Kees Nierop

{{Short description|Dutch racing driver}}

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| nationality = Dutch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|3|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Purmerend, Netherlands

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| first year = 1978

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| titles = Canadian GT-1 Championship, 12 Hours of Sebring, 1986 rothman's Porsche champion, 1987 Porsche factory driver at LeMans

| title years = 1983, 1978, 1986

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Kees Nierop (born 16 March 1958 in Purmerend, the Netherlands) is a former professional Dutch racing driver. He won the 1983 12 Hours of Sebring race while driving a Porsche 934.{{cite web |title=Racing History – Kees Nierop |url=http://members.shaw.ca/keesnierop/the%20story.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214856/http://members.shaw.ca/keesnierop/the%20story.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=members.shaw.ca}} He is also credited with being the only Canadian to have his name on a Porsche factory race car, which is displayed in the Porsche Museum located in Stuttgart, Germany.{{cite web |title=Kees Nierop Biography |url=http://members.shaw.ca/keesnierop/Kees%20Bio.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114921/http://members.shaw.ca/keesnierop/Kees%20Bio.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=members.shaw.ca}}