Arie Luyendyk

Luyendyk at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2010.

Luyendyk's Lola-Chevrolet which won the 1990 Indianapolis 500 for Doug Shierson Racing.

Luyendyk in 1991, driving for Vince Granatelli.

Arie Luyendyk, anglicised form of Arie Luijendijk (born September 21, 1953 in Sommelsdijk) is a Dutch auto racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.

Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles. In 1977, he won the European Super Vee championship, and switched to Formula Three. Success continued to elude him until he moved to the United States in 1984, where he immediately won the Super Vee championship.

With the help of sponsor Provimi Veal, Luyendyk ran his first full Champ Car season in 1985, winning the rookie of the year title both for the season and the Indianapolis 500. His first win in the series came five years later in 1990, but it was at the most important race of the series. With a record average speed of 185.981 mph (299.307 km/h) that still stands to this day, Luyendyk won the 1990 Indianapolis 500 for Doug Shierson Racing.

Luyendyk continued to perform well at Indianapolis, scoring pole positions in 1993, 1997 and 1999, and retiring from the race while leading on three occasions. In 1996, he set the qualifying lap record at 237.498 mph (382.216 km/h), although he did not start on the pole since he qualified on the second day of time trials. He won the 1997 Indianapolis 500 from the pole over Treadway Racing teammate Scott Goodyear. Luyendyk also was selected to participate in the 1992, 1993, and 1998 editions of the International Race of Champions.

He retired from racing after the 1999 season, and for a short time, joined ABC Sports as a color commentator. He returned to the Indy 500 in 2001 and 2002. In 2003, he entered at Indianapolis for the final time. He suffered a crash during practice, and did not make an attempt to qualify.

Other Luyendyk victories include the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. His son, Arie Jr., was an Indy Lights racer.

The last corner of the Zandvoort track in the Netherlands carries his name. In 1999, he was presented with the Sagamore of the Wabash award, reflecting upon his Indy 500 career.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel

CART results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1984	Bettenhausen	LBH	PHX1	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MIS1	ROA 8	POC	MDO	SAN	MIS2	PHX2	LS	LVG		32nd	5
1985	Bettenhausen	LBG Ret	INDY 7	MIL 17	POR Ret	MEA 10	CLE 5	MCH	ROA 6	POC	MDO	SAN Ret	MIS 15	LAG Ret	PHO Ret	MIA 7			18th	33
1986	Bettenhausen	PHX 6	LBG Ret	INDY Ret	MIL 9	POR	MEA Ret	CLE Ret	TOR 6	MIS Rer	POC Ret	MDO Ret	SAN	MIS 13	ROA 7	LAG 10	PHO Ret	MIA Ret	17th	29
1987	Hemelgarn	LBG 14	PHX 3	INDY Ret	MIL 4	POR Ret	MEA 6	CLE Ret	TOR 7	MIS 5	POC 4	ROA 4	MDO 11	NAZ 4	LAG 6	MIA 11			7th	98
1988	Dick Simon Racing	PHX 9	LBH 10	INDY 10	MIL Ret	POR 2	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MEA Ret	MIS Ret	POC Ret	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	NAZ 9	LS Ret	MIA Ret			14th	31
1989	Dick Simon Racing	PHX Ret	LBH 7	INDY Ret	MIL Ret	DET 6	POR 3	CLE 9	MEA 7	TOR Ret	MIS 6	POC Ret	MDO 8	ROA 4	NAZ 13	LS 9			10th	75
1990	Shierson Racing	PHX 9	LBH 7	INDY 1	MIL Ret	DET 5	POR 6	CLE 6	MEA 4	TOR 5	MIS Ret	DEN 13	VAN Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 6	NAZ Ret	LS 9		8th	90
1991	Granatelli Racing Team	SRF 9	LBH 5	PHX 1	INDY 3	MIL Ret	DET 3	POR 7	CLE 5	MEA Ret	TOR Ret	MIS 2	DEN Ret	VAN Ret	MDO 9	ROA 5	NAZ 1	LS 8	6th	134
1992	Chip Ganassi Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY Ret	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MIS Ret	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		41st	0
1993	Chip Ganassi Racing	SRF 5	PHX 6	LBH 11	INDY 2	MIL Ret	DET Ret	POR 10	CLE 10	TOR Ret	MIS 3	NHA Ret	ROA 9	VAN Ret	MDO 5	NAZ 8	LS 3		8th	90
1994	Indy Regency Racing	SRF Ret	PHX Ret	LBH 11	INDY Ret	MIL 21	DET 19	POR 14	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIC 2	MDO 13	NHA Ret	VAN 6	ROA Ret	NAZ Ret	LS 6		17th	34
1995	Team Menard	MIA	SRF	PHX Ret	LBH	NAZ	INDY 7	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIC	MDO	NHA	VAN	LS	26th	6
1997	Target Chip Ganassi	MIA	SRF	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	FON Ret	34th	0

IndyCar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

¹ Luyendyk was listed as the primary entry and participated in practice; during practice, Luyendyk crashed, and decided to sit out the race due to injuries. Alex Barron replaced him in the car.

Indy 500 results

External links

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