The 25-year-old completed 14th within the standings with DCR final season, with a second-place end in Toronto as his finest end result. He’s now becoming a member of a crew that completed as excessive as 18th within the championship standings with Conor Daly. Nonetheless, VeeKay is assured that Juncos Hollinger Racing has extra potential than it has proven up to now within the IndyCar Collection.
“I see loads of ambition, loads of good folks with unbelievable monitor data working on the crew, and I feel the crew is quite a bit higher than what they’ve been in a position to present. So I feel with me coming into the crew, displaying what I’ve finished at Dale Coyne Racing final yr, not solely as a driver, but in addition in actually main the crew into making the fitting selections, altogether I feel we will do rather well,” he stated in a digital media roundtable.
Aiming for a “historic” 2026 with the Indy 500 in sight
Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger Racing
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
It’s clear that each VeeKay and Juncos can profit from the partnership. The Dutch driver has confirmed very constant on road and street programs, whereas the group owned by Ricardo Juncos and Brad Hollinger has excelled on ovals in recent times. Much more, their efficiency within the 2025 Indy 500 with Daly, in comparison with VeeKay’s struggles with the DCR bundle on this yr’s Biggest Spectacle in Racing, has him trying ahead to 2026.
“I’m very excited, particularly for the five hundred. It was an necessary consider my determination—simply to essentially have a very good automobile for the five hundred. I also can carry some data and data from the final six seasons to assist the crew,” he stated.
“I’m optimistic. I feel we will do very nicely. I can all the time say now we have a shot at profitable the five hundred. You by no means know what occurs as a result of Indy picks its winners, however I’m very motivated. I feel we will have a historic season collectively.”
VeeKay additionally made his ambition clear past the Indianapolis 500: he desires to assist construct a prime crew with JHR, and he sees his signing as step one in that path.
“I all the time prefer to make it laborious on all people after I race. My purpose is to make Juncos Hollinger Racing one of many prime groups,” he stated when Motorsport.com requested concerning the prospect of difficult the large names in IndyCar.
“Yeah, I feel their first step in turning into one is signing me and actually getting good outcomes. I’m excited. I feel we will do nice, and I feel they may give me a automobile that lets me be snug driving on the entrance.”
Whereas it’s clear that turning Juncos Hollinger Racing right into a top-tier group received’t occur in a single day, and the crew has not disclosed the size of VeeKay’s contract amid anticipated motion within the driver market subsequent season, the Dutch driver indicated he’s pondering long-term.
“That’s one factor (the motive force marketplace for 2027), however for me it’s about a variety of years the place I actually need to assist this crew get the place they should be and, yeah, work with them sooner or later and actually hope to get them into one of many prime groups.”
2025 with DCR was “in all probability my finest yr” in IndyCar
Rinus Veekay, Dale Coyne Racing
Photograph by: Michael L. Levitt / Lumen through Getty Pictures
Signing with Juncos so early within the low season marks a transparent distinction from final time, when VeeKay solely bought his cope with Dale Coyne Racing in mid-February, simply a few weeks away from the beginning of the season. It was a partnership that proved very helpful for each events, and VeeKay praised his former crew forward of his new problem.
“For me it was an important yr. In all probability my finest yr in my IndyCar profession. Giving me the chance, and I feel the identical the opposite manner round. We would have liked to assist one another. They got here off a very tough season and, for me, the place I used to be in, we actually wanted one another.”
“I imply, what we’ve finished collectively has been nice. It’s been loads of enjoyable for me. I feel I’ve pushed the perfect season I might have, made minimal errors, and actually mastered the IndyCar race craft. It’s been actually good.”
“I feel regardless of the future holds, undoubtedly the upcoming season with Juncos Hollinger Racing, I’ll profit from what I’ve discovered at Dale Coyne Racing.”
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