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 & 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, Arie Luyendyk was selected as a chief steward for the IndyCar series alongside fellow racer Max Papis and Dan Davis.

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	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL		32nd	5
1985	Provimi Veal	Lola T900	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA			18th	33
1986	Provimi Veal	Lola T86/00	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR								MCH				MIA	17th	29
		March 86C							MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	SAN		ROA	LAG	PHX
1987	Hemelgarn Racing	March 87C	Cosworth DFX V8t	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	ROA	MDO	NAZ	LAG	MIA			7th	98
1988	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T88/00	Cosworth DFX V8t	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA			14th	31
1989	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T89/00	Cosworth DFS V8t	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG			10th	75
1990	Doug Shierson Racing	Lola T90/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG		8th	90
1991	Granatelli Racing Team	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	6th	134
1992	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T92/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		41st	0
1993	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG		8th	90
1994	Indy Regency Racing	Lola T94/00	Ilmor 265D V8t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG		17th	34
1995	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T95/00	Ford XB V8t	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NAZ													26th	6
	Team Menard		Menard V6t						INDY	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	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	PHX	INDY														7th	75
1996-1997	Treadway Racing	Reynard 95i	Ford XB V8t	NHA	LVS															6th	223
		G-Force GF01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8			WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA	LVS
1998	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF01B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHA	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TXS	LVS						8th	227
1999	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF01C	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPIR	LVS	TXS							41st	11
2001	Treadway Racing	G-Force GF05B	Oldsmobile Aurora V8	PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	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	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	KTY	STL	CHI	TXS		37th	30
2003	Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force GF09	Toyota Indy V8	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY 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	TAL	MCH	MCH	12th	21
1993		DAY	DAR	TAL	MCH	11th	24.5
1998	Pontiac	DAY	CAL	MCH	IND	12th	26

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