Jon Beekhuis

Jon Beekhuis ( /ˌjɒn ˈbiːkəs/; born March 31, 1960) is a former race car driver from Zurich, Switzerland. The 1988 Indy Lights champion, he drove in 9 CART races in 1990 and a handful more in 1989, 1991, and 1992. His best finish was an 8th at Michigan International Speedway. He later became a pit reporter for first ESPN's and then Speed Channel/CBS's 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 in Edmonton and Surfer's Paradise.

Since 2009 he is a color analyst for Versus's broadcast of the IndyCar Series alongside lead announcer Bob Jenkins and color analyst Robbie Buhl^[1].

1 Racing record
- 1.1 American open–wheel racing results
  - 1.1.1 Indy Lights
  - 1.1.2 CART
2 Notes
3 External Links

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

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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
1989	Bettenhausen Racing	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR 13	MIS	POC	MDO	ROA Ret	NAZ	LS Ret			36th	0
1990	P. I. G. Racing	PHX	LBH 16	INDY	MIL	DET Ret	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR Ret		DEN Ret	VAN Ret	MDO Ret	ROA 11	NAZ	LS Ret		21st	7
1990	Gohr Racing										MIS 8								21st	7
1991	Walker Motorsport	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MIS DNS	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LS	NC	–
1992	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR Ret									47th	0
1992	Walker Motorsport										MIS Ret	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS		47th	0

Notes

^ Versus

External Links

Driver Database Profile

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

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Name	Beekhuis, Jon
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Date of birth	March 31, 1960
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