Dale Coyne Racing signed Dutch driver Rinus VeeKay on Friday, finishing the full-time grid for the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection.
VeeKay, 24, will pilot the No. 18 Honda for DCR.
“Very thrilling information,” VeeKay stated. “I’m completely happy to announce my partnership with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection season. It makes me proud to see my identify among the many drivers competing on this incredible sequence for a sixth consecutive 12 months. After a troublesome begin to my offseason, I’m delighted to finish the winter with this information.”
VeeKay has recorded one win — the 2021 Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis — with two poles and 4 podium finishes since making his sequence debut in 2020 with former employer Ed Carpenter Racing.
After shuffling by means of a number of drivers in 2024, DCR now has two full-time drivers in 2025 as VeeKay joins rookie Jacob Abel.
“We’re enthusiastic about getting again to full-time drivers for 2025,” staff proprietor Dale Coyne stated. “The steadiness permits us to develop as a staff, and that is essential to me. For that to be achieved, having a confirmed veteran in considered one of our entries helps tremendously, and that is one of many many causes we now have determined to go along with VeeKay to finish the 2025 grid.”
VeeKay will make his DCR debut in the course of the group testing at Sebring (Fla.) Worldwide Raceway subsequent Monday and Tuesday. The 2025 season begins March 2 on the Firestone Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, Fla.
–Subject Degree Media
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