Conor J. Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American professional

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driver who competes in the

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, driving the No. 20

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for

Ed Carpenter Racing Ed Carpenter Racing is an American racing team based in Speedway, Indiana that currently competes in the IndyCar Series. The team is owned by driver Ed Carpenter. The team is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and currently fields the No. 20 Dal ...

, and part-time in the

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, driving the No. 50

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for

The Money Team Racing The Money Team Racing, also known as TMT Racing, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team is owned by former professional boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and they currently field the No. 5 ...

. He has also raced in the

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, and the

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in the past.

Racing career

Karting

At the age of 10, he began competing in

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, and, in 2006, he won the

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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

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. On October 10, 2010, Daly finished runner-up at the RoboPong 200 all-star kart event at the New Castle Motorsports Park with teammate

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. He finished runner-up to a team driven by

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and Bill McLaughlin Jr. The 2010 Izod IndyCar Series runner-up

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and ALMS driver

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were 4th.

Star Mazda Championship

In 2009, he competed in the

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for

Andersen Racing Andersen Racing was a professional auto racing team that competed in Firestone Indy Lights and Star Mazda competition. It was owned by Dan Andersen, who founded the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 1991 and his brother John Andersen. The team ...

and finished third in points with a win at

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. He returned to the series in 2010, driving for

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. He became series champion after finishing in the top four positions in each of the twelve races, prior to clinching the title at

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on August 28, 2010. 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

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series with

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. His best result of the season was a win at the

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. In 2013, Daly returned to Indy Lights with a one-off appearance in the

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race for

Team Moore Racing Team Moore Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the Firestone Indy Lights series. It was owned by former racer Tom Wood and Mark Moore and is based in Pittsboro, Indiana. The team was formed in 2007 with Wood driving. However, after t ...

, finishing third.

GP3 Series

Alongside his commitments in the Indy Lights series, Daly competed in GP3 in 2011 with

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. For 2012, Daly continued in GP3 driving, for the Lotus GP team. He took his maiden GP3 win in the second race of the season at

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. In the second race at

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, he made contact with the damaged car of

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which launched Daly into a catch fence and forced the race to be red flagged. For 2013 Daly remained in GP3, racing with the

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team. Daly captured one win at the

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feature race and placed third in the championship.

GP2 Series

Daly competed in the

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season-opener at

Sepang International Circuit The Sepang International Circuit ( ms, Litar Antarabangsa Sepang) is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located approximately south of Kuala Lumpur, and close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It hosted the For ...

with

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. He finished seventh in the sprint race and scored two championship points. For

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, Daly competed with Venezuela GP Lazarus for 18 of the 22 rounds, with a best finish of seventh place in the sprint race at the

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IndyCar

Daly drove in the

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for

A. J. Foyt Enterprises A. J. Foyt Racing, officially and historically known as A. J. Foyt Enterprises, is an American racing team in the IndyCar Series and formerly NASCAR. It is owned by four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, 1972 Daytona 500 winner, 1967 24 Hours of Le ...

. He finished the race in 22nd position. In 2015, Daly subbed in for

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at the Long Beach GP with

Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing (DCR) is an American professional open-wheel racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series. The team was founded in 1984 and is owned by former driver Dale Coyne. From 1995 to 2000, the team was known as Payton-Coyn ...

. He then returned for the

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in the Smithfield Foods "Fueled by Bacon" special run by

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, but was forced to retire before the green flag due to a mechanical failure. He replaced

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for 3 rounds following Hinchcliffe's injury from a practice crash leading up to the Indy 500. He finished sixth at the second race at Detroit. In 2016, Daly raced the full 2016 IndyCar season for Dale Coyne Racing. 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

. Daly lost his ride with Foyt for 2018, but was signed by Coyne for the

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. His No. 17 car, fielded in conjunction with Thom Burns Racing, was sponsored by the

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. In

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, Andretti Autosport signed Daly to enter the

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, where he finished tenth. On June 4, 2019, he replaced

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at Carlin for the

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race, finishing 11th. 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

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for the round at Portland as Ericsson had been called up by

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to be on reserve driver duty at the F1 race at

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. Daly would also return to Andretti Autosport for the season finale. On December 9, 2019 it was revealed that, for the

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season, Daly was signed to contest the 12 road and street circuit races in the No. 20

entry. Daly was also contracted to compete in the

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in an additional Ed Carpenter Racing entry. 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. Daly finished 6th at the 2020 season opener at

. He claimed his first IndyCar Series pole position at the first race of a doubleheader at

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, which was the first pole for Carlin as an IndyCar team. Daly and teammate

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dominated the first half of the

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, leading 72 of the first 102 laps. However, damage to Daly's nose cone from an accident involving

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. 2022 XPEL 375 29 (Conor Daly)

Daly finished in 5th at the IMS GP 22 on the 14th of may, after the Indy lights race session was postponed by lightning. Sources TBD

Formula One

In May 2012, Daly performed a straight line aero test for

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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

debut at

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in August, driving the No. 6

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for

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with sponsorship from

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. Both Daly and his teammate, full-time Roush Xfinity driver

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, are Type 1 diabetics, and that was how the deal was put together. 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. In

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, Daly joined

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to make his second NASCAR start, and his first in the NASCAR Truck Series, where he competed in the race at

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in the team's No. 42 truck. Daly had a $1 bet with Niece teammate and ''

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'' rival

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on the outcome of the race, which Daly won by virtue of his 18th-place finish. Daly returned to Niece Motorsports to drive at Las Vegas for them again in

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, although this time in the track's February race and in the No. 44. In September 2022, Daly announced on Twitter that he would make his

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debut for

in the fall Charlotte race. On December 5, 2022, TMT co-owner Willy Auchmoody revealed in an interview with ''TobyChristie.com'' that Daly would return to the team to drive their No. 50 car part-time in the Cup Series in

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Personal life

Daly is the son of former

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, and

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driver

Derek Daly Derek Patrick Daly (born 11 March 1953) is an Irish former racing driver. He won the 1977 British Formula 3 Championship, and competed as a professional racing driver for 17 years participating in 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix ...

, and the stepson of

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president Doug Boles. Daly was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 14 and was sponsored by

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in the

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and

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Indianapolis 500s and was going to again in his Xfinity start at Road America before the controversy involving his father Derek. Daly appeared on the 30th season of ''

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'', teaming with fellow IndyCar driver

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where they finished in 4th place. Daly's first cousin,

Nicola Daly Nicola Daly (born 3 April 1988), also referred to as Nicci Daly or Nikki Daly, is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. In 2010 Daly was a mem ...

, is an Ireland women's field hockey international and was a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the

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. She also works as a data engineer for

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

(

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)

Star Mazda Championship

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

(

) * Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

*Daly did not start the

due to losing an engine during the pace laps.

Complete GP3 Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(

)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

NASCAR

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

Season still in progress

References

External links

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