Arie Luyendyk Jr.
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Arie Luyendyk Jr.
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||
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18 September 1981 Den Bosch |
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| Related to | Arie Luyendyk (father) | |||||||||
| Firestone Indy Lights Series | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2002–2008, 2010 | |||||||||
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Luyendyk Racing Sam Schmidt Motorsports Brian Stewart Racing Guthrie Racing AGR-AFS Racing Andersen Racing Alliance Motorsports |
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| Starts | 66 | |||||||||
| Wins | 1 | |||||||||
| Poles | 4 | |||||||||
| Best finish | 2nd in 2002 | |||||||||
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| 2007–2008 2006 2001 |
A1 Grand Prix (rookie driver) IndyCar Series SCCA Formula Continental |
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Arie Luyendyk Jr. (born 18 September 1981, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) is an auto racing driver and son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. Despite his European birth, the most of his adult racing career has taken place in North America where his father lives and made his career. Luyendyk is best known for competing in the Indy Lights Series where he finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Championship over a number of years. He was named a test-driver in A1 Grand Prix alongside Jeroen Bleekemolen for A1 Team The Netherlands starting the 2007–08 season.
Luyendyk has competed in various sports-car series competing in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona. More recently he was seen on ABC's The Bachelorette season 8, where he placed first runner-up and is represented by BRANDed, and on Wipeout: Summer Episode 7: "Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes".
Luyendyk began racing karts in 1992, and moved to Sports Car Club of America club Formula Ford competition six years later at the age of 16. He raced in a number of American junior formulae, notching wins in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge series and top five finishes the U.S. Formula Ford 2000 Championship. In 2001, Luyendyk finished third in the Formula Continental class at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs as well as winning the SCCA Southern Pacific divisional title on the strength of 4 wins in that same class.
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