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Johannes van Overbeek

{{Short description|American racing driver}}

Johannes van Overbeek ({{IPAc-en||j|ə|ˈ|h|ɑː|n|ə|s|_|v|æ|n|_|ˈ|oʊ|v|ər|b|ɛ|k}}; born April 14, 1973) is a Dutch-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.{{cite web|url=http://www.porsche.com/international/motorsportandevents/motorsport/philosophy/porschecup/|title=Porsche Cup website|access-date=2011-07-28}} 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

2005

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Lonnie Pechnik
{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Neiman

|align="left"| Porsche 911 GT3-RSR

| GT2

| 323

| 13th

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

2006

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Long
{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Neiman

|align="left"| Porsche 911 GT3-RSR

| GT2

| 309

| 18th

| 4th

2007

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Bergmeister
{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Neiman

|align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

| GT2

| 124

| DNF

| DNF

2008

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Flying Lizard Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Jörg Bergmeister
{{flagicon|USA}} Seth Neiman

|align="left"| Porsche 997 GT3-RSR

| GT2

| 289

| 32nd

| 6th

2015

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Extreme Speed Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Ed Brown
{{flagicon|USA}} Jon Fogarty

|align="left"| Ligier JS P2-Honda

| LMP2

| 339

| 15th

| 7th

2016

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Extreme Speed Motorsports

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Ed Brown
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Sharp

|align="left"| Ligier JS P2-Nissan

| LMP2

| 341

| 16th

| 10th

colspan="8" |Sources:{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek Results |url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/johannes-van-overbeek/results |access-date=22 October 2024 |website= |publisher=Motorsport Stats}}{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek |url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/johannes-van-overbeek-335 |access-date=22 October 2024 |publisher=Automobile Club de l'Ouest}}

=WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results=

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

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! Year

! Team

! Class

! Make

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! Rank

! Points

!Ref

2014

! Extreme Speed Motorsports

! P

! HPD ARX-03b

! Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SIR
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LBH
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LS
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DET
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WGL
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#efcfff;"| MSP
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| IMS
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| ELK
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| COA
{{small|4}}

| PET

!8th

!262

|{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/vanovjo01/2014/TU/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2015

! Tequila Patrón ESM

! P

! HPD ARX-04b {{Tooltip|1|Round 1}}
HPD ARX-03b {{Tooltip|2|Round 2}}

! Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIR
{{small|8}}

| LBH

| LS

| DET

| WGL

| MSP

| ELK

| COA

| PET

|

!22nd

!42

|{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/vanovjo01/2015/TU/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2016

! Tequila Patrón ESM

! P

! Ligier JS P2

! Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| DAY
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| SIR
{{small|1}}

|LBH

| LS

| DET

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL
9

| MSP

| ELK

| COA

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| PET
{{small|2}}

|

! 12th

! 128

|{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/vanovjo01/2016/TU/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2017

! Tequila Patrón ESM

! P

! Nissan Onroak DPi

! Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SEB
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LBH
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| COA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| DET
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MSP
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| ELK
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LS
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| PET
{{small|4}}

|

! 6th

! 249

|{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/vanovjo01/2017/TU/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2018

! Tequila Patrón ESM

! P

! Nissan Onroak DPi

! Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SEB
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LBH
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DET
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL
{{small|15}}

| MOS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LGA
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PET
{{small|6}}

|

! 12th

! 213

|{{Cite web |title=Johannes van Overbeek – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/vanovjo01/2018/TU/ |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

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Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.imsa.com/drivers/johannes-van-overbeek IMSA page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113736/http://www.imsa.com/drivers/johannes-van-overbeek |date=2015-01-28 }}

{{24 Hours of Daytona winners}}

{{12 Hours of Sebring winners}}

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Category:1973 births

Category:American people of Dutch descent

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Category:American Le Mans Series drivers

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Category:Extreme Speed Motorsports drivers

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