Jon Beekhuis (/ˌjɒn ˈbkəs/; 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 races 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 at 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 and ABC and their coverage of five IndyCar races, including the Indianapolis 500.

His daughter, Jaye, is a published author.

Racing record

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American open–wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

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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

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1989 Bettenhausen Racing PHX
LBH
INDY
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
13
MIS
POC
MDO
ROA
24
NAZ
LS
15
36th 0 [2]
1990 P. I. G. Racing PHX
LBH
16
INDY
MIL
DET
18
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
25
DEN
22
VAN
21
MDO
24
ROA
11
NAZ
LS
27
21st 7 [3]
Gohr Racing MIS
8
1991 Walker Motorsport SRF
LBH
PHX
INDY
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
MEA
TOR
MIS
DNS
DEN
VAN
MDO
ROA
NAZ
LS
NC [4]
1992 A. J. Foyt Enterprises SRF PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR
18
47th 0 [5]
Walker Motorsport MIS
21
CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LS

Notes

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  1. ^ "Part 1 with Jon Beekhuis (:50-1:10)". YouTube. Humans of Racing. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Jon Beekhus – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Jon Beekhus – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Jon Beekhus – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jon Beekhus – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by American Racing Series Champion
1988
Succeeded by