Johannes van Overbeek (/jəˈhɑːnəsvænˈoʊvərbɛk/; born April 14, 1973) is a Dutch-American former race car driver in theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He most recently drove aNissan Onroak DPi forExtreme Speed Motorsports.
Van Overbeek racedgo-karts as a child, and began racing sedans at eighteen. Since 1996, he has competed in several racing series in North America, including theSpeed World Challenge, the American Le Mans Series, andGrand-Am. In 2007, Van Overbeek won thePorsche Cup award as the top non-factory Porsche driver in the world.[1] 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 forFlying Lizard Motorsports. He switched to Extreme Speed Motorsports for 2010. With co-driverScott Sharp, van Overbeek finished 2nd in the 2012 ALMS GT championship in a Ferrari 458 GT2 with 2 wins for ESM. Van Overbeek has competed in four24 Hours of Le Mans races, finishing sixth in GT2 in 2008, fourth in 2006, and third in 2005.
Van Overbeek lives inOakland, California with his wife and two sons.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  Flying Lizard Motorsports | Lonnie PechnikSeth Neiman | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 323 | 13th | 3rd |
| 2006 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Patrick LongSeth Neiman | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 309 | 18th | 4th |
| 2007 | Flying Lizard Motorsports |  Jörg BergmeisterSeth Neiman | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 124 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Jörg BergmeisterSeth Neiman | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 289 | 32nd | 6th |
| 2015 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed BrownJon Fogarty | Ligier JS P2-Honda | LMP2 | 339 | 15th | 7th |
| 2016 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | Ed BrownScott Sharp | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 341 | 16th | 10th |
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(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position, Results areoverall/class)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | P | HPD ARX-03b | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo | DAY 7 | SIR 5 | LBH 7 | LS 1 | DET 7 | WGL 11 | MSP 7 | IMS 7 | ELK 8 | COA 4 | PET | 8th | 262 | [4] |
| 2015 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | HPD ARX-04b1 HPD ARX-03b2 | Honda HR28TT 2.8 LV6Turbo | DAY 14 | SIR 8 | LBH | LS | DET | WGL | MSP | ELK | COA | PET | 22nd | 42 | [5] | |
| 2016 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Ligier JS P2 | Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 Turbo | DAY 1 | SIR 1 | LBH | LS | DET | WGL 9 | MSP | ELK | COA | PET 2 | 12th | 128 | [6] | |
| 2017 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Nissan Onroak DPi | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 | DAY 7 | SEB 10 | LBH 9 | COA 5 | DET 7 | WGL 8 | MSP 9 | ELK 1 | LS 8 | PET 4 | 6th | 249 | [7] | |
| 2018 | Tequila Patrón ESM | P | Nissan Onroak DPi | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6 | DAY 18 | SEB 1 | LBH 12 | MDO 9 | DET 7 | WGL 15 | MOS | ELK 6 | LGA 1 | PET 6 | 12th | 213 | [8] | |
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