Rinus VeeKay was within the thick of a podium end, however fell simply quick in a wild IndyCar Collection race that completed after midnight into the Monday morning at World Vast Expertise Raceway.
The Dutchman began thirteenth and executed a flawless drive matched by a powerful efficiency by the pit crew of his #76 Juncos Hollinger Racing (JHR) Chevrolet, which helped achieve precious observe place that cycled him into the highest 5 with 57 laps to go. From there, he was on the heels of ECR’s Christian Rasmussen, Andretti International’s Marcus Ericsson, who led a race-high 114 of 260 laps, and Crew Penske’s Josef Newgarden.
Ultimately, VeeKay was unable to match the tempo of the highest three, ending up on an island of his personal in fourth at 3.4347s off Newgarden’s race-winning tempo.
It’s not solely the perfect consequence for VeeKay this season, however the perfect for JHR since former driver Conor Daly’s podium in 2024 (Milwaukee, 1).
“We had a very good evening,” stated VeeKay, 25. “We had good tempo, and we moved by visitors. Did not have a variety of fortunate breaks to start out the race, so type of cycled again on a regular basis, and the previous couple of stops we hit the correct factor. We did a fantastic job as a crew. JHR Chevy was excellent.
“Only a bit an excessive amount of understeer on the finish there, being aspect by aspect with Christian (Rasmussen). Could not get it finished. Being a race automobile driver, you are bummed with fourth place, since you go dwelling considerably empty handed. However nonetheless, actually, actually good job by the crew.”
VeeKay mirrored again at Phoenix Raceway in March, the place he famous this efficiency might’ve occurred earlier than it ended prematurely after coming along with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou.
“You realize, that is how we should always have raced in Phoenix,” VeeKay stated. “Sadly, we did not get to do this. Simply actually joyful to point out that tempo, that power for such a younger and small crew now. We’re beating the large boys proper now.”
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