🇧🇪 Jan Heylen

Racing driver from Belgium. IMSA WeatherTech, Rs1. Two-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Jan Heylen

Born

1 May 1980(b. 1980)

Nationality

Belgium

Current team

Rs1

Series

IMSA WeatherTech

Status

Active

Championships

22021, 2025

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

3,041

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

3,041

RANK 1024 / 12,418 INDEXED · -255 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Gold

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

Jan Heylen is a Belgian racing driver based out of Tampa, Florida, who has built his career in North American sports car racing, most notably in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Competing for Rs1, Heylen has become a fixture of the series, amassing 84 career starts along with 10 wins and 26 podium finishes. His consistency and longevity in the category have been underscored by two championships, won in 2021 and 2025, separated by several seasons of steady competition at the front of his class.[1]

Heylen currently holds a Racer Rating of 3,041, placing him 1024th among active drivers on a scale where the world's elite sit between 10,000 and 11,500, reflecting a career built on durability and results within his discipline rather than outright top-tier pace. His 2026 season is still in its early stages, with one round completed and no wins or podiums yet recorded, leaving him 189th in the current standings. As an active competitor with Rs1, Heylen continues to add to a résumé already defined by two IMSA WeatherTech titles and a substantial body of race craft accumulated over more than eighty career starts.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Jan Heylen is a racing driver from Belgium who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for Rs1. Heylen is a two-time champion (2021, 2025), with 10 wins and 26 podiums from 84 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,041 ranks Heylen 1024th of 12,418 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2026 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 3H AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	IMSA WeatherTech	Rs1	6	0	0	0	P226	+30	3,041
	GT World Challenge America	RS1	4	0	3	0	P16	+72
	IMSA Pilot Challenge	BGB MOTORSPORTS	4	0	0	0	P59	−358
2025	IMSA Pilot Challenge	RS1	10	3	6	0	P3	−47	3,296
	GT World Challenge America	RS1	2	0	0	0	P8	−314
	IMSA WeatherTech	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	P273	−140
2024	IMSA WeatherTech	Wright Motorsports	5	1	2	0	P163	−63	3,797
2023	IMSA WeatherTech	Wright Motorsports	4	0	1	0	P140	+104	3,860
	WEC	Proton Competition	1	0	0	1	P189	−151
2022	IMSA WeatherTech	Wright Motorsports	12	2	3	0	P82	+69	3,908
	WEC	Dempsey - Proton Racing	5	0	0	0	P113	−250
2021	IMSA Pilot Challenge	Wright Motorsports	9	3	7	0	P97	+195	4,089
	IMSA WeatherTech	Wright Motorsports	4	0	1	0	P130	+249
2020	IMSA Pilot Challenge	BGB Motorsports	10	0	0	0	P36	−1,190	3,644
	IMSA WeatherTech	Wright Motorsports	3	1	2	0	P155	+304
2019	IMSA Pilot Challenge	RS1	1	0	0	0	P42	−117	4,531
2018	IMSA Pilot Challenge	RS1	1	0	0	0	P109	−202	4,647
	IMSA Prototype Challenge	Baker Racing	1	0	0	0	P22	−182
2010	Indy NXT	Team E Racing	1	0	1	0	P2	+32	5,032

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES HEYLEN FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Robby Foley	3,562	65	31	34	48%
🇺🇸 Russell Ward	3,859	49	25	24	51%
🇺🇸 Bill Auberlen	2,895	42	19	23	45%
🇺🇸 Jeff Westphal	2,769	41	19	22	46%
🇺🇸 Robert Megennis	2,759	38	25	13	66%
🇺🇸 Dillon Machavern	3,370	37	23	14	62%
🇺🇸 Trent Hindman	3,187	37	23	14	62%
🇺🇸 Aaron Telitz	3,550	36	19	17	53%
🇺🇸 Stevan McAleer	3,244	36	20	16	56%
🇺🇸 Frankie Montecalvo	3,960	35	18	17	51%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia