Rinus VeeKay

Driver – #21
Fast Facts
Birthdate: September 11, 2000 Hometown: Hoofddorp, Netherlands Residence: Hoofddorp, Netherlands Ht./Wt.: 6’0″/154 Website: RinusVeeKay.com | Starts: 42 Best Start: 1st (IMS Road Course, 2020, Barber 2022) |
Updated 8-1-22
Career Highlights
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Career History
– Full-time driver of Ed Carpenter Racing’s No. 21 Chevrolet
– Earned first career victory on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in May
– Became the youngest front row qualifier in the history of the Indianapolis 500 by starting 3rd
– Led 32 laps of the Indy 500, the third-highest of all drivers in the field
– Claimed podium finish with 2nd place in Detroit Race 1
– 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year, winning the title by merely starting the season finale
– Won first NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole position at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in October, leading his first race and finishing a career-best third place
– Earned best oval finishes of 6th and 4th in a doubleheader at WWT Raceway
– Started 4th in Indianapolis 500, the highest qualifying result by a teenager in ‘500’ history
– Only Chevrolet-powered driver to make the Fast Nine Shootout for the Indianapolis 500 pole position
– Claimed first Top 5 finish in only his second race, finishing 5th at the IMS Road Course in July
Road to the NTT IndyCar Series
– Finished second in the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires title chase, with six victories, seven poles and 14 podium finishes
– Won the F3 Asian Winter Series championship with four victories, two pole positions and eight podium finishes in nine races
– Tested an Indy car with Ed Carpenter Racing at Portland International Raceway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
– Earned the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires title with seven victories, six poles and 10 total podium finishes
– Set four new series track records
– Finished third in the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship held in the Arabian Gulf states and India, with three victories and 11 podiums in 16 races
– Competed in two BOSSGP FIA International Racing Series Open Class races, with a second-place finish at Monza
– Finished a hard-fought second in his rookie Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship campaign
– Claimed three victories, three new track records and a total of 12 podium finishes out of 14 races
– Was the only USF2000 driver to not finish a race lower than he qualified
– Finished runner-up in the BOSSGP FIA International Racing Series Open Class with five podium finishes in six races and a win in the final race at Imola (Italy)
– Finished third in the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 series, with two victories, seven podium finishes, four pole positions and five fastest laps in 12 races
– Made his Indy Lights debut in the Chris Griffis Memorial Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, finishing in the top five in each session and twice posting the fastest lap
– Finished third in the IAME Super X30 Euro Series
– Finished third in the BNL Karting Series Rotax MAX Senior class and fourth in the European Rotax MAX Euro Challenge Senior championship
– Participated in the Chris Griffis Memorial Mazda Road to Indy test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
– Finished second in the European Champion Rotax MAX Senior championship
– Finished second in the Rotax US Open Senior MAX championship and third in the BNL Karting Series Senior class
– Won the MAXSpeed/Mazda Road to Indy Driver Advancement Program, earning a USF2000 test at Circuit of The Americas where he was third overall and the fastest rookie
– Finished third in the CIK-FIA Karting Academy World Championship
– Named a KNAF Talent First selection
– Won the Dutch Rotax Max Juniors Karting Championship
– 2013 Dutch Rotax Max Juniors Karting Champion
– Won the 2012 Dutch Rotax Max Minimax Karting Championship
– Earned both the Dutch and Benelux World Formula Karting Championship in 2011
– Claimed the Dutch Winter championship in the Cadet class during the 2009-2010 season