Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da taimakon mai tallafawa Provimi Veal, Luyendyk ya gudanar da cikakken kakar wasan Champ Car a shekarar 1985, inda ya lashe kyautar rookie na shekara a kakar wasa da Indianapolis 500. Samun ƙarin tallafi daga Domino's Pizza (da canza lambar tserensa zuwa 30, kamar yadda a lokacin abokan cinikin Domino's suka ba da tabbacin cewa umarnin isarwa zai isa cikin minti 30 ko ƙasa da haka), nasararsa ta farko a cikin jerin ta zo shekaru biyar bayan haka a cikin 1990, a tseren mafi mahimmanci a cikin jerin, tare da matsakaicin matsakaicin saurin 185.981 mph (299.307 km / h). Luyendyk ya lashe Indianapolis 500 na 1990
don Doug Shierson Racing. Matsakaicin saurin saurin sa, wanda ya tsaya na tsawon shekaru 23, a ƙarshe an karya shi a cikin 2013 97th Indianapolis 500 ta Tony Kanaan tare da matsakaicin saurin 187.433 mph (301.644 km / h).