Rinus VeeKay is a racing driver from Netherlands who competes in IndyCar for Juncos Hollinger Racing. VeeKay is a one-time champion (2018), with 14 wins and 31 podiums from 153 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,335 ranks VeeKay 81th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-06 | Monterey | P16 | โ61 |
| 2026-08-30 | Milwaukee Race 2 | P7 | +55 |
| 2026-08-29 | Milwaukee Race 1 | P3 | +112 |
| 2026-08-23 | Washington, D.C. | P23 | โ147 |
| 2026-08-16 | Ontario | P7 | +57 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +163 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2021 | IndyCar | P1 |
| +135 | St. Petersburg 2018 | Pro Mazda Championship | P1 |
| +133 | Belle Isle - Race 1 2021 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +133 | Toronto 2025 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +132 | Alabama 2022 | IndyCar | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธIndyCar | Juncos Hollinger Racing | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +256 | 6,335 |
| 2025 | โธIndyCar | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | โ6 | 6,079 | |
| 2024 | โธIndyCar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +228 | 6,085 | |
| 2023 | โธIndyCar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +278 | 5,857 | |
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | TDS Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | โ197 | ||
| 2022 | โธIndyCar | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +93 | 5,776 | |
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | Racing Team Nederland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +66 | ||
| 2021 | โธIndyCar | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | โ100 | 5,617 | |
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | DragonSpeed USA LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | โ222 | ||
| 2020 | โธIndyCar | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | โ102+239 | 5,977 | |
| 2019 | โธIndy NXT | Juncos Hollinger Racing | 18 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | P2 | +640 | 5,579 |
| 2018 | โธPro Mazda Championship | Juncos Racing | 16 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | P1 | โ1,706+909 | 5,135 |
| 2013 | โธSKUSA SuperNationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | โ | +994 | 2,344 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Pato O'WardFIA Gold | 7,095 | 116 | 30 | 86 | 26% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum | 6,297 | 116 | 38 | 78 | 33% |
| ๐ช๐ธ Alex PalouFIA Platinum | 7,442 | 115 | 25 | 90 | 22% |
| ๐ธ๐ช Marcus EricssonFIA Platinum | 6,337 | 115 | 48 | 67 | 42% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Will PowerFIA Platinum | 6,256 | 115 | 43 | 72 | 37% |
| ๐ณ๐ฟ Scott DixonFIA Platinum | 6,159 | 115 | 29 | 86 | 25% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Graham RahalFIA Gold | 5,553 | 115 | 61 | 54 | 53% |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold | 6,210 | 114 | 50 | 64 | 44% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Alexander RossiFIA Platinum | 5,920 | 114 | 50 | 64 | 44% |
| ๐บ๐ธ David Malukas | 6,692 | 113 | 65 | 48 | 58% |
| ๐ฉ๐ฐ Christian LundgaardFIA Gold | 7,086 | 87 | 34 | 53 | 39% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3ร champion | 6,803 | 86 | 37 | 49 | 43% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | ๐ฉ๐ช Ralf Schumacher | Prototype Cup Germany | 6,385 |
| 72 | ๐น๐ญ Alexander Albon | Formula 1 | 6,369 |
| 73 | ๐ฏ๐ต Tomoki Nojiri | Super GT | 6,367 |
| 74 | ๐ฉ๐ช Maro Engel | GT World Challenge Europe | 6,358 |
| 75 | ๐ฌ๐ง Jolyon Palmer | Formula 1 | 6,353 |
| 76 | ๐ฌ๐ง Dario Franchitti | NASCAR Truck | 6,348 |
| 77 | ๐บ๐ธ William Byron | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,345 |
| 78 | ๐บ๐ธ Austin Cindric | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,339 |
| 79 | ๐ฉ๐ช Wolfgang von Trips | Formula 1 | 6,339 |
| 80 | ๐ธ๐ช Marcus Ericsson | IndyCar | 6,337 |
| 81 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Rinus VeeKay | IndyCar | 6,335 |
| 82 | ๐ง๐ท Ayrton Senna | Formula 1 | 6,332 |
| 83 | ๐ฎ๐น Gabriele Mini | Formula 2 | 6,332 |
| 84 | ๐ง๐ท Rafael Cรขmara | Formula 2 | 6,332 |
| 85 | ๐ฉ๐ช Michael Schumacher | Formula 1 | 6,331 |
| 86 | ๐ฌ๐ง Stirling Moss | Formula 1 | 6,330 |
| 87 | ๐ฏ๐ต Naoki Yamamoto | Super GT | 6,328 |
| 88 | ๐บ๐ธ Jak Crawford | Formula 2 | 6,323 |
| 89 | ๐ณ๐ฟ Denny Hulme | Formula 1 | 6,318 |
| 90 | ๐ธ๐ช Dino Beganovic | Formula 2 | 6,318 |
| 91 | ๐ฎ๐น Lorenzo Bandini | Formula 1 | 6,318 |
Rinus VeeKay is an established professional racing in the IndyCar Series for Juncos Hollinger Racing, where he has raced since 2020. He holds an FIA Gold rating in endurance competition. VeeKay won the 2018 Pro Mazda Championship as a 16-year-old with Juncos Racing and has since progressed through Indy NXT, where he dominated with six wins in 2019, to a long-term IndyCar career that spans seven seasons to date.[1]
Across 114 IndyCar starts, VeeKay has taken one win and six podiums, with his record split almost evenly between oval and road-course racing. His 2018 Pro Mazda season yielded seven wins and ten podiums across the full calendar. In three starts for TDS Racing in IMSA WeatherTech multiclass endurance racing, he scored one podium. His current season in IndyCar has been his strongest, culminating in a top-ten championship finish for Juncos Hollinger Racing and his first oval podium.[2]
VeeKay regularly races against the highest calibre of IndyCar competition. He has finished ahead of Alex Palou, a four-time IndyCar champion and elite professional, 25 times across their head-to-heads, and ahead of Pato O'Ward, an elite professional and former Indy NXT champion, on 30 occasions. Against Josef Newgarden, an established professional and two-time IndyCar champion, VeeKay typically finishes behind him. His record against the full grid places him as a consistent mid-field competitor among Indianapolis's most accomplished drivers.