Rinus VeeKay

Rinus van Kalmthout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈri.nʏs vɑn ˈkɑl(ə)mtɦʌut]; born 11 September 2000), known professionally as Rinus VeeKay, is a Dutch racing driver. He drives the No. 21 Dallara-Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing in the IndyCar Series.

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Career

Karting

Van Kalmthout started karting in 2009. The eight-year-old won races in the 4-stroke cadet championship with a DR chassis. He finished second in the championship.^[1] During the 2009-2010 winter season Van Kalmthout won the 4-stroke cadet series. The following season the young driver graduated into the Briggs & Stratton World Formula 4-stroke class winning the Dutch and Benelux championships.^[2]^[3] He also focused on the Rotax Max Minimax class winning the Dutch championship in 2012 and Junior championship in 2013.^[4]^[5] Throughout 2014 and 2015 van Kalmthout raced in various Rotax Max racing series. He finished second in the Rotax Max Euro Challenge Senior class, behind Australian driver Pierce Lehane.^[6]

Junior open-wheel formulae

Introduced as Rinus VeeKay, Van Kalmthout signed with Pabst Racing to race in the American-based USF2000. VeeKay tested the Tatuus USF-17 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The young Dutch driver ran constant top-ten times for the new driver, new team entry.^[7] To further prepare for the 2017 season VeeKay raced in the final two rounds of the French V de V Challenge Monoplace. In an MP Motorsport entered 2013 Tatuus Formula Renault 2.0 car VeeKay scored five podium finishes in six races.^[8] In the 2017 U.S. F2000 Championship, VeeKay won six races and finished second in the championship to Oliver Askew.

After winning the 2018 Pro Mazda Championship with Juncos Racing, VeeKay stepped up to the Indy Lights championship for 2019 again with Juncos Racing.^[9] He finished second in the championship, again behind Askew.

IndyCar Series

In July 2019 it was announced that VeeKay would join the IndyCar test at Portland with Ed Carpenter Racing.^[10] On 20 November the team officially signed him as the replacement for Spencer Pigot.^[11]

In his first IndyCar race in the Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway he crashed in practice. He missed qualifying as the team couldn't fix the car in time. In the race, he crashed out on lap 38 and collected Alex Palou. At Iowa Speedway, confusion over a postponed restart led Colton Herta to launch over VeeKay's car from the rear; both drivers were unharmed due to a new laminate aeroscreen introduced for 2020.^[12] VeeKay achieved his first top 5 finish in IndyCar at the IndyGP^{[citation needed]} and his first podium in the Harvest GP. He was confirmed for a return to ECR in 2021 on October 25, 2020.^[13] He won the Indy GP, scoring his first win, 5 seconds ahead of second-placed Romain Grosjean. VeeKay ran as high as fourth place in the championship after back to back top ten finishes including a second-place finish in Detroit before he fractured his clavicle during a cycling accident, forcing him to miss the following race at Road America.^[14] After the season VeeKay and ECR announced he had re-signed with the team for another season.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	V de V Challenge Monoplace	MP Motorsport	6	0	1	1	4	0	NC†
2016–17	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	12	0	0	0	0	58	10th
2017	U.S. F2000 National Championship	Pabst Racing Services	14	3	1	3	12	344	2nd
2017	BOSS GP Series - Open Class	Mansell Motorsport	6	2	1	1	5	116	2nd
2017–18	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	16	3	2	7	11	245	3rd
2018	Pro Mazda Championship	Juncos Racing	16	7	6	3	10	412	1st
2018	BOSS GP Series - Open Class	Mansell Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	22	5th
2019	Indy Lights	Juncos Racing	18	6	7	6	14	465	2nd
2019	F3 Asian Winter Series	Dragon Hitech GP	9	4	2	4	8	184	1st
2020	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing	14	0	1	1	1	289	14th
2021	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing	15	1	0	1	2	308	12th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2022	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing	17	0	1	0	1	331	12th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	Racing Team Nederland	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC‡
2023	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing	17	0	0	0	0	277	14th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	TDS Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
2024	IndyCar Series	Ed Carpenter Racing

^† As van Kalmthout was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2017	Pabst Racing Services	STP 3	STP 2	BAR 3	BAR 4	IMS 6	IMS 2	ROA 1	ROA 1	IOW 2	TOR 3	TOR 2	MDO 3	MDO 2	WGL 1	2nd	344

Pro Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2018	Juncos Racing	STP 1	STP 1	BAR 5	BAR 4	IMS 3	IMS 14	LOR 4	ROA 5	ROA 5	TOR 1	TOR 1	MDO 1	MDO 1	GMP 1	POR 2	POR 2	1st	412

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2019	Juncos Racing	STP 5	STP 1	COA 2	COA 4	IMS 3	IMS 1	INDY 3	ROA 7	ROA 1	TOR 3	TOR 9	MDO 3	MDO 3	GTW 2	POR 1	POR 2	LAG 1	LAG 1	2nd	465

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2020	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara DW12	21	Chevrolet	TXS 22	IMS 5	ROA 13	ROA 14	IOW 20	IOW 17	INDY 20	GTW 6	GTW 4	MDO 8	MDO 11	IMS 3	IMS 17	STP 15					14th	289	^[15]
2021					ALA 6	STP 9	TXS 20	TXS 9	IMS 1	INDY 8	DET 2	DET 18	ROA	MDO 16	NSH 24	IMS 24	GTW 21	POR 17	LAG 18	LBH 25			12th	308	^[16]
2022					STP 6	TXS 10	LBH 13	ALA 3*	IMS 23	INDY 33	DET 16	ROA 17	MDO 4	TOR 13	IOW 4	IOW 19	IMS 6	NSH 12	GTW 26	POR 20	LAG 14		12th	331	^[17]
2023					STP 21	TXS 11	LBH 26	ALA 16	IMS 13	INDY 10	DET 18	ROA 12	MDO 15	TOR 13	IOW 17	IOW 18	NSH 14	IMS 11	GTW 11	POR 6	LAG 18		14th	277	^[18]
2024					STP 10	THE DNQ	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET	ROA	LAG	MDO	IOW	IOW	TOR	GTW	POR	MIL	MIL	NSH	10th*	20*	^[19]

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2020	Dallara	Chevrolet	4	20	Ed Carpenter Racing
2021			3	8
2022			3	33
2023			2	10

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 10†	SEB	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	PET	NC†	0†
2022	Racing Team Nederland	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 2†	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET	NC†	0†
2023	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 10†	SEB	LGA	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET	NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "Dutch 4-Stroke Sprint Championship - Cadet 160 2010 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Dutch 4-Stroke Sprint Championship - World Formula 2011 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Benelux 4-Stroke Sprint Championship - World Formula 2011 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge - Minimax 2012 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Dutch Championship Rotax Max Junior 2013 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Rotax Max Euro Challenge Senior 2015 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "2016 CHAMPIONSHIP CHRIS GRIFFIS MEMORIAL TEST RESULTS". USF2000. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "V de V Challenge Monoplace 2016 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "VeeKay confirmed with Juncos Racing for 2019 Indy Lights season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ Malsher, David (19 July 2019). "Indy Lights ace VeeKay to test for Carpenter next month". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Indy Lights runner-up VeeKay gets full 2020 Carpenter IndyCar drive". Autosport. Motorsport Network. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^ Pruett, Marshall (17 July 2020). "IndyCar's aeroscreen passes its first real test at Iowa". Racer. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^ "ECR confirms VeeKay return". Racer. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ Associated Press (17 June 2021). "Rinus VeeKay expects to race at Mid-Ohio after breaking collarbone in cycling crash". ESPN. Disney. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Rinus VeeKay – 2020 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Rinus VeeKay – 2021 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Rinus VeeKay – 2022 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Rinus VeeKay – 2023 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Rinus VeeKay – 2024 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

External links

Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Victor Franzoni	Pro Mazda Championship Champion 2018	Succeeded by Kyle Kirkwood (Indy Pro 2000 Championship)
Preceded by Inaugural	F3 Asian Winter Series Champion 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent

2024 IndyCar Series

Teams

Andretti		Ganassi			Arrow McLaren		Carpenter
26 Herta 27 Kirkwood	28 Ericsson	4 Simpson 8 Lundqvist	9 Dixon 10 Palou	11 Armstrong	5 O'Ward 6 Malukas / Ilott	7 Rossi	20 Rasmussen / Carpenter 21 VeeKay
Penske		RLL		Coyne	Foyt	Juncos Hollinger	Meyer Shank
2 Newgarden 3 McLaughlin	12 Power	15 Rahal 30 Fittipaldi	45 Lundgaard	18 Harvey / Siegel 51 Braun / TBD	14 Ferrucci 41 Robb	77 Grosjean 78 Canapino	60 Rosenqvist 66 Blomqvist