Jan Heylen began karting in 1992, and worked his way up through various feeder series through the years including the British Formula Ford Winter Series, British Formula Ford Championship, Formula Ford Festival, UK Formula Ford Zetec Championship, Formula 3 Spain and Euro, and German Formula 3.
16 Facts About Jan Heylen
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Jan Heylen won the 2002 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and has competed in the Formula Three Euroseries.
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In 2004 Heylen drove in the first four Formula 3000 races of the season with Team Astromega before being replaced by Olivier Tielemans.
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In 2011, Jan Heylen returned to Prospeed Competition, with co-driver Petri Lappalainen, and the pair earned four top-ten finishes in twelve events, with a season-best of seventh place at Zandvoort, concluding Jan Heylen's full-season efforts in Europe.
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Jan Heylen beat out Nicky Pastorelli for the 2006 Champ Car World Series season at Dale Coyne Racing by bringing sponsorship from the Muermans Group and BergHOFF Worldwide.
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Jan Heylen was unable to find a ride for the first three races of the 2007 season, but was brought on to Conquest Racing to replace Matt Halliday from the fourth race onwards.
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In 2008 Jan Heylen began his North American sports car racing career, driving in the first two Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series races, including the 24 Hours of Daytona in Synergy Racing's Porsche 911 in the GT-class.
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Jan Heylen went back to Europe in 2011 for a full season in FIA GT, but came back to the United States the following year to compete in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series, the top two sports car racing series in North America.
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In 2012, Jan Heylen competed in a Trans-Am Series race in the GGT class and two Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races driving a Dodge Challenger, three Rolex Sports Car Series GT-class races in a Dodge Viper, one American Le Mans Series LMP2-class race for Conquest Endurance, and one Pirelli World Challenge race.
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In 2009 he signed on to compete in the Firestone Indy Lights series, driving for Team E However, the team nor Heylen never appeared on track all season.
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Jan Heylen attended the 2010 IndyCar Series preseason meetings with Conquest Racing but did not announce a deal with the team.
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In 2011 Jan Heylen drove in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Starworks Motorsport and made six starts in the FIA GT3 European Championship for Prospeed Competition and finished 27th in points.
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In 2015, Jan Heylen returned to Wright, running in four races alongside Snow.
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Jan Heylen raced solely Wright Motorsport Porsche machinery in 2021, in what proved to be a stand-out year for the Belgian race car driver.
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In December 2021, Wright Motorsports announced Jan Heylen would run another full season alongside Hardwick, racing the No 16 Porsche 911 GT3 R in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
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In 2008 and 2009, Jan Heylen acted as the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup chief driving instructor, overseeing the training of 30 drivers between the ages of 17 and 26, hoping to make it in professional sports car racing.