In 2005, Luyendyk attempted to make his IndyCar Series debut by qualifying for the 2005 Indianapolis 500 in a car owned by &lt;a href="Team%20Leader%20Motorsports"&gt;Curb-Agajanian/Beck Motorsports&lt;/a&gt;. Luyendyk's qualifying speed of was close to slower than the next slowest qualifier at the time. A. J. Foyt hired driver Felipe Giaffone to qualify a third car for him, and Giaffone's four-lap average bumped Luyendyk from the field.