Conor Daly
Conor Daly | |||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||
Born | Noblesville, Indiana | December 15, 1991||||||
IndyCar Series career | |||||||
80 races run over 7 years | |||||||
Team(s) | No. 20 (Ed Carpenter Racing) No. 59 (Carlin) | ||||||
2020 position | 17th | ||||||
Best finish | 2nd (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2013 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
Last race | 2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 77th (2018) | ||||||
First race | 2018 Johnsonville 180 (Road America) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 44 (Niece Motorsports) | ||||||
2020 position | 60th | ||||||
Best finish | 60th (2020) | ||||||
First race | 2020 World of Westgate 200 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
Last race | 2021 Bucked Up 200 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Previous series | |||||||
2013–2014 2011–2012 2011 2009–2010 | GP2 Series GP3 Series Indy Lights Star Mazda Championship | ||||||
Championship titles | |||||||
2012–13 2010 | MRF Challenge Star Mazda Championship | ||||||
Last updated on: March 5, 2021. |
Conor Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American professional racing driver who competes full-time in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the road and street course races as well as the Indianapolis 500 for Ed Carpenter Racing, and the remaining oval races for Carlin. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. Daly has also raced in the GP2 Series, Road to Indy, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past.
Racing career
Karting
At the age of 10, he began competing in karting, and, in 2006, he won the World Karting Association Grand Nationals. He progressed to car racing in 2007 and began racing cars full-time in 2008 in the Skip Barber National Championship, winning first place with 5 wins in 14 races, and Formula Ford.
On October 10, 2010, Daly finished runner-up at the RoboPong 200 all-star kart event at the New Castle Motorsports Park with teammate Graham Rahal. He finished runner-up to a team driven by Jay Howard and Bill McLaughlin Jr. The 2010 Izod IndyCar Series runner-up Will Power and ALMS driver Simon Pagenaud were 4th.[1]
Star Mazda Championship
In 2009, he competed in the Star Mazda Championship for Andersen Racing and finished third in points with a win at New Jersey Motorsports Park. He returned to the series in 2010, driving for Juncos Racing.[2] He became series champion after finishing in the top four positions in each of the twelve races, prior to clinching the title at Mosport International Raceway on August 28, 2010.[3] He also set a series record of 9 poles and 7 wins en route to his championship.
Indy Lights
In 2011, Daly competed part-time in the Indy Lights series with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.[4] His best result of the season was a win at the Grand Prix of Long Beach.[5]
In 2013, Daly returned to Indy Lights with a one-off appearance in the Houston race for Team Moore Racing, finishing third.
GP3 Series
Alongside his commitments in the Indy Lights series, Daly competed in GP3 in 2011 with Carlin Motorsport.[6]
For 2012, Daly continued in GP3 driving, for the Lotus GP team.[7] He took his maiden GP3 win in the second race of the season at Barcelona.[8] In the second race at Monaco, he made contact with the damaged car of Dmitry Suranovich which launched Daly into a catch fence and forced the race to be red flagged.[9]
For 2013 Daly remained in GP3, racing with the ART Grand Prix team. Daly captured one win at the Valencia Street Circuit feature race and placed third in the championship.
GP2 Series
Daly competed in the 2013 GP2 Series season season-opener at Sepang International Circuit with Hilmer Motorsport. He finished seventh in the sprint race and scored two championship points.
For 2014, Daly competed with Venezuela GP Lazarus[10] for 18 of the 22 rounds, with a best finish of seventh place in the sprint race at the Hungaroring.
IndyCar
Daly drove in the 2013 Indianapolis 500 for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He finished the race in 22nd position.
In 2015, Daly subbed in for Rocky Moran Jr. at the Long Beach GP with Dale Coyne Racing. He then returned for the 2015 Indianapolis 500 in the Smithfield Foods "Fueled by Bacon" special run by Schmidt Peterson Motorsports,[11] but was forced to retire before the green flag due to a mechanical failure.[12] He replaced James Hinchcliffe for 3 rounds following Hinchcliffe's injury from a practice crash leading up to the Indy 500.[13] He finished sixth at the second race at Detroit.
In 2016, Daly raced the full 2016 IndyCar season for Dale Coyne Racing.[14] He led 56 laps at 5 different races, and finished 2nd in the first race at Detroit for his first career IndyCar podium. For the 2017 season, Daly raced the number 4 car for A. J. Foyt Enterprises.[15]
Daly lost his ride with Foyt for 2018, but was signed by Coyne for the 2018 Indianapolis 500. His No. 17 car, fielded in conjunction with Thom Burns Racing, was sponsored by the United States Air Force.[16]
In 2019, Andretti Autosport signed Daly to enter the Indianapolis 500, where he finished tenth. On June 4, 2019, he replaced Max Chilton at Carlin for the Texas Motor Speedway race, finishing 11th.[17] Daly would replace Chilton at the remaining oval races for the season, with a best result of 6th place at Gateway. On August 29, 2019, Daly was announced as a replacement for Marcus Ericsson for the round at Portland as Ericsson had been called up by Alfa Romeo to be on reserve driver duty at the F1 race at Spa.[18] Daly would also return to Andretti Autosport for the season finale.
On December 9, 2019 it was revealed that, for the 2020 IndyCar Series season, Daly was signed to contest the 12 road and street circuit races in the No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing entry. Daly was also contracted to compete in the 2020 Indianapolis 500 in an additional Ed Carpenter Racing entry.[19] On March 10, 2020, Carlin announced they have signed Daly to compete in the remaining oval races in the No. 59 entry, thus giving Daly full-time status for the 2020 season.[20]
Daly finished 6th at the 2020 season opener at Texas Motor Speedway. He claimed his first IndyCar Series pole position at the first race of a doubleheader at Iowa Speedway, which was the first pole for Carlin as an IndyCar team.
Formula One
In May 2012, Daly performed a straight line aero test for Force India at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire, England.[21]
MRF Challenge
Daly won the 2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship in India, claiming four wins and two further podiums.
NASCAR
On May 11, 2018, Daly announced he would be making his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Road America in August, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing with sponsorship from Eli Lilly and Company. Both Daly and his teammate, full-time Roush Xfinity driver Ryan Reed, are Type 1 diabetics, and that was how the deal was put together.[22] Before the race, it was announced that Lilly would not be sponsoring Daly in the race when it was discovered that his father Derek had used a racial slur during an interview in the 1980s.[23]
In 2020, Daly joined Niece Motorsports to make his second NASCAR start, and his first in the NASCAR Truck Series, where he competed in the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the team's No. 42 truck.[24] Daly had a $1 bet with Niece teammate and iRacing rival Travis Pastrana on the outcome of the race, which Daly won by virtue of his 18th-place finish.[25] Daly returned to Niece Motorsports to drive at Las Vegas for them again in 2021, although this time in the track's February race and in the No. 44.[26]
Personal life
Daly is the son of Derek Daly, the former Formula One driver, as well as stepson of Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles.[27]
Daly was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 14 and was sponsored by Lilly Diabetes in the 2016 and 2018 Indianapolis 500s and was going to again in his Xfinity start at Road America before the controversy involving his father Derek.[28]
Daly appeared on the 30th season of The Amazing Race, teaming with fellow IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi[29] where they finished in 4th place.
Daly's first cousin, Nicola Daly, is an Ireland women's field hockey international and was a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. She also works as a data engineer for Juncos Racing.[30][31][32][33][34]
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
American open-wheel racing results
(key)
Star Mazda Championship
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points |
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2009 | Andersen Racing | SEB 3 |
VIR 5 |
MMP 24 |
NJ1 1 |
NJ2 8 |
WIS Ret |
IOW 2 |
ILL 3 |
ILL 5 |
QUE 14 |
ONT 2 |
ATL 2 |
LAG 4 |
3rd | 416 |
2010 | Juncos Racing | SEB 3 |
STP 1 |
LAG 1 |
ORP 1 |
IOW 1 |
NJ1 3 |
NJ2 4 |
ACC 3 |
ACC 1 |
TRO 3 |
ROA 1 |
MOS 1 |
ATL 3 |
1st | 539 |
Indy Lights
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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2011 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | STP 2 |
ALA 11 |
LBH 1 |
INDY | MIL | IOW | TOR | EDM1 | EDM2 | TRO 13 |
NHM | BAL 14 |
KTY | LVS | 13th | 145 |
2013 | Team Moore Racing | STP | ALA | LBH | INDY | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR | MDO | BAL | HOU 3 |
FON | 13th | 35 |
IndyCar Series
(key)
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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2013 | Dallara | Honda | 31 | 22 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
2015 | Dallara | Honda | 23 | 33 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
2016 | Dallara | Honda | 24 | 29 | Dale Coyne Racing |
2017 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 26 | 30 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
2018 | Dallara | Honda | 33 | 21 | Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing |
2019 | Dallara | Honda | 11 | 10 | Andretti Autosport |
2020 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 18 | 29 | Ed Carpenter Racing |
2021 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 19 | 13 | Ed Carpenter Racing |
- Daly did not start the 2015 Indianapolis 500 due to losing an engine during the pace laps.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | D.C. | Points |
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2011 | Carlin Motorsport | IST FEA 21 |
IST SPR 25 |
CAT FEA 21 |
CAT SPR 22 |
VAL FEA 12 |
VAL SPR 7 |
SIL FEA 13 |
SIL SPR 7 |
NÜR FEA 6 |
NÜR SPR 8 |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 11 |
SPA FEA 5 |
SPA SPR 7 |
MNZ FEA 6 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
17th | 10 |
2012 | Lotus GP | CAT FEA 6 |
CAT SPR 1 |
MON FEA 23 |
MON SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 11 |
VAL SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 5 |
SIL SPR 2 |
HOC FEA 2 |
HOC SPR 3 |
HUN FEA 6 |
HUN SPR 9 |
SPA FEA 7 |
SPA SPR 3 |
MNZ FEA 4 |
MNZ SPR 11 |
6th | 106 |
2013 | ART Grand Prix | CAT FEA 3 |
CAT SPR 5 |
VAL FEA 1 |
VAL SPR 8 |
SIL FEA 22 |
SIL SPR Ret |
NÜR FEA 10 |
NÜR SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 8 |
SPA FEA 2 |
SPA SPR 2 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 8 |
YMC FEA 4 |
YMC SPR 3 |
3rd | 126 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2013 | Hilmer Motorsport | SEP FEA 13 |
SEP SPR 7 |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MRN FEA |
MRN SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
26th | 2 |
2014 | Venezuela GP Lazarus | BHR FEA 12 |
BHR SPR Ret |
CAT FEA 18 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 13 |
MON SPR 10 |
RBR FEA 18 |
RBR SPR 11 |
SIL FEA 14 |
SIL SPR 10 |
HOC FEA 21 |
HOC SPR 20 |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 7 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 19 |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
YMC FEA 20 |
YMC SPR 15 |
26th | 2 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | RSR Racing | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8. | DAY 8 |
SEB | LGA | KAN | WGL | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 57th | 1 |
2015 | Performance Tech Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8. | DAY | SEB 3 |
LGA | DET | WGL 7 |
MOS 7 |
LIM 7 |
ELK 2 |
COA 3 |
PET DNS |
8th | 170 |
2017 | Starworks Motorsport | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8. | DAY 4 |
SEB | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | PET | 22nd | 28 |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
2018 | Roush Fenway Racing | 6 | Ford | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA 31 |
DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 77th | 6 | [35] |
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2020 | Niece Motorsports | 42 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT | ATL | HOM | POC | KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | MCH | DAY | DOV | GTW | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS 18 |
TAL | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | 60th | 19 | [36] |
2021 | 44 | DAY | DAY | LVS 40 |
ATL | BRI | RCH | KAN | DAR | COA | CLT | TEX | NSH | POC | KNX | GLN | GTW | DAR | BRI | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [37] |
* Season still in progress
References
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- ^ "Conor Daly rolls on in Star Mazda at ORP". Racer. May 30, 2010. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
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- ^ Dmitry Suranovich excluded from Monaco Race 2 Classification, GP3 Series. Archived May 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CONOR DALY TO RACE WITH VENEZUELA GP LAZARUS IN 2014". GP2 Series. May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
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- ^ "Conor Daly – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "Conor Daly – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Conor Daly on Twitter
- Conor Daly driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Conor Daly career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Noblesville, Indiana
- Racing drivers from Indiana
- World Karting Association drivers
- Indy Pro 2000 Championship drivers
- Indy Lights drivers
- GP3 Series drivers from the United States
- IndyCar Series drivers
- Indianapolis 500 drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- NASCAR drivers
- MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers
- People with type 1 diabetes
- The Amazing Race contestants
- American Ninja Warrior contestants
- Daly family