Arie Luyendyk Jr. (/ˈɑːri ˈlaɪəndaɪk/ AR-ee LY-ən-dyke, Dutch: [ˈaːri ˈlœyə(n)ˌdɛik]; born September 18, 1981)[1] is a Dutch-American auto racing driver, television personality, and son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk. He has competed mostly 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.[2]
| Arie Luyendyk Jr. | ||||||||||||
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 Luyendyk in 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||
| Born | September 18, 1981 Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Related to | Arie Luyendyk (father) | |||||||||||
| Stadium Super Trucks career | ||||||||||||
| Debut season | 2013 | |||||||||||
| Car number | 25 | |||||||||||
| Starts | 59 | |||||||||||
| Wins | 3 | |||||||||||
| Podiums | 14 | |||||||||||
| Poles | 0 | |||||||||||
| Best finish | 6th in 2016 | |||||||||||
| Finished last season | 10th (2021) | |||||||||||
| Previous series | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2008, 2010 2007–2008 2006 2001 | Indy Lights A1 Grand Prix (rookie driver) IndyCar Series SCCA Formula Continental | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: August 9, 2021. | ||||||||||||
Luyendyk has competed in various sports-car series, including the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona.
He was a contestant on ABC's dating competition The Bachelorette season 8 in 2012, where he placed first runner-up, and starred in the 22nd season of its sister show The Bachelor, which premiered on January 1, 2018. In 2023, he was a contestant on The Traitors where he finished in fourth place.
Early life
editLuyendyk was born in the Netherlands,[3] to Arie and Mieke Luyendyk.[4] At age 3,[3] he immigrated with his family, including sister Maida, to the United States and settled in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Luyendyk has two younger twin brothers, Alec and Luca.[4] He graduated from Desert Mountain High School in 2000.[5]
Career
editLuyendyk 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 four wins in that same class. [citation needed]
He competed full-time in the first three seasons of the Indy Racing League's Indy Pro Series (now known as Firestone Indy Lights), beginning in 2002. In his Firestone Indy Lights career, Luyendyk has 1 victory, four pole positions and 24 top-5 finishes. Luyendyk finished second in the Firestone Indy Lights Championship in 2002, third in 2004, and fourth in 2008.[citation needed]
In 2005, Luyendyk attempted to make his IndyCar Series debut by qualifying for the 2005 Indianapolis 500 in a car owned by Curb-Agajanian/Beck Motorsports. Luyendyk's qualifying speed of 215.039 mph (346.072 km/h) was close to 2 mph (3.2 km/h) slower than the next slowest qualifier at the time. A. J. Foyt hired driver Felipe Giaffone to qualify a third car for him, and Giaffone's 217.645 mph (350.266 km/h) four-lap average bumped Luyendyk from the field.
Luyendyk did qualify for the 2006 Indianapolis 500 in a car owned by his father and backed by cheapcaribbean.com and Blue Star Jets. The team had limited practice time due to a second week engine program. However, his first race in the more powerful cars ended early due to handling issues, with Luyendyk finishing 54 laps out of 200 and ending in 28th place in the field of 33. [citation needed]
In the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season, Luyendyk drove for A1 Team Netherlands in the A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport as the team's "rookie driver". His best result was a fifth place training time at Round 5 held in Taupo, New Zealand. He has returned to the Firestone Indy Lights Series to race for AGR-AFS Racing as the teammate to Raphael Matos. He captured his first series win in the final race of the 2008 season at Chicagoland Speedway by passing Matos on a late race restart. Luyendyk would finish the 2008 season fourth in the Championship, recording five podium finishes.[citation needed]
In 2010, he returned part-time to Indy Lights and drove in the Freedom 100 for Andersen Racing and three other oval races for Alliance Motorsports. His best finish was seventh at Chicagoland.[citation needed]
In 2013, Luyendyk made the switch to off-road racing in the Stadium Super Trucks series,[6] finishing seventh in points. In his partial season, Luyendyk notched a heat win and three 4th-place finishes in seven starts. Two years later, he won the bronze medal at X Games Austin 2015 in the SST category.[7]
Luyendyk finished the season driving in the Traxxas TORC Series with Aero Motorsports backed by Ethika and Cooper Tires. In Luyendyk's TORC debut he finished fourth at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway driving in the Pro Light class. On November 18, 2013, Luyendyk completed a test with Dale Coyne Racing in the DW12 IndyCar. Luyendyk ran 138 laps.[citation needed]
During the 2018 Stadium Super Trucks Series, Luyendyk recorded his first series win at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Australia.[8] He scored a second victory at Detroit in June.[9] His third SST win came two years later at Road America when he won the weekend's first race after an early roll.[10]
Television
editIn 2009, Luyendyk became the driver analyst for Versus broadcasts of Indy Lights races. In 2012 Luyendyk returned to the booth, commentating the Indy Lights races for the NBC Sports Network. He appeared as himself in season nine of Hell's Kitchen. The chefs visited the Grand Prix of Long Beach in which Luyendyk was participating.[11]
In 2023, he appeared as a contestant on the reality game show The Traitors, which aired on Peacock.
The Bachelorette and The Bachelor
editLuyendyk placed second on the eighth season of the reality show The Bachelorette, starring Emily Maynard.[12]
Luyendyk appeared in the first episode of the 17th season of The Bachelor. Luyendyk also competed on Wipeout: Summer Episode 7: "Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes",[13] where he was eliminated early.
In 2017, it was announced that Luyendyk would appear in the 22nd season of The Bachelor. He asked Rebecca "Becca" Kufrin to marry him at the season finale however he later regretted rejecting Lauren Burnham, the runner-up, and tried to rekindle things with Burnham. Luyendyk and Kufrin broke up after the show, but the breakup was televised. Luyendyk revealed that he had been talking to Burnham, and later the two began dating.
Personal life
editLuyendyk works as a real estate broker for RE/MAX in Scottsdale, Arizona.[14] After realizing he had made a mistake upon proposing to Becca Kufrin on Season 22 of "The Bachelor," he became engaged to the runner-up, Lauren Burnham,[15][16] and Burnham moved to Scottsdale to be with Luyendyk.[17] The couple married on January 12, 2019.[18] They have a daughter who was born on May 29, 2019.[19] On June 11, 2021, Lauren gave birth to twins.
He appeared as an agent on a 2019 episode of HGTV's House Hunters International set in Amsterdam.[20]
Racing record
editSCCA National Championship Runoffs
edit| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mid-Ohio | Van Diemen RF01 | Ford | Formula Continental | 3 | 2 | Running |
American open-wheel racing
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Indy Lights
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (December 2017) |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Luyendyk Racing | KAN 10 |
NSH 2 |
MIS 2 |
KTY 6 |
STL 2 |
CHI 2 |
TXS 7 |
2nd | 236 | |||||||||
| 2003 | Sinden Racing | HMS 4 |
PHX 10 |
INDY 15 |
PPIR 3 |
KAN 12 |
NSH 9 |
MIS 11 |
STL 3 |
KTY 4 |
CHI 4 |
FON 10 |
TXS 13 |
7th | 299 | ||||
| 2004 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | HMS 9 |
PHX 2 |
INDY 3 |
KAN 7 |
NSH 11 |
MIL 9 |
MIS 8 |
3rd | 330 | |||||||||
| AFS Racing | KTY 4 |
PPIR 5 |
CHI 4 |
FON 14 |
TXS 4 |
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| 2005 | AFS Racing | HMS | PHX 4 |
STP 5 |
INDY | FON 6 |
11th | 228 | |||||||||||
| Brian Stewart Racing | TXS 10 |
IMS 6 |
NSH 8 |
MIL 7 |
KTY 10 |
PPIR 10 |
SNM | CHI | WGL | ||||||||||
| 2006 | AFS Racing | HMS 4 |
STP1 DNS |
STP2 | INDY | WGL 11 |
IMS | NSH 11 |
MIL | KTY | SNM1 | SNM2 | CHI 6 |
15th | 105 | ||||
| 2007 | Guthrie Racing | HMS | STP1 | STP2 | INDY | MIL | IMS1 | IMS2 | IOW | WGL1 17 |
WGL2 22 |
NSH | MDO | KTY | SNM1 | SNM2 | CHI | 35th | 21 |
| 2008 | AGR-AFS Racing | HMS 4 |
STP1 6 |
STP2 22 |
KAN 3 |
INDY 14 |
MIL 8 |
IOW 2 |
WGL1 7 |
WGL2 7 |
NSH 3 |
MDO1 8 |
MDO2 11 |
KTY 3 |
SNM1 17 |
SNM2 16 |
CHI 1 |
4th | 428 |
| 2010 | Andersen Racing | STP | ALA | LBH | INDY 14 |
IOW | WGL | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | 17th | 82 | ||||||
| Alliance Motorsports | CHI 7 |
KTY 9 |
HMS 12 |
IndyCar
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports | HMS | PHX | STP | MOT | INDY DNQ |
TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MIS | KTY | PPIR | SNM | CHI | WGL | FON | NC | – | [21] |
| 2006 | Luyendyk Racing | HMS | STP | MOT | INDY 28 |
WGL | TXS | RIR | KAN | NSH | MIL | MIS | KTY | SNM | CHI | 36th | 10 | [22] |
Indianapolis 500
edit| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dallara | Chevrolet | DNQ | Beck | |
| 2006 | Panoz | Honda | 31 | 28 | Luyendyk |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Netherlands | NED SPR PO |
NED FEA PO |
CZE SPR PO |
CZE FEA PO |
MYS SPR PO |
MYS FEA PO |
CHN SPR PO |
CHN FEA PO |
NZL SPR PO |
NZL FEA PO |
AUS SPR PO |
AUS FEA PO |
RSA SPR PO |
RSA FEA PO |
MEX SPR PO |
MEX FEA PO |
CHN SPR PO |
CHN FEA PO |
GBR SPR PO |
GBR SPR PO |
7th | 87 |
Stadium Super Trucks
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
| Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | PHO 4 |
LBH 7 |
LAN 11 |
SDG 4 |
SDG 4 |
STL 12 |
TOR | TOR | CRA | CRA | OCF | OCF | OCF | CPL | 7th | 154 | [23] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | STP | STP | LBH | IMS 5 |
IMS 6 |
DET 3 |
DET 4 |
DET 2 |
AUS 10 |
TOR | TOR | OCF | OCF | CSS | LVV | LVV | 11th | 110 | [24] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | DET 10 |
DET 8 |
DET 8 |
AUS 3 |
TOR | TOR | OCF | OCF | OCF | SRF | SRF | SRF | SRF | SYD | LVV | LVV | 13th | 72 | [25] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP | STP | LBH | LBH | DET 2* |
DET C1 |
DET 8 |
TOW 4 |
TOW 5 |
TOW 3 |
TOR | TOR | CLT 10 |
CLT 2 |
OCF 5 |
OCF 9 |
SRF | SRF | SRF | 6th | 173 | [26] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | ADE | ADE | ADE | STP 5 |
STP 4 |
LBH 6 |
LBH 6 |
PER | PER | PER | DET 10 |
DET 6 |
TEX 7 |
TEX 8 |
HID | HID | HID | BEI 7 |
GLN | GLN | ELS 7 |
ELS 9 |
8th | 183 | [27] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ELS 9 |
ADE 2 |
ADE 5 |
ADE 7 |
LBH 3 |
LBH 14 |
PER 1 |
PER 8 |
DET 3 |
DET 1 |
TEX 6 |
TEX 10 |
ROA Rpl† |
ROA Rpl† |
SMP | SMP | HLN 3 |
HLN 11 |
MXC | MXC | 7th | 305 | [28] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | COA | COA | TEX | TEX | LBH | LBH | TOR | TOR | MOH 6 |
MOH 8 |
MOH | MOH | ROA | ROA | ROA | POR | POR | SRF | SRF | 19th | 28 | [29] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | ADE | ADE | ADE | ROA 1* |
ROA 9 |
N/A2 | – | [30] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | STP 3 |
STP 4 |
MOH | MOH | MOH | MOH | NSH 7 |
NSH 6 |
LBH | LBH | 10th | 75 | [31] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Replaced by Casey Mears, points went to Luyendyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 The race was abandoned after Matt Mingay suffered serious injuries in a crash on lap three.
2 Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.
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That lead to guest appearances in Season 9 of Hell's Kitchen, when the chef-testants had to do a challenge at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
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