Jon Beekhuis

Jon Beekhuis (/ˌjɒn ˈbkəs/; born March 31, 1960) is a former race car driver from Zurich, Switzerland. The 1988 Indy Lights champion, he drove in 9 CART races in 1990 and a handful more in 1989, 1991, and 1992. His best finish was an 8th at Michigan International Speedway. He later became a pit reporter for first ESPN's and then Speed Channel/CBS's 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 Surfer's 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 United States
PHX
16
United States
MIL
4
United States
POR
3
United States
CLE
4
Canada
TOR
4
United States
MWL
1
United States
POC
12
United States
MDO
1
United States
ROA
2
United States
NAZ
5
United States
LAG
2
United States
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 United States
PHX
United States
LBH
United States
INDY
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
CLE
United States
MEA
Canada
TOR
13
United States
MIS
United States
POC
United States
MDO
United States
ROA
Ret
United States
NAZ
United States
LS
Ret
36th 0
1990 P. I. G. Racing United States
PHX
United States
LBH
16
United States
INDY
United States
MIL
United States
DET
Ret
United States
POR
United States
CLE
United States
MEA
Canada
TOR
Ret
United States
DEN
Ret
Canada
VAN
Ret
United States
MDO
Ret
United States
ROA
11
United States
NAZ
United States
LS
Ret
21st 7
Gohr Racing United States
MIS
8
1991 Walker Motorsport Australia
SRF
United States
LBH
United States
PHX
United States
INDY
United States
MIL
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
CLE
United States
MEA
Canada
TOR
United States
MIS
DNS
United States
DEN
Canada
VAN
United States
MDO
United States
ROA
United States
NAZ
United States
LS
NC
1992 A.J. Foyt Enterprises Australia
SRF
United States
PHX
United States
LBH
United States
INDY
United States
DET
United States
POR
United States
MIL
United States
NHA
Canada
TOR
Ret
47th 0
Walker Motorsport United States
MIS
Ret
United States
CLE
United States
ROA
Canada
VAN
United States
MDO
United States
NAZ
United States
LS

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


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