Arie Luyendyk Jr. Trivia: 16 fun facts about the racing star!

Arie Luyendyk Jr. is an auto racing driver and son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Let’s find out some fun facts about him!

1. Arie Luyendyk Jr. was born 18 September 1981 in 1992, and moved to Sports Car Club of America club Formula Ford competition six years later at the age of 16.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. In his Firestone Indy Lights career, Luyendyk has 1 victory, four pole positions and 24 top-5 finishes.

6. He was voted IPS “Most Popular Driver” four years in a row from 2003–06. Luyendyk finished second in the Firestone Indy Lights Championship in 2002, third in 2004, and fourth in 2008.

7. 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.

8. 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 scoring a 28th-place finish.

9. 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.

10. 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 5 podium finishes.

11. 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.

12. In 2013 Luyendyk made the switch to off-road racing in the Stadium Super Trucks series, finishing seventh in points. In his partial season Luyendyk notched a heat win and three 4th-place finishes in 7 starts.

13. Luyendyk finished out the season driving in the Traxxas TORC Series with Aero Motorsports backed by Ethika and Cooper Tires.

14. In Luyendyk’s TORC debut he finished fourth at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway driving in the Pro Light class. On 18 November 2013 Luyendyk completed a test with Dale Coyne Racing in the DW12 IndyCar. Luyendyk ran 138 laps and planned to compete in the IndyCar Series in 2014.

15. Luyendyk has competed in various sports-car series competing in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona.

16. 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”. He is currently set to star in the twenty-second season of the The Bachelor.