Jon Beekhuis

Jon Beekhuis (/ˌjɒn ˈbiːkəs/; 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

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

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

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

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.

External links

• Jon Beekhuis career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Didier Theys	American Racing Series Champion 1988	Succeeded by Mike Groff