Going It Alone in America Helps VeeKay Mature On, Off Track
By Zach Horrall | Published: May 12, 2021
The Rinus VeeKay of 2020 and the Rinus VeeKay of 2021 are two very different people, if you ask him.
The driver of the No. 21 SONAX/Autogeek Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing embarked on his rookie campaign in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES last season in one of the most challenging times in the sport’s history, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
VeeKay wasn’t new to North American open-wheel racing. He won the 2018 Indy Pro 2000 championship, but the depth of talent and level of competitiveness in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES was certainly new.
How an Alabama design and engineering company helped Regions Tradition go 3D on the tee
By Doug Segrest
May 9, 2021
The 3D tee markers at the Regions Tradition were created by Satterfield Technologies. (Doing More Today)
They’re noticeable to spectators in person and to viewers on TV: the unique 3D Regions Tradition tee markers in the shape of the bank’s iconic bike brand.
Forrest Satterfield created them in 2015 because, well, someone asked if it was possible. That’s what Satterfield likes to do – take the ordinary and make it extraordinary.
“When the Bruno Event Team (which coordinates the Tradition) first reached out to me, I’d just received my first funding from an investor – $25,000,” Satterfield said. “I had one 3D printer, one scanner, and I was running everything out of my apartment. I was terrified. I didn’t know how I was going to pay the rent.”
Patricio O Ward Has Arrived
IndyCar s newest race winner has only been in the series for 26 races, but his first win was a long time coming. Jared C. TiltonGetty Images
Patricio O Ward s IndyCar success has been inevitable since he won six of the last eight races on his way to the 2018 Indy Lights Series championship. Inevitability is a long road, but that expectation has finally turned into a race win that will be the first of many.
O Ward s winding road to IndyCar starts with a one race deal. It was the final race of the 2018 season, and an ambitious Harding Racing program gave him a chance to prove he belonged in their car the next season. He finished ninth, and he was inked to a full-season contract for the two-car Harding Steinbrenner Racing that offseason.
By Paul Kelly | Published: May 1, 2021
Scott Dixon schooled the rest of the Genesys 300 field in an oval-racing clinic Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway, leading a race-record 206 of 212 laps for his first victory of the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.
Dixon drove the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to victory by .2646 of a second over fellow New Zealand native Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet, who was racing on an oval for the first time. Pato O’Ward finished third in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet.
“It was a bit of a crazy night for us,” Dixon said. “Definitely very tense there at the end. It was kind of cool to be racing a countryman for the last few laps. Fifth win at Texas, baby! That was awesome.”