Arie Luyendyk Jr.

Arie Luyendyk Jr. (/ˈɑːri ˈlaɪəndaɪk/; Dutch: [ˈaːri ləjɛnˈdik]; born September 18, 1981)[1] is a Dutch-American auto racing driver 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]

This article is about the racing driver. For his father, see Arie Luyendyk.

Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Luyendyk in 2012
Nationality	American
Born	(1981-09-18) September 18, 1981 The Netherlands
Related to	Arie Luyendyk (father)
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season	2013
Car number	25
Starts	55
Wins	2
Podiums	12
Poles	0
Best finish	6th in 2016
Finished last season	19th (2019)
Previous series
2002–2008, 2010 2007–2008 2006 2001	Indy Lights A1 Grand Prix (rookie driver) IndyCar Series SCCA Formula Continental
Medal record Representing  United States Summer X Games 2015 Austin Stadium Super Trucks
Last updated on: December 24, 2019.

Luyendyk has competed in various sports-car series competing in 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.

Early life

Luyendyk 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]

Career

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 four wins in that same class.

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.

Luyendyk driving an Indy Lights car on the Streets of St. Petersburg in 2005

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.

Luyendyk practicing for the 2008 Firestone Freedom 100

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.

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.

Pro Light TORC truck at Crandon

In 2013, Luyendyk made the switch to off-road racing in the Stadium Super Trucks series,[5] 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.[6]

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.

During the 2018 Stadium Super Trucks season, Luyendyk recorded his first series win at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Australia.[7] He scored a second victory at Detroit in June.[8]

Television

In 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.

Luyendyk placed second on the eighth season of the reality show The Bachelorette, starring Emily Maynard.[9]

Luyendyk appeared in the first episode of the 17th season of The Bachelor. Luyendyk also competed on Wipeout: Summer Episode 7: "Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes",[10] 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

Luyendyk works as a real estate broker for RE/MAX in Scottsdale, Arizona.[11] He became engaged to the runner-up, Lauren Burnham of The Bachelor[12][13] and Burnham moved to Scottsdale to be with Luyendyk.[14] The couple married on January 12, 2019.[15] They have a daughter, Alessi Ren, born on May 29, 2019.[16] He appeared as an agent on a 2019 episode of HGTV's House Hunters International set in Amsterdam.[17] The former Bachelor lives at home with his wife and daughter and dog Bastian.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
2000	Mid-Ohio	Van Diemen RF01	Ford	Formula Continental	3	2	Running

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

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
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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2005	CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports	HMS	PHX	STP	MOT	INDY DNQ	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	SNM	CHI	WGL	FON	NC	–
2006	Luyendyk Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY 28	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				36th	10

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2005	Dallara	Chevrolet	DNQ		Beck
2006	Panoz	Honda	31	28	Luyendyk

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(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

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – 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	[18]
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	[19]
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	[20]
2016	ADE	ADE	ADE	STP	STP	LBH	LBH	DET 2	DET C	DET 8	TOW 4	TOW 5	TOW 3	TOR	TOR	CLT 10	CLT 2	OCF 5	OCF 9	SRF	SRF	SRF	6th	173	[21]
2017	ADE	ADE	ADE	STP 5	STP 4	LBH 6	LBH 6	BAR	BAR	BAR	DET 10	DET 6	TEX 7	TEX 8	HID	HID	HID	BEI 7	GLN	GLN	ELS 7	ELS 9	8th	183	[22]
2018	ELS 9	ADE 2	ADE 5	ADE 7	LBH 3	LBH 14	BAR 1	BAR 8	DET 3	DET 1	TEX 6	TEX 10	ROA Rpl^†	ROA Rpl^†	SMP	SMP	HLN 3	HLN 11	MXC	MXC			7th	305	[23]
2019	COA	COA	TEX	TEX	LBH	LBH	TOR	TOR	MOH 6	MOH 8	MOH	MOH	ROA	ROA	ROA	POR	POR	SRF	SRF				19th	28	[24]
^† – Replaced by Casey Mears, points went to Luyendyk

References

1. "Arie Luyendyk Jr". X Games (ESPN). Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
2. "Bleekemolen & Luyendyk Jr. to drive for Team Netherlands". GPUpdate.net. 1 August 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
3. Huggins, Sarah (October 25, 2017). "Who's the Next Bachelor 2018? It's Arie Luyendyk Jr". ABC. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017. Born in the Netherlands, Arie, 36, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was just three years old.
4. Kallmann, Dave (June 7, 2011). "Life Has Slowed Only a Bit for Luyendyk". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Wisconsin. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
5. DiZinno, Tony (April 24, 2013). "Arie Luyendyk Jr. adapts to racing Stadium Super Trucks". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
6. Brudenell, Mike (January 12, 2016). "Detroit Auto Show: Racer Luyendyk glad to be back in town". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
7. Nguyen, Justin (May 6, 2018). "SST: Luyendyk, Hoffman score first career victories in Perth". Overtake Motorsport. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
8. Robinson, Geoff (June 3, 2018). "'Bachelor' star Arie Luyendyk Jr. picks up win at Belle Isle". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
9. Hawkins, Kayla (January 1, 2018). "Recap Arie & Emily's Season Of 'The Bachelorette' To Remember Why 'Bach' Nation Fell In Love With Him In The First Place". Bustle. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
10. Highfil, Samantha (August 3, 2014). "Former 'Bachelor,' 'Bachelorette' contestants get dirty on 'Wipeout'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
11. "Arie Luyendyk Jr Scottsdale Realtor - RE/MAX Excalibur". Excalibur Real Estate. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
12. Stone, Natalie (March 6, 2018). "The Bachelor's Arie Luyendyk Jr. Gets Engaged to Lauren Burnham After Split from Becca Kufrin". People. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
13. Melas, Chloe (May 23, 2018). "Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham reveal their wedding plans". CNN. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
14. Tracy, Brianne (March 6, 2018). "Arie Luyendyk Jr. & Lauren Burnham Have 'Talked About Running Away to Vegas' to Elope". People. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
15. "Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham's Wedding Is Today! Inside Their Journey". People. January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
16. "Lauren Burnham Reveals the Name of Her and Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s Newborn Daughter". People. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
17. "Arie From The Bachelor is a Real Estate Agent on Tonight's House Hunters International". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
18. "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
19. "2014 Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
20. "2015 Official Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
21. "2016 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
22. "2017 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
23. "2018 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
24. "2019 Overall Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Nick Viall	The Bachelor Season 22	Succeeded by Colton Underwood