Arie Luyendyk

Arie Luyendyk
Luyendyk at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2010
Nationality	Dutch
Born	September 21, 1953 (age 63) Sommelsdijk, Netherlands

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, and two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. In 2014, he was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.^[1] He is also known as "The Flying Dutchman".

Luyendyk won a total of seven Indy car races, including three in the CART series, all of them on ovals.

Career

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, at the most important race of the series, with a record average speed of 185.981 mph (299.307 km/h). Luyendyk won the 1990 Indianapolis 500 for Doug Shierson Racing. His average speed record which stood for 23 years, was finally broken in the 2013 97th Indianapolis 500 by Tony Kanaan with an average speed of 187.433 mph (301.644 km/h).

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 1995, Luyendyk controlled the race early until an incident with Scott Sharp put him several laps down. For the rest of the race, Luyendyk was able to make up all his laps and barely beat winner Jacques Villeneuve at the stripe to get his final lap back and finish on the lead lap.

In 1996, he set the qualifying lap record at 237.498 mph (382.216 km/h), although he did not start on the pole because he qualified on the second day of time trials. He won the 1997 Indianapolis 500 from the pole over Treadway Racing teammate Scott Goodyear. It came under severe controversy when on the final restart the white and green flag waved to end a caution but the yellow lights stayed on with Arie Luyendyk pulling away to the win while the other competitors were confused. A similar finish involving a similar mistake almost took away a win from Luyendyk two weeks later. As a result, USAC was removed of scoring the races.

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., is an off-road and 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. In 2016, Luyendyk was selected as a chief steward for the IndyCar Series alongside fellow racer Max Papis and Dan Davis.^[2]

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel

CART

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1984	Provimi Veal	March 84C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA 8	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL		32nd	5
1985	Provimi Veal	Lola T900	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 17	INDY 7	MIL 17	POR 21	MEA 10	CLE 5	MCH Wth	ROA 6	POC	MDO DNS	SAN 18	MCH 15	LAG 22	PHX 25	MIA 7			18th	33
1986	Provimi Veal	Lola T86/00	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX 6	LBH 15	INDY 15	MIL 9	POR								MCH 13				MIA 21	17th	29
		March 86C							MEA 16	CLE 24	TOR 6	MCH 23	POC 17	MDO 18	SAN		ROA 7	LAG 10	PHX 15
1987	Hemelgarn Racing	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH 14	PHX 3	INDY 18	MIL 4	POR 16	MEA 6	CLE 19	TOR 7	MCH 5	POC 4	ROA 4	MDO 11	NAZ 4	LAG 6	MIA 11			7th	98
1988	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T88/00	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX 9	LBH 10	INDY 10	MIL 15	POR 2	CLE 18	TOR 20	MEA 20	MCH 28	POC 26	MDO 25	ROA 19	NAZ 9	LAG 22	MIA 14			14th	31
1989	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T89/00	Cosworth DFS V8t	PHX 17	LBH 7	INDY 21	MIL 6	DET 6	POR 3	CLE 9	MEA 7	TOR 24	MCH 6	POC 23	MDO 8	ROA 4	NAZ 13	LAG 9			10th	75
1990	Doug Shierson Racing	Lola T90/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	PHX 9	LBH 7	INDY 1	MIL 19	DET 5	POR 6	CLE 6	MEA 4	TOR 5	MCH 19	DEN 13	VAN 26	MDO 21	ROA 6	NAZ 17	LAG 9		8th	90
1991	Granatelli Racing Team	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	SRF 9	LBH 5	PHX 1	INDY 3	MIL 17	DET 3	POR 7	CLE 5	MEA 18	TOR 19	MCH 2	DEN 22	VAN 19	MDO 9	ROA 5	NAZ 1	LAG 8	6th	134
1992	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY 15	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH 14	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		41st	0
1993	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF 5	PHX 6	LBH 11	INDY 2	MIL 22	DET 17	POR 10	CLE 10	TOR 22	MCH 3	NHA 25	ROA 9	VAN 25	MDO 5	NAZ 8	LAG 3		8th	90
1994	Indy Regency Racing	Lola T94/00	Ilmor 265D V8t	SRF 25	PHX 22	LBH 11	INDY 18	MIL 21	DET 19	POR 14	CLE 21	TOR 31	MCH 2	MDO 13	NHA 27	VAN 6	ROA 22	NAZ 26	LAG 6		17th	34
1995	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T95/00	Ford XB V8t	MIA	SRF	PHX 25	LBH	NAZ													26th	6
	Team Menard		Menard V6t						INDY 7	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG
1997	Target Chip Ganassi	Reynard 97i	Honda HRR V8t	MIA	SRF	LBH	NAZ	RIO	GAT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	FON 24	34th	0

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Fastest Laps	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)*	Top 10s (Non-podium)**	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
12	8	143	1	2	3	10	57	2 (1990 Indycar Series, 1997 Indy Racing League)	0

* Podiums (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd-place finishes.

** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th-place finishes.

IRL IndyCar

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
1996	Byrd-Treadway Racing	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	WDW 14	PHX 1	INDY 16														7th	75
1996-1997	Treadway Racing	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	NHA 13	LVS 20															6th	223
		G-Force GF01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8			WDW 12	PHX 22	INDY 1	TXS 1	PPIR 15	CLT 21	NHA 3	LVS 25
1998	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF01B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW 8	PHX 24	INDY 20	TXS 13	NHA 5	DOV 9	CLT 4	PPIR 22	ATL 8	TXS 28	LVS 1						8th	227
1999	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	INDY 22	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPIR	LVS	TXS							41st	11
2001	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF05B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY 13	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TXS				41st	17
2002	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF05B	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY 14	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH 16	KTY	STL	CHI	TXS		37th	30
2003	Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force GF09	Toyota Indy V8	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY Wth^1	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	STL	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS	NC	-

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.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Fastest Laps	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
6	1	28	4	2	4	1	4	2 (1990, 1997)	0

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1985	Lola	Cosworth	20th	7th	Bettenhausen
1986	Lola	Cosworth	19th	15th	Bettenhausen
1987	March	Cosworth	7th	18th	Hemelgarn
1988	Lola	Cosworth	6th	10th	Simon
1989	Lola	Cosworth	15th	21st	Simon
1990	Lola	Chevrolet	3rd	1st	Shierson
1991	Lola	Chevrolet	14th	3rd	Granatelli
1992	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	4th	15th	Ganassi
1993	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	1st	2nd	Ganassi
1994	Lola	Ilmor	8th	18th	Indy Regency
1995	Lola	Menard-Buick	2nd	7th	Team Menard
1996	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	20th	16th	Treadway
1997	G-Force	Comptech Oldsmobile	1st	1st	Treadway
1998	G-Force	Comptech Oldsmobile	28th	20th	Treadway
1999	G-Force	Comptech Oldsmobile	1st	22nd	Treadway
2000	Did not enter
2001	G-Force	Comptech Oldsmobile	6th	13th	Treadway
2002	G-Force	Chevrolet	24th	14th	Treadway
2003	G-Force	Toyota	driven by Alex Barron		Mo Nunn

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
1992	Dodge	DAY 10	TAL 11	MCH 11	MCH 10	12th	21
1993		DAY 6	DAR	TAL 10	MCH 8	11th	24.5
1998	Pontiac	DAY 5	CAL 11	MCH 7	IND 11	12th	26

References

1. "Versatile Rusty Wallace Inducted Into Hall". Retrieved 2014-08-07.
2. "INDYCAR NAMES VETERAN MOTORSPORTS TRIO AS RACE STEWARDS FOR 2016 SEASON". IndyCar Series. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.

External links

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