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Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Luyendyk in 2012
Nationality	American Dutch
Born	(1981-09-18)September 18, 1981 (age 44) Den Bosch,Netherlands
Related to	Arie Luyendyk (father)
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season	2013
Car number	25
Starts	61
Wins	3
Podiums	14
Poles	0
Best finish	6th in2016
Finished last season	10th (2021)
Previous series
2002–2008, 2010 2007–2008 2006 2001	Indy Lights A1 Grand Prix (rookie driver) IndyCar Series SCCAFormula Continental
Medal record Representing United States Summer X Games 2015 Austin Stadium Super Trucks
Statistics up to date as of May 14, 2025.

Arie Luyendyk Jr. (/ˈɑːriˈlaɪəndaɪk/AR-eeLY-ən-dyke,Dutch:[ˈaːriˈlœyə(n)ˌdɛik]; born September 18, 1981)^[1] is a Dutch-Americanauto racing driver, television personality, and son of two-timeIndianapolis 500 winnerArie Luyendyk. He has competed mostly in North America where his father lives and made his career. Luyendyk is best known for competing in theIndy Lights Series where he finished second, third and fourth in the Championship over a number of years. He was named a test-driver inA1 Grand Prix alongsideJeroen Bleekemolen forA1 Team The Netherlands starting the2007–08 season.^[2]

Luyendyk has competed in various sports-car series, including the12 Hours of Sebring and the24 Hours of Daytona.

He was a contestant on ABC's dating competitionThe Bacheloretteseason 8 in 2012, where he placed first runner-up, and starred in the22nd season of its sister showThe Bachelor, which premiered on January 1, 2018. In 2023, he was a contestant onThe Traitors, where he finished in fourth place.

Luyendyk was born in theNetherlands,^[3] toArie and Mieke Luyendyk.^[4] At the age of three,^[3] he immigrated with his family, including sister Maida, to the United States and settled inBrookfield, Wisconsin. Luyendyk has two younger twin brothers, Alec and Luca.^[4] He graduated fromDesert Mountain High School in 2000.^[5]

Luyendyk began racingkarts in 1992, and moved toSports Car Club of America clubFormula Ford competition six years later at the age of sixteen. He raced in a number of American junior formulae, notching wins in theSkip Barber Formula Dodge series and top five finishes the U.S. Formula Ford 2000 Championship. In 2001, Luyendyk finished third in theFormula Continental class at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs as well as winning the SCCA Southern Pacific divisional title on the strength of four wins in that same class.^{[citation needed]}

He competed full-time in the first three seasons of the Indy Racing League's Indy Pro Series (now known as Firestone Indy Lights), beginning in 2002. In his Firestone Indy Lights career, Luyendyk has one victory, four pole positions and 24 top-five finishes. Luyendyk finished second in the Firestone Indy Lights Championship in 2002, third in 2004, and fourth in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Luyendyk attempted to make hisIndyCar Series debut by qualifying for the2005 Indianapolis 500 in a car owned byCurb-Agajanian/Beck Motorsports. Luyendyk's qualifying speed of 215.039 mph (346.072 km/h) was close to 2 mph (3.2 km/h) slower than the next slowest qualifier at the time.A. J. Foyt hired driverFelipe Giaffone to qualify a third car for him, and Giaffone's 217.645 mph (350.266 km/h) four-lap average bumped Luyendyk from the field.

Luyendyk did qualify for the2006 Indianapolis 500 in a car owned by his father and backed by cheapcaribbean.com and Blue Star Jets. The team had limited practice time due to a second week engine program. However, his first race in the more powerful cars ended early due to handling issues, with Luyendyk finishing 54 laps out of 200 and ending in 28th place in the field of 33.^{[citation needed]}

In the2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season, Luyendyk drove forA1 Team Netherlands in theA1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport as the team's "rookie driver". His best result was a fifth place training time at Round 5 held in Taupo, New Zealand. He has returned to theFirestone Indy Lights Series to race forAGR-AFS Racing as the teammate toRaphael Matos. He captured his first series win in the final race of the2008 season atChicagoland Speedway by passing Matos on a late race restart. Luyendyk would finish the 2008 season fourth in the Championship, recording five podium finishes.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Luyendyk returned part-time to Indy Lights and drove in the Freedom 100 forAndersen Racing and three other oval races for Alliance Motorsports. His best finish was seventh at Chicagoland.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Luyendyk made the switch to off-road racing in theStadium Super Trucks series,^[6] finishing seventh in points. In his partial season, Luyendyk notched a heat win and three fourth place finishes in seven starts. Two years later, he won the bronze medal atX Games Austin 2015 in the SST category.^[7]

Luyendyk finished the season driving in theTraxxas TORC Series with Aero Motorsports backed by Ethika and Cooper Tires. In Luyendyk's TORC debut he finished fourth atCrandon International Off-Road Raceway driving in the Pro Light class. On November 18, 2013, Luyendyk completed a test withDale Coyne Racing in the DW12 IndyCar. Luyendyk ran 138 laps.^{[citation needed]}

During the2018 Stadium Super Trucks, Luyendyk recorded his first series win atBarbagallo Raceway inPerth, Australia.^[8] He scored a second victory atDetroit in June.^[9] His third SST win came two years later atRoad America when he won the weekend's first race after an early roll.^[10]

In 2009, Luyendyk became the driver analyst forVersus broadcasts of Indy Lights races. In 2012 Luyendyk returned to the booth, commentating the Indy Lights races for the NBC Sports Network. He appeared as himself inseason nine ofHell's Kitchen. The chefs visited theGrand Prix of Long Beach in which Luyendyk was participating.^[11]

In 2023, he appeared as a contestant on the reality game showThe Traitors, which aired on Peacock.

Luyendyk placed second on theeighth season of the reality showThe Bachelorette, starringEmily Maynard.^[12]

Luyendyk appeared in the first episode of the17th season ofThe Bachelor. Luyendyk also competed onWipeout: Summer Episode 7: "Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes",^[13] where he was eliminated early.

In 2017, it was announced that Luyendyk would appear inthe 22nd season ofThe Bachelor. He askedRebecca "Becca" Kufrin to marry him at the season finale however he later regretted rejecting Lauren Burnham, the runner-up, and tried to rekindle things with Burnham. Luyendyk and Kufrin broke up after the show, but the breakup was televised. Luyendyk revealed that he had been talking to Burnham, and later the two began dating.

Luyendyk works as a real estate broker forRE/MAX inScottsdale, Arizona.^[14] After realizing he had made a mistake upon proposing to Becca Kufrin on Season 22 of "The Bachelor," he became engaged to the runner-up, Lauren Burnham,^[15][16] and Burnham moved to Scottsdale to be with Luyendyk.^[17] The couple married on January 12, 2019.^[18] They have a daughter who was born on May 29, 2019.^[19] On June 11, 2021, Lauren gave birth to twins. On September 18, 2025, Lauren gave birth to a daughter.

He appeared as an agent on a 2019 episode ofHGTV'sHouse Hunters International set inAmsterdam.^[20]

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(key) (Bold – Pole position.Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season in progress.
¹ The race was abandoned afterMatt Mingay suffered serious injuries in a crash on lap three.
² Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.

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