Racing Career
After a successful childhood in karting, he began testing in Formula Ford Benelux in 2000 and 2001. Junior became the youngest ever Formula Ford Driver to win an international race (spa-Francorchamps) with a B-class car (2 years or older). In 2002 he moved up to Formula BMW ADAC. In 2003 he competed in several Formula Renault series and finished second in the Dutch version of the championship. He was that series' champion in 2004. Between 2001 and 2004 Junior won several touringcar and drift races and championships.
For 2005 he drove in four different Formula Renault series in 2005, finishing 7th in the Eurocup championship (not driving all races), second in the Dutch championship (not driving all races), and winning the UK Winter Series. In 2006 he ventured into touring cars full-time, winning the BMW Compact Cup Benelux and finishing second in the Dacia Logan Cup Netherlands. In 2007 he competed part-time in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship and finished 14th in points (not driving all races because of a broken wrist).
2008 saw his full-time participation in the Atlantic Championship where he finished 5th and won at Circuit Mont-Tremblant for Condor Motorsports. For 2009 he planned to compete full-time in the Firestone Indy Lights Series for Winners Circle Group. He won the first two races of the season at St. Pete and led the championship through four rounds. However, following the Freedom 100, funding was apparently abruptly cut off to Winners Circle group's technical team partner, despite the strong results. He signed on to return to Indy Lights in 2010 with Team Moore Racing. However, less than a month after signing, the team indicated that he had been released from his contract.
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