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Jan Heylen

Jan Heylen (born May 1, 1980 in Geel) is a race car driver in the Champ Car World Series. He began karting in 1992 and was the 2005 Renault Megane Eurocup champion. He also won the 2002 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and has competed in the Formula Three Euroseries and Formula 3000. He beat out Nicky Pastorelli for the 2006 season at Dale Coyne racing by bringing sponsorship from the Muermans Group and BergHOFF Worldwide. Heylen ended the season 14th in the standings with a best finish of 5th at the Cleveland Grand Prix. He was unable to find a ride for the first 3 races of the 2007 season, but was brought on to Conquest Racing to replace Matt Halliday from the fourth race onwards. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida.

Motorsports Career Results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2004	Astromega	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV	A	SMR 11	ESP 11	MON 8	EUR 9	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	16th	1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Team	Rank	Points
2006	Coyne	LBH 7	HOU 13	MTY 16	MIL 12	POR 15	CLE 5	TOR Ret	EDM Ret	SAN 11	DEN 11	MTL 9	ROA 9	SUR Ret	MEX 13	Coyne	14th	140
2007	Conquest	LVG	LBH	HOU	POR Ret	CLE Ret	MTT Ret	TOR Ret	EDM 10	SAN 9	ROA 6	ZOL 13	ASS 2	SUR	MEX	Conquest	16th	104

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alan van der Merwe	Formula Ford Festival Winner 2002	Succeeded by Joey Foster

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