Jeroen Slaghekke

Jeroen Slaghekke
Nationality Netherlands Dutch
Born (1992-05-03) May 3, 1992
The Hague, Netherlands
U.S. F2000 National Championship career
Debut season 2013
Current team Belardi Auto Racing
Car no. 4
Former teams Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
Afterburner Autosport
Best finish 13th in 2014
Previous series
2012

2009-2011		 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup
British Formula Ford

Jeroen Slaghekke (born May 3, 1992 at The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver. He finished 3rd in the Suzuki Swift Cup Netherlands in 2009[1] and was the 2011 vice-champion in the British Formula Ford Championship.[2]

Racing career

Netherlands

Jeroen started his motorsport career in go-karts in 2007, Racing in the Dutch RK-1 4 stroke karting championship. Slaghekke then moved up to touring cars in 2008 where he raced in the Suzuki Swift Cup Netherlands for the Coronel Junior Team run by Tom Coronel.[3]

2009 saw Slaghekke race a second year in Suzuki Swift Cup Netherlands with the Coronel Junior Team, in which he finished 3rd overall with 170 points.[4]

International

Slaghekke joined the Jamun Racing Services team to compete in the 2010 British Formula Ford season in Great Britain.[5] He enjoyed a maiden success in the series with a podium finish at Donington Park.[6]

For 2011 Slaghekke returned to the UK to compete in the British Formula Ford Championship for a second year. Racing a Mygale for British team Jamun Racing Services he won 4 races, took 21 podiums, 8 pole positions and 7 fastest racing laps. He also holds the Formula Ford lap record for the Silverstone National Circuit, standing at 58.200 seconds, and the Silverstone Circuit standing at 2.08.182.[7]

In 2012 Slaghekke raced in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup for Van Amersfoort Racing and finished fourth in points with a runner-up finish in his home race at Circuit Park Zandvoort and a win at Autodrom Most.

In 2013 Slaghekke signed on with Cape Motorsports to race in the American U.S. F2000 National Championship.[8] Slaghekke left the team after three rounds of the championship and joined Afterburner Autosport. He made appearances in two more rounds (5 starts) before leaving the series for the rest of the season. He finished 22nd in points with a best finish of eighth. In 2014 Slaghekke returned to the series with Afterburner. He switched teams after four rounds (seven races) to Belardi Auto Racing where he completed the season. He improved to 13th in points with a best finish of fourth on the oval at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, his final start with Afterburner.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2013 Cape Motorsports
Wayne Taylor Racing		 SEB
9		 SEB
12		 STP
20		 STP
24		 LOR
14		 22nd 51
Afterburner Autosport TOR
26		 TOR
28		 MDO
16		 MDO
8		 MDO
19		 MLS MLS HOU HOU
2014 Afterburner Autosport STP
9		 STP
7		 BAR
DSQ		 BAR
12		 IMS
16		 IMS
15		 LOR
4		 13th 130
Belardi Auto Racing TOR
19		 TOR
9		 MDO
9		 MDO
19		 MDO
11		 SNM
5		 SNM
10

References

  1. ↑ Jeroen Slaghekke. "Jeroen Slaghekke at Driver Database | Motorsport". Driverdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110924235242/http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/archive/2011/drivers/slaghekke_jeroen.htm. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090207162949/http://www.timcoronel.nl/tc2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=1. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Eindstand Formido Swift Cup 2009 - Pagina: 1 | Formido Swift Cup". Formidoswiftcup.nl. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  5. ↑ "FFord: Champions Jamun sign Suzuki Swift racer Slaghekke". Motors TV. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  6. ↑ "F.Ford: Hill does the double at Donington". Motors TV. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110727111808/http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/records.htm. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ Slaghekke Joins Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2013, Cape Motorsports, February 1, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-08
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