I wish I was a Chilton.

Most TBK members wouldn't loathe my bank balance.

I still want to know how Veach got Group 1001 to give him $20 million.

$36 billion
Assets under management as of 12/31/18.

Impressive.

But even if $20 million is less than the sum they lost down the back of the settee last year, it seems odd to give it to a 20-year-old rookie in a niche racing series, even more so if family aren't involved at some point.

That would make sense. Although presumably Veach came to them rather than the other way around - if they had wanted to get into Indycar on their own initiative, surely the best opportunity at the end of 2017\start of 2018 would be painting their logo on the sea of white that was Dixon's car at that point in time. In which case it's still a little perplexing how someone in Veach's position managed to persuade the marketing people there that he was the guy for them.

Or to put it another way, I can't think of any other driver who has ever brought that much sponsorship money to any team without either a) being born rich b) having a family member in the right place within a large enough company or c) coming from a small country and getting state backing. If Veach pitched them for that money, that's highly impressive on his part and slightly unbelievable.

What's the deal with Red Bull then? Are they just waiting for the season to be over so they could ship him to F2 or something, because they don't seem to be of any help to Pato at all?