Johannes van Overbeek (/jəˈhɑːnəs væn ˈvərbɛk/; 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

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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2005 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Lonnie Pechnik
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 323 13th 3rd
2006 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Patrick Long
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 309 18th 4th
2007 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 124 DNF DNF
2008 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 289 32nd 6th
2015 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
United States Jon Fogarty
Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 339 15th 7th
2016 United States Extreme Speed Motorsports United States Ed Brown
United States Scott Sharp
Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 341 16th 10th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(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
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

    References

    1. "Porsche Cup website". Retrieved 2011-07-28.


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