Jan Heylen
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Jan Heylen (born May 1, 1980 in Geel) is a race car driver in the Champ Car World Series. He began karting in 1992 and was the 2005 Renault Megane Eurocup champion. He also won the 2002 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and has competed in the Formula Three Euroseries and Formula 3000. He beat out Nicky Pastorelli for the 2006 season at Dale Coyne racing by bringing sponsorship from the Muermans Group and BergHOFF Worldwide. Heylen ended the season 14th in the standings with a best finish of 5th at the Cleveland Grand Prix. He was unable to find a ride for the first 3 races of the 2007 season, but was brought on to Conquest Racing to replace Matt Halliday from the fourth race onwards. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida.
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[edit] Motorsports Career Results
[edit] Complete Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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2004 | Astromega | Lola B02/50 | Zytek-Judd KV | A | SMR 11 |
ESP 11 |
MON 8 |
EUR 9 |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
16th | 1 |
[edit] American Open-Wheel
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
[edit] Champ Car
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Team | Rank | Points |
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2006 | Coyne | LBH 7 |
HOU 13 |
MTY 16 |
MIL 12 |
POR 15 |
CLE 5 |
TOR Ret |
EDM Ret |
SAN 11 |
DEN 11 |
MTL 9 |
ROA 9 |
SUR Ret |
MEX 13 |
Coyne | 14th | 140 |
2007 | Conquest | LVG |
LBH |
HOU |
POR Ret |
CLE Ret |
MTT Ret |
TOR Ret |
EDM 10 |
SAN 9 |
ROA 6 |
ZOL 13 |
ASS 2 |
SUR |
MEX |
Conquest | 16th | 104 |
[edit] External links
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Preceded by Alan van der Merwe |
Formula Ford Festival Winner 2002 |
Succeeded by Joey Foster |