The Auto Channel
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
Official Website of the New Car Buyer

INDY 500: Luyendyk to return to race at Indy this May

6 January 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk announced Jan. 5 that he will end a two-year retirement and return to competition in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing this May, driving for Treadway-Hubbard Racing. Luyendyk, 47, won auto racings most prestigious event in 1990 and 1997.

He last drove in the 1999 Indianapolis 500, where he earned pole position and led strongly until eliminated in a mid-race accident with another car. That was to have been his final event as a driver, but Luyendyk said he is returning because his passion to race, and win, at Indy remains strong.

Text Provided By Paul Kelly

Editors Note: To view hundreds of hot racing photos and art, visit The Racing Photo Museum and the Visions of Speed Art Gallery.