew called some ARCA races on Fox Sports Net and Speed Channel between 2001 and around 2007 or so. They also called the infamous 2004 iPOWER Dash Series race at Daytona where a track worker was killed.

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

I think he most recently called one in 2010

[@akbullworm]

Interesting topic for this installment. Personally love the busts series as you either see drivers back in the day for a brief throwback or you hear stories (either good or disturbing) that we would’ve never heard of outside of the video through the research. Would love to see more IndyCar or even F1 busts videos to go with the usual NASCAR busts in the future

[@andrewwinslow9315]

oh boy. this guy is totally a great example of how to act

[@ollieminecraft]

I was wondering if there would be a new installment of this series... nice video! Jon Herb was a bad driver and a horrible person.

[@eddietat95]

"Why don't you have a seat over there?" "I don't see an IndyCar."

[@seville-798]

I thought the quotes were so we didn’t think his middle name was joke. As I continued to watch, I learned that the intentions were similar to those of Jared Fogle.

[@kay_sou]

Can you really call someone a bust when there was no expectations of success to begin with? The only bust here was getting busted for CP.

[@OWfan]

0:50 - Peak ARCA brakes moment there.

[@briangriffinfamilyguyfan81]

Jon Herb is the worst IndyCar driver ever imo

[@briangriffinfamilyguyfan81]

@@DrSamwpepper at least Milka Duno isn't a bad person though

[@bradkroboth5490]

This guy makes John Paul Sr look like a Saint

[@Nxtl68]

Me at the start of this video: "Pedo is an unfortunate racing nickname." Me at the end of the video: "oh....ohhhhhhhhhh...."

[@iBry0]

4:46 Feel bad for this commentator, The guy who he called a nice guy turned to be the farthest thing from a nice guy.

[@leifopstad2972]

4:47 "Jon's a nice guy" yeah....about that

[@jujuthefoxsportsman1358]

That Line Didn't Age Well.

[@drosera88]

Well with any luck his cell mates will give him pole position if you catch my drift.

[@tosemcriatividade6449]

OMFG dude... I thought he was called "pedo" for torPEDO for the amount of crashes, that's horrible!

[@BlueJimmie48Fan]

Once I saw the title of this video, I knew where this was heading. 💀

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Same here

[@PassiveDestroyer]

Wow, this dude was terrible on and off the track. I would've thought you'd get black flagged for being too many laps down, but he wrecked himself to quit the race. He should've quit his career earlier.

[@sportsfan09yt]

6:28 oh my god that is the most pathetic crash I have ever seen he absolutely sucks

[@chipsnever957]

You know when the dramatic music plays things about to get fucked up

[@OkGotem]

The background music at first sounded like the BO1 menu theme.

[@bradydicarlo9143]

I vaguely remember this guy. After seeing what he’s been up to, I wish I hadn’t.

[@OmegaTAFKAL-mb5hg]

there is a special place in hell for those people. Actually, if you ask me, he would deserve the death penalty, because that little girl's life got destroyed forever

[@Synystr7]

Weird that he chose 19 as his car number given his sexual history.

[@cjmsaracingnetwork5937]

1:41 for the first few years between 2000 and 2002 I have no idea how he got in but then he went to Indy lights, was not very good and only won a race and got 7th in his full time year, and went back up to the irl

[@DennyDeliversYT]

in light of recent stuff about opportunities on twitter, this is quite an interesting title… 💀

[@Ultimate23Dragon]

Do I dare ask to be filled in or no?

[@UnlicensedOkie]

There are ways of dealing with people like this. Not going to say how here.

[@RazorSharp75426]

Including "handling" him solo?

[@YellowAMc6]

@4:45-4:50- He’s a “nice guy”, huh?? Well!!! That race commentator couldn’t be MORE WRONG!!!

[@rehehehehehehehehehe]

Jon Herb?, more like Jon Herbert

[@TheShockninja]

Please do not compare Johnny Herbert with that freak

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

BOOM!

[@Austin_Windric]

Jon Herbert the Pervert

[@RazorSharp75426]

There's a British race car driver named Johnny Herbert who won 3 Grands Prix in F1.......

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@RazorSharp75426 very true

[@iceeblueburst03]

The name itself reminds me of John Herbert from Family Guy who’s also a creep

[@kurt2022]

These guy's that buy their way into racing are always the worst human beings! Many use drug dealing proceeds to fund their racing career.

[@easyenetwork2023]

That would have been a relief. This guy raped a little girl.

[@Raptorking18]

Lmao at least that’s miles better than the pedo shit 😂

[@spaghettisploitation1029]

I'll take drugs over CP ANYDAY!

[@DixietheGoat9]

Man just when i thought Rick Crawford was bad, Jon Herb takes it to a different level, i mean a 4 year old? Are you kidding me? A 4 year old? Bruh at that point prison is mercy he needs the chair

[@TrackMaster914]

(8:09) I wish more predators caught by Chris Hanson would get equal, if not harsher sentences

[@briangriffinfamilyguyfan81]

That title is legendary

[@RandomCarl05]

I thought the "Pedo" was just a random funny nickname he had Reading the comments, I see I was horribly wrong...

[@Marlock2199]

worst thing is he tarnashed a perfectly good number! 19 is my go to for any race and was even used by the likes of professionals too (rip anthonie huebert)

[@NASCARFAN93100]

NASCAR Busts: Rick Crawford

[@johnvandeventer8668]

He’s not a bust because he won a few truck races

[@Jeff.3]

I'd just call Crawford a life bust. He isn't a nascar bust, he was actually a good truck series driver who won some races. If bfm starts doing life bust videos then I'd say yes but Crawford isn't a nascar bust as far as racing goes.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

@@johnvandeventer8668 Doesn't matter He's still a disgrace to NASCAR and Society as a whole

[@marchedgie6838]

Can someone get me up to speed on this guy? The name sounds familiar.

[@johnvandeventer8668]

@@marchedgie6838 he was X talking about what he thought was a 12 year old girl but there was no one. It turned out he was X talking a grown man

[@Duster2582]

Please do: IndyCar Busts: Richie Hearn

[@BlueSkyBS]

"Have a seat. No, not an Indycar seat".

[@evannuh-koo-la4054]

His name sounds really similar to the old guy from Family Guy

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

Herbert The Pervert.

[@sportsfan09yt]

The jason Jacoby before Jason Jacoby got exposed

[@spicyboi2223]

Jon WHAT?!?!?!?!

[@parkersheline3640]

3:52 how the heck does that even happen lol😂

[@FormulaFox]

I have met people who genuinely claim John Herb is proof that the IRL had the better talent. Make your own jokes.

[@RazorSharp75426]

Only a few were talents, the rest are rejects or bums

[@johnvandeventer8668]

4:47 that aged like milk

[@jujuthefoxsportsman1358]

YEAH BECAUSE HE IS NOT A NICE GUY!

[@tgs2141]

Herb the Perv Also am I the only one that found it a bit nuts that his first wreck was with a guy having the last name Dickie?

[@NAZANATER]

great video love the indy/nascar bust videos!

[@sonicmegapikachux]

A failure as a driver and a failure as a man, Jon Herb doesn't deserve any kind of respect form me

[@SiVlog1989]

Woah, what a monster that guy is. Even if he gets parole, nobody should allow themselves to forget what he did

[@devonesq.7533]

thats what the internet is for, besides, theres multiple websites online that show where sa offenders live near you, no one ever forgets them

[@gojenson]

Thanks for this. I didn't even know this happened.

[@Manbunmen65]

The difference between John Herb and Jimmie Johnson is JJ is already accomplished in one discipline and he hasn't crashed as much because it's only his second year.

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

Also, Jimmie seems to be a decent man.

[@Manbunmen65]

@@DinsdalePiranha67 In racing...

[@DixietheGoat9]

​@@Manbunmen65 But atleast Jimmie Johnson didnt try to have sex with a 4 year old

[@duckheadgaming]

And here I was thinking the dude just had the worst nickname in history

[@KEC063]

The title doesn’t lie.

[@jujuthefoxsportsman1358]

I'm NOT Impressed Of What He Did.

[@sportsfan09yt]

Terrible driver and a even worst human being

[@BlueFox284]

Get this video passed around the the prison Herb is at, and he'll never leave.

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

I'm sure the people there know of it. Or at least, I hope so.

[@ashkechum101]

Oh they know don’t worry

[@bungieman2810]

I honestly feel like deleting this awful freak from my Indycar rosters in NR2003.

[@sportsfan09yt]

Too bad it's impossible sadly

[@NelsonWilcox22]

I got a better idea. Try wrecking him.

[@falcon1378]

He tarnishes the names of all the Jon's without H's out there, including me.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

You should change your name to Tyler; there's no 'H' in that either. Brewstew reference.

[@falcon1378]

@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance lol

[@rubywest5166]

Look, I'm not saying there's a pattern, But Ian "H" Watkins, former singer with Steps, is apparently a pretty decent Bloke. Ian Watkins, former singer with Lost Prophets... Made Herb look like a saint. The H. It's fucking important.

[@TheShockninja]

This video makes me wish Gary Brabham served LIFE in prison himself.........

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

The system is that bad when it comes to child loving creeps… sad

[@TheShockninja]

@IanPerez48 well it must be that worse in Australia to be sentenced for just 18 MONTHS AND SERVING ONLY 6!!!!!!!!!!!

[@512TexasRed]

246 charges and he only got 25 years? What the fuck?

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Reminds me of "Samir, you're breaking the law!!!"

[@Notaffiliated1]

I really hoped Pedo was an awful nickname. My god I hoped it was that.

[@Mistertbones]

People who abuse children are the worst people of all.

[@easyenetwork2023]

Sounds like he never should have had the ARCA or IRL license.

[@Cougar139tweak]

Interesting fact Herb was actually short for Herbeaverschmellz Unlucky break with the Nickname "Pedo"

[@sportsfan09yt]

4:47 oh yeah he's definitely a nice guy NOT

[@silverpairaducks]

Oh, it's not a nickname....

[@jacekatalakis8316]

When you are worse than Dr. Jac Miller, somehow...somehow. I mean that whole late 90s/early to mid 2000s IRL was full of either the big money teams, or the no names who were just there to make up the numbers. And yes I'm now wondering who, statistically, is /the/ worst IRL driver

[@TheShockninja]

I give it to Jean-Pierre Frey! He would have been even worse than Milka Duno.

[@musikizthewurld3273]

*Reads title* Woah, that's an unfortunate nickname. *Starts watching video* Oh.....oh.......well then

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

This was Tony George's vision. Never forget. Never forgive.

[@NotSteveCook]

His vision was only about control and people being loyal to him.

[@daograiders]

And i thought rick crawford was bad Great video Darian👏👏👏

[@pablofernandez2335]

Fun fact: "pedo" is fart in Spanish LOL

[@NASCARBullHaulerFan48]

LOL XD 🤣🤣🤣

[@TrackMaster914]

So unlike Rick Crawford, this guy sucked as both a person AND a driver?

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Unlike Jon, Rick threw away his solid respectable Truck career and his good personality to go after children! Sad…

[@wpbarchitect1800]

WOAH. Was not prepared for the turn THIS tale took....good lord. No matter how cynical one gets, it never fails to boggle the mind the depths of depravity and cruelty human beings can sink to. And here I thought I was just watching a story of a laughably delusional failed IndyCar driver. And great drivers and more importantly (obviously) human beings like Dan W die on track instead of this monster. Man this world can be so damn depressing...

[@lonewolf2513]

How he didn't get stabbed in jail is shocking

[@IceDragonPhoenix]

Another black eye on our great state of Wisconsin

[@Wisconsin222]

agreed

[@Wisconsin222]

Especially when we great have celebs like Chris Farley, The Violent Femmes, Steve Miller, and The BoDeans.

[@Sargebri]

I used to think Salt Walther was a bad guy on and off the track, but Walther looks like a saint compared to this freak.

[@NelsonWilcox22]

John Herb is literally the Ian Watkins of IndyCar.

[@RazorSharp75426]

Dear Darian, you should consider making a video about Tony George. Do you think Tony George is the IndyCar racing community's version of Brian France? I mean I didn't doubt on early 2000s Indy Racing League, but people kinda think that he instigates the second American Open Wheel Racing Split back in mid-90s.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Yes he was

[@RazorSharp75426]

@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT well, it's safe to assume that Tony George was a shame to the Hulman family for that reason.

[@crystalroark8757]

It’s amazing he didn’t kill anyone or literally himself especially in Indycar.

[@rubywest5166]

Would’ve been nice if he did the latter, mind

[@RazorSharp75426]

@@rubywest5166 it should be the latter, but in the same manner Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto ended, literally cremated alive in a fiery crash