Johannes van Overbeek (; 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. 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.
Van Overbeek switched to Extreme Speed Motorsports for 2010. With co-driver Scott Sharp, van Overbeek finished second in the 2012 ALMS GT championship in a Ferrari 458 GT2 with two 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 Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2005 Flying Lizard Motorsports Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 323 13th 3rd 2006 Flying Lizard Motorsports Patrick Long Seth Neiman Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 309 18th 4th 2007 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 124 DNF DNF 2008 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 289 32nd 6th 2015 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Jon Fogarty Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 339 15th 7th 2016 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Scott Sharp Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 341 16th 10thSources:
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank PointsRef 2014 Extreme Speed Motorsports P HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY SIR LBH LS DET WGL MSP IMS ELK COA PET 8th 262 2015 Tequila Patrón ESM P HPD ARX-04b HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY SIR LBH LS DET WGL MSP ELK COA PET 22nd 42 2016 Tequila Patrón ESM P Ligier JS P2 Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY SIRLBH LS DET WGL9 MSP ELK COA PET 12th 128 2017 Tequila Patrón ESM P Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH COA DET WGL MSP ELK LS PET 6th 249 2018 Tequila Patrón ESM P Nissan Onroak DPi Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 12th 213Source:
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References
External links IMSA page