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 NBC Sports Network's (formerly Versus) broadcast of the IndyCar Series, currently alongside lead announcer Bob Jenkins and color analyst Wally Dallenbach, Jr..
Famous quotes containing the word jon:
“The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times—the cat not even once.”
—W.E. Farbstein. Quoted in “Hundkeit,” Mondo Canine, ed. Jon Winokur, Dutton (1991)