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VeeKay sure his engineer now understands his setup needs

VeeKay sure his engineer now understands his setup needs

VeeKay’s second season in IndyCar was one of extremes, with him scoring a win in the GP of Indianapolis and a second place in Detroit, but then missing Road America due to a broken clavicle after a training injury and returning in Mid-Ohio when, by his own admission, he “wasn’t 100 percent yet.”

Thereafter, the #21 ECR-Chevy never finished in the Top 15, yet VeeKay believes that was down to the team “struggling a little bit getting up to pace, showing up fast. Instead of tweaking the car a little to get the last few tenths out, we were just trying to determine the whole setup.”

For 2022, said VeeKay, “the thought about the whole car setup is different. I have spent a lot of time with my engineer, even staying at his house on weekends, doing fun stuff, but still making sure my feedback will be translated in a different way so he can take everything, every little thing I say, and translate it into the setup.

“Right now, he has a better view of what I need in the car…

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