Rinus VeeKay enters the ultimate stretch of the IndyCar Sequence season with two clear targets: a return to the rostrum and a primary profession top-10 championship end.
The 25-year-old Dutchman at present sits eleventh within the standings with 302 factors, trailing Andretti World’s Will Energy by 26 factors with simply three races remaining over two weekends. Following a irritating race final Sunday in D.C., the driving force of the #76 Chevrolet is raring to reset instantly at this weekend’s Milwaukee Mile doubleheader.
„That is one factor with this busy IndyCar stretch is you do not have time to get caught with a foul end result since you get to look ahead instantly, this time to a double-header,“ VeeKay stated.
Having posted three top-five finishes and 6 top-10s this 12 months, VeeKay is banking on robust testing kind on the historic quick oval.
„Actually excited for Milwaukee,” he stated. “At all times cherished that monitor, and we examined right here earlier, like all people else. It was a 25-car take a look at, and we had been second fast. That gave us confidence for positive, and I feel we will have an awesome weekend.“
After ending fourth on three separate events this season, VeeKay is targeted on lastly capturing {hardware}.
„In search of a podium, that is for positive,” VeeKay stated. “I completed fourth 3 times now. I’ve form of checked Milwaukee off as a possible race-winning weekend after we examined there. Successful a race, there goes rather a lot into it. However I feel we have got the tempo to have a go at it coming to Milwaukee.“
Past particular person silverware, the championship stakes are excessive. Juncos Hollinger Racing has by no means completed inside the highest 15 within the IndyCar championship, whereas VeeKay is chasing his private first top-10 championship end. Attaining each means battling by way of a crowded subject of collection champions.
„It is actually robust to say,” VeeKay stated. “It is so depending on different drivers. We’re going up in opposition to Scott Dixon proper behind me, Will Energy proper in entrance of me, after which Marcus Ericsson proper in entrance of him. We’re mixing it up with the names we need to combine it up with. I feel taking a look at our season, we have actually proven what we needed to point out up to now. My objective is high 10 within the championship. I feel with the tracks developing, that may be very affordable. However one of many drivers proper round me completed on the rostrum 3 times (Energy), yeah, you actually dictate that. I feel for us, if we maximize our two weekends developing, three races, that is all I am in search of.
„I feel we have got a shot for a podium in Milwaukee, and it could be actually cool to get a podium to complete off a season like this one, I feel, with some deserved {hardware}.“
Rinus VeeKay, Juncos Hollinger Racing
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As paddock hypothesis surrounding subsequent season continues, VeeKay additionally confirmed his future plans are taking form: „Yeah, for positive. I feel issues are getting extra clear. Nonetheless nothing concrete determined but.“
Nonetheless, he stays assured that his efficiency within the closing trio of races – consisting of the Milwaukee doubleheader and the season finale at Laguna Seca – will communicate for itself with out including further strain to contract talks.
„We have finished so effectively up to now,” VeeKay stated. “I really feel just like the final two races had been form of our Achilles heels, new avenue programs, bumpy tracks, one thing I wasn’t as assured about. I feel with Milwaukee developing, that is form of our power, a brief oval. And Laguna Seca, that is one other highway course — effectively, the final two highway programs I’ve completed fourth. I am not too nervous about these tracks.
“I feel we will have efficiency, and I do not assume it may change my decision-making for the foolish season.“
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