American sports car ace Johannes van Overbeek has found a perfect new role after recently retiring from a long and successful career as an endurance racer.Drafted into race control as a driver advisor to WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race director Beaux Barfield, van Overbeek (pictured above) has been applying decades of...

Last month at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Johannes van Overbeek and co-driver Pipo Derani were celebrating an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory following the America’s Tire 250.At the end of Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, van Overbeek will retire as a full-time driver.“I thought about retiring last...

Tequila Patron ESM Racing celebrates as Pipo Derani, Nicolas Lapierre and Johannes van Overbeek drive the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi to a 12-second win at the 2018 12 hours of Sebring.

RACER's IMSA Daytona Prototype international tech features continue with Tequila Patron ESM driver Johannes van Overbeek, who takes you through the Ligier-based Nissan Onroak DPi that's powered by a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 engine developed from the GT-R road car.

«» ELKHART LAKE, WI - El Nissan DPi es un ganador en el campeonato IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.El piloto brasileño Pipo Derani y su compañero de equipo, Johannes van Overbeek, rompieron una racha de victorias de siete carreras para Cadillac, conduciendo su Nissan No. 22 Tequila Patrón a la victoria....

Tags: Tequila Patron ESM No. 22«» He isn’t entirely sure how long he’s been doing it, but this Wednesday Johannes van Overbeek, driver of the No. 22 Nissan DPi for Tequila Patrón, will hop on a bicycle in San Jose and ride down to Monterey ahead of the America’s Tire...

Tequila Patrón ESM announced that it has has re-signed Ryan Dalziel as one of two full-season drivers for its No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi for the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Extreme Speed Motorsports team owner Scott Sharp will complete the driver line-up."Tequila Patrón ESM is beyond excited to welcome...

Tequila Patron ESM has confirmed its full-time 2018 driver line-up for the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi, retaining sports car veteran Johannes van Overbeek to race alongside Brazilian Pipo Derani."It's hard to believe that next year will mark the ninth year that I've been with Tequila Patron ESM," said van...

The last time a factory-supported Nissan prototype scored an overall IMSA win, it had a Taylor chasing it home in a factory-built prototype commissioned by General Motors.IMSA's 1992 race on the streets of Miami saw Geoff Brabham take the final GTP victory for Nissan in his No. 83 NPT 91A...

With Tequila Patron ESM's breakthrough victory at Road America on Sunday, Nissan's road car-based GT-R engine became the first of its kind to win in IMSA's new Daytona Prototype international formula.Following seven straight wins by Cadillac and its custom 6.2-liter V8 powerplant, ESM, chassis supplier Ligier and Nissan, through its...