Jon Beekhuis

Jon Beekhuis (/ˌjɒn ˈbiːkəs/; born March 31, 1960) is an American former race car driver. Beekhuis was born in Zurich, Switzerland while his American father was studying at ETH Zurich, and grew up in California.[1] The 1988 ARS (Indy Lights) champion, Beekhuis drove in 14 CART from 1989 to 1992. He, however, never drove in the Indianapolis 500. His best finish was an 8th at the 1990 Michigan 500. He later became a pit reporter for ESPN and then SPEED/CBS coverage of CART & Champ Car races.

Beekhuis moved to the booth as Champ Car television's lead analyst in 2007. In 2008 he was the pit reporter for select IndyCar Series races in Edmonton and Surfers Paradise.

Since 2009, he has worked in varying capacities for NBC Sports Network's (formerly Versus) broadcast of the IndyCar Series, currently serving as a pit reporter alongside Robin Miller, Kevin Lee, and Kelli Stavast.

In 2015, ESPN announced that Beekhuis would return to work for ESPN & ABC and their coverage of five IndyCar races, including the Indianapolis 500.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1988	Enterprise Racing	PHX 16	MIL 4	POR 3	CLE 4	TOR 4	MWL 1	POC 12	MDO 1	ROA 2	NAZ 5	LAG 2	MIA 5	1st	147

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1989	Bettenhausen Racing	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR 13	MIS	POC	MDO	ROA Ret	NAZ	LS Ret			36th	0
1990	P. I. G. Racing	PHX	LBH 16	INDY	MIL	DET Ret	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR Ret		DEN Ret	VAN Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 11	NAZ	LS Ret		21st	7
1990	Gohr Racing										MIS 8								21st	7
1991	Walker Motorsport	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS DNS	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LS	NC	–
1992	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR Ret									47th	0
1992	Walker Motorsport										MIS Ret	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		47th	0

Notes

"Part 1 with Jon Beekhuis (:50-1:10)". YouTube. Humans of Racing. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

External links

Driver Database Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Didier Theys	American Racing Series Champion 1988	Succeeded by Mike Groff

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[1] "Part 1 with Jon Beekhuis (:50-1:10)". YouTube. Humans of Racing. Retrieved 1 June 2019.