DCR completes IndyCar grid with Rinus VeeKay

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 mentioned. “I’m joyful to announce my partnership with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection season. It makes me proud to see my title among the many drivers competing on this unbelievable collection 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 collection debut in 2020 with former employer Ed Carpenter Racing.

After shuffling via 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,” crew proprietor Dale Coyne mentioned. “The soundness permits us to develop as a crew, and that is vital to me. For that to be achieved, having a confirmed veteran in one in every of our entries helps tremendously, and that is one of many many causes we now have determined to go together with VeeKay to finish the 2025 grid.”

VeeKay will make his DCR debut throughout 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