Arie Luyendyk Jr. (born 18 September 1981, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) is an auto racing driver and son of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. Despite his European birth, the most of his adult racing career has taken place in North America where his father lives and made his career. Luyendyk is best known for competing in the Indy Lights Series where he finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Championship over a number of years. He was named a test-driver in A1 Grand Prix alongside Jeroen Bleekemolen for A1 Team The Netherlands starting the 2007–08 season.
Luyendyk has competed in various sports-car series competing in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona. More recently he was seen on ABC's The Bachelorette season 8, where he placed first runner-up and is represented by BRANDed, and on Wipeout: Summer Episode 7: "Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes". He is currently set to star in the twenty-second season of the The Bachelor.
In 2009, Luyendyk became the driver analyst for Versus 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 in season nine of Hell's Kitchen. The chefs visited the Long Beach Grand Prix in which Luyendyk was participating.
Luyendyk placed second on the eighth season of the reality show The Bachelorette in which he was trying to win the heart of bachelorette, Emily Maynard. Maynard sent Luyendyk home early during the season finale before accepting a proposal from one of Luyendyk's friends, Jef Holm.
Luyendyk appeared in the first episode of the seventeenth season of The Bachelor when he visited "Bachelor Pad" after having a talk with fellow Bachelorette competitor and friend Sean Lowe prior to meeting with that season's contestants. Luyendyk also competed on Wipeout: Summer Episode 7: "Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes", but was eliminated early.
