Conor Daly
Daly atDaytona International Speedway in 2023
Born	Conor James Daly (1991-12-15)December 15, 1991 (age 33) Noblesville, Indiana, U.S.
IndyCar Series career
115 races run over 11 years
Team(s)	No. 76 (Juncos Hollinger Racing)
Best finish	17th (2020,2022)
First race	2013Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	2025Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix (The Thermal Club)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 2 1
NASCAR driver
NASCARCup Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2023 position	55th
Best finish	40th (2022)
First race	2022Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval)
Last race	2023EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (COTA)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARXfinity Series career
3 races run over 3 years
2024 position	63rd
Best finish	63rd (2024)
First race	2018Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
Last race	2024Pennzoil 250 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
6 races run over 4 years
Truck no., team	No. 44 (Niece Motorsports)
2024 position	86th
Best finish	60th (2020)
First race	2020World of Westgate 200 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2024Baptist Health 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	83rd (2024)
First race	2024Zinsser SmartCoat 150 (Mid-Ohio)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
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: October 23, 2024.

Conor James Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American professionalracing driver. He competes in theIndyCar Series driving the No. 76Chevrolet forJuncos Hollinger Racing. He also competes occasionally inNASCAR and has also raced in theGP2 Series,ARCA Menards Series, andRoad to Indy.

At the age of 10, he began competing inkarting, and in 2006, he won theWorld 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, andFormula Ford.

On October 10, 2010, Daly finished runner-up at the RoboPong 200 all-star kart event at the New Castle Motorsports Park with teammateGraham Rahal. He finished runner-up to a team driven byJay Howard and Bill McLaughlin Jr. The 2010 Izod IndyCar Series runner-upWill Power and ALMS driverSimon Pagenaud were 4th.^[1]

In 2009, he competed in theStar Mazda Championship forAndersen Racing and finished third in points with a win atNew Jersey Motorsports Park. He returned to the series in 2010, driving forJuncos Hollinger Racing.^[2] He became series champion after finishing in the top four positions in each of the twelve races, prior to clinching the title atMosport International Raceway on August 28, 2010.^[3] He also set a series record of 9 poles and 7 wins en route to his championship.

In 2011, Daly competed part-time in theIndy Lights series withSam Schmidt Motorsports.^[4] His best result of the season was a win at theGrand Prix of Long Beach.^[5]

In 2013, Daly returned to Indy Lights with a one-off appearance in theHouston race forTeam Moore Racing, finishing third.

Alongside his commitments in the Indy Lights series, Daly competed inGP3 in 2011 withCarlin Motorsport.^[6]

For 2012, Daly continued in GP3 driving, for theLotus GP team.^[7] He took his maiden GP3 win in the second race of the season atBarcelona.^[8] In the second race atMonaco, he made contact with the damaged car ofDmitry 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 theART Grand Prix team. Daly captured one win at theValencia Street Circuit feature race and placed third in the championship.

Daly competed in the2013 GP2 Series season season-opener atSepang International Circuit withHilmer Motorsport. He finished seventh in the sprint race and scored two championship points.

For2014, Daly competed withVenezuela GP Lazarus^[10] for 18 of the 22 rounds, with a best finish of seventh place in the sprint race at theHungaroring.

Daly drove in the2013 Indianapolis 500 forA. J. Foyt Enterprises. He finished the race in 22nd position.

In 2015, Daly subbed in forRocky Moran Jr. at the Long Beach GP withDale Coyne Racing. He then returned for the2015 Indianapolis 500 in the Smithfield Foods "Fueled by Bacon" special run bySchmidt Peterson Motorsports,^[11] but was forced to retire before the green flag due to a mechanical failure.^[12] He replacedJames 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 full2016 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 the2017 season, Daly raced the number 4 car forA. J. Foyt Enterprises.^[15]

Daly lost his ride with Foyt for 2018 but was signed by Coyne for the2018 Indianapolis 500. His No. 17 car, fielded in conjunction withThom Burns Racing, was sponsored by theUnited States Air Force.^[16]

In2019, Andretti Autosport signed Daly to enter theIndianapolis 500, where he finished tenth. On June 4, 2019, he replacedMax Chilton atCarlin for theTexas 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 forMarcus Ericsson for the round at Portland as Ericsson had been called up byAlfa Romeo to be on reserve driver duty at the F1 race atSpa.^[18] Daly would also return to Andretti Autosport for the season finale.

On December 9, 2019, it was revealed that, for the2020 IndyCar Series season, Daly was signed to contest the 12 road and street circuit races in the No. 20Ed Carpenter Racing entry. Daly was also contracted to compete in the2020 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 the2020 season opener atTexas Motor Speedway. He claimed his first IndyCar Series pole position at the first race of a doubleheader atIowa Speedway, which was the first pole for Carlin as an IndyCar team.

Daly and teammateRinus VeeKay dominated the first half of the2021 Indianapolis 500, leading 72 of the first 102 laps. However, damage to Daly's nose cone from an accident involvingGraham Rahal on lap 119 prevented him from seriously challenging for the lead again, and he finished 13th. Daly led the most laps of any driver during the race, with 40.^[21]

In 2022, Daly would run full-time in the No. 20 forEd Carpenter Racing. His best result that year was a fifth place at the IMS Grand Prix on May 14. He would go on to finish 17th in points.

In June 2023, following a 15th-place finish at theDetroit round, Ed Carpenter Racing parted ways with Daly,^[22] withRyan Hunter-Reay announced as his replacement a day later.^[23]

Conor Daly ran the No. 24 entry forDreyer & Reinbold Racing withCusick Motorsports at the2024 Indianapolis 500. After starting in 29th position, he finished 10th after switching to an alternate pit strategy. He led 22 of the 200 laps and was the race's biggest mover, gaining nineteen positions.

After substituting for Jack Harvey in the No. 18Dale Coyne Racing entry at thesecond Iowa race, Daly was announced asAgustin Canapino's replacement atJuncos Hollinger Racing for the remainder of the season on August 14.^[24] He achieved his second career IndyCar podium - and the first for Juncos Hollinger Racing - at thefirst Milwaukee Mile race on August 31, finishing third.^[25]

On December 18, 2024,Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that Conor Daly would compete full-time for the team during the2025 IndyCar Series,^[26] piloting the number 78 he drove at the end of the 2024 season.

In May 2012, Daly performed a straight line aero test forForce India atCotswold Airport inGloucestershire,England.^[27]

Daly won the2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship in India, claiming four wins and two further podiums.

On May 11, 2018, Daly announced he would be making hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut atRoad America in August, driving the No. 6Ford Mustang forRoush Fenway Racing with sponsorship fromEli Lilly and Company. Both Daly and his teammate, full-time Roush Xfinity driverRyan Reed, are Type 1 diabetics, and that was how the deal was put together.^[28] 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.^[29]

In2020, Daly joinedNiece Motorsports to make his second NASCAR start, and his first in the NASCAR Truck Series, where he competed in the race atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in the team's No. 42 truck.^[30] Daly had a $1 bet with Niece teammate andiRacing rivalTravis Pastrana on the outcome of the race, which Daly won by virtue of his 18th-place finish.^[31] Daly returned to Niece Motorsports to drive at Las Vegas for them again in2021, although this time in the track's February race and in the No. 44.^[32]

In September 2022, Daly announced on Twitter that he would make hisCup Series debut forThe Money Team Racing in thefall Charlotte race.^[33] On December 5, 2022, TMT co-owner Willy Auchmoody revealed in an interview withTobyChristie.com that Daly would return to the team to drive their No. 50 car part-time in the Cup Series in2023.^[34] Daly made the2023 Daytona 500 starting lineup after finishing 17th in Duel 2 of the2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels, despite experiencing handling problems during the qualifying race.^[35] Daly became the 62nd driver to compete in both theIndy 500 and the Daytona 500.^[36] He eventually finished 29th out of the 40 car field. At the time of the race finish, Daly’s No. 50 car completed 206 laps of the total 212 laps of the race.^[37]

Daly is the son of formerFormula One,CART, andIMSA driverDerek Daly, and the stepson ofIndianapolis Motor Speedway presidentDoug Boles.^[38]

Daly was diagnosed withType 1 diabetes at age 14 and was sponsored byLilly Diabetes in the2016 and2018 Indianapolis 500s and was going to again in his Xfinity start at Road America before the controversy involving his father Derek.^[39]

Daly appeared on the30th season ofThe Amazing Race, teaming with fellow IndyCar driverAlexander Rossi^[40] where they finished in 4th place.

Daly's first cousin,Nicola Daly, is anIreland women's field hockey international and was a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. She also works as a data engineer forJuncos Racing.^{[41][42][43][44][45]}

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• Daly did not start the2015 Indianapolis 500 due to losing an engine during the pace laps.

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