Johannes van Overbeek


Johannes van Overbeek is an 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. He switched to Extreme Speed Motorsports for 2010. With co-driver Scott 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 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

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014Extreme Speed MotorsportsPHPD ARX-03bHonda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 TurboDAY
7		SIR
5		LBH
7		LS
1		DET
7		WGL
11		MSP
7		IMS
7		ELK
8		COA
4		PET8th262
2015Tequila Patrón ESMPHPD ARX-04b
HPD ARX-03b 		Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 TurboDAY
14		SIR
8		LBHLSDETWGLMSPELKCOAPET22nd42
2016Tequila Patrón ESMPLigier JS P2Honda HR35TT 3.5 L V6 TurboDAY
1		SIR
1		LBHLSDETWGL
9		MSPELKCOAPET
2		12th128
2017Tequila Patrón ESMPNissan Onroak DPiNissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6DAY
7		SEB
10		LBH
9		COA
5		DET
7		WGL
8		MSP
9		ELK
1		LS
8		PET
4		6th249
2018Tequila Patrón ESMPNissan Onroak DPiNissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbo V6DAY
18		SEB
1		LBH
12		MDO
9		DET
7		WGL
15		MOS
ELK
6		LGA
1		PET
6		12th213