Johannes van Overbeek
Johannes van Overbeek (/jəˈhɑːnəs væn ˈoʊvərbɛk/; born April 14, 1973) is a Belgian-American former race car driver in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He most recently drove a Nissan Onroak DPi for Extreme Speed Motorsports.
Career
[edit]Van Overbeek raced go-karts as a child, and began racing sedans at eighteen. Since 1996, he has competed in several racing series in North America, including the Speed World Challenge, the American Le Mans Series, and Grand-Am. In 2007, Van Overbeek won the Porsche Cup award as the top non-factory Porsche driver in the world.[1] He finished third in 2008. As of 2013, Van Overbeek has eight wins in the ALMS. He was the only driver in ALMS to finish in the top three of the driver's championship every year from 2004 to 2008. In 2009 Van Overbeek drove for Flying Lizard Motorsports. He switched to Extreme Speed Motorsports for 2010. With co-driver Scott Sharp, van Overbeek finished 2nd in the 2012 ALMS GT championship in a Ferrari 458 GT2 with 2 wins for ESM. Van Overbeek has competed in four 24 Hours of Le Mans races, finishing sixth in GT2 in 2008, fourth in 2006, and third in 2005.
Van Overbeek lives in Oakland, California with his wife and two sons.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2005 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 323 | 13th | 3rd |
2006 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 309 | 18th | 4th |
2007 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 124 | DNF | DNF |
2008 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 289 | 32nd | 6th |
2015 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P2-Honda | LMP2 | 339 | 15th | 7th |
2016 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 341 | 16th | 10th |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
[edit](key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | P | HPD ARX-03b | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 7 |
SIR 5 |
LBH 7 |
LS 1 |
DET 7 |
WGL 11 |
MSP 7 |
IMS 7 |
ELK 8 |
COA 4 |
PET | 8th | 262 |
2015 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | HPD ARX-04b 1 HPD ARX-03b 2 |
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 14 |
SIR 8 |
LBH | LS | DET | WGL | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 22nd | 42 | |
2016 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Ligier JS P2 | Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo | DAY 1 |
SIR 1 |
LBH | LS | DET | WGL 9 |
MSP | ELK | COA | PET 2 |
12th | 128 | |
2017 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Nissan Onroak DPi | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 | DAY 7 |
SEB 10 |
LBH 9 |
COA 5 |
DET 7 |
WGL 8 |
MSP 9 |
ELK 1 |
LS 8 |
PET 4 |
6th | 249 | |
2018 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Nissan Onroak DPi | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 | DAY 18 |
SEB 1 |
LBH 12 |
MDO 9 |
DET 7 |
WGL 15 |
MOS |
ELK 6 |
LGA 1 |
PET 6 |
12th | 213 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Porsche Cup website". Retrieved 2011-07-28.
External links
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- 1973 births
- American people of Dutch descent
- Living people
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- Sportspeople from Oakland, California
- Racing drivers from San Francisco
- Racing drivers from Sacramento, California
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- 12 Hours of Sebring drivers
- American auto racing biography stubs
- Extreme Speed Motorsports drivers
- Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers