Conor Daly

Conor Daly (2013)

Conor Daly (born December 15, 1991 in Noblesville , Indiana ) is an American racing driver . He won the Star Mazda Series in 2010 . He started in the GP3 series from 2011 to 2013 . He has been competing in the IndyCar Series since 2013 .

His father is former racing car driver Derek Daly .

Career

Conor Daly at the sprint race of the GP3 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

Daly began his motorsport career in karting at the age of ten and remained active in the sport until 2010. In parallel, he made his debut in formula racing in the winter of 2006/2007 and was 44th in the Skip Barber Southern Regional Series . In the 2007 season, Daly competed in several formula series. He was most successful in the Skip Barber Eastern Regional Series , in which he was seventh with four wins in six starts. He also competed in four races in the Skip Barber National Championship and was 22nd in the drivers' championship. In 2008 he stayed in the Skip Barber National Championship and won 5 of 14 races. At the end of the season he prevailed against Josef Newgarden and was champion with 388 to 372 points. He also competed in the Ontario Formula Ford F1600 and was third in the drivers' championship with five wins.

In 2009 Daly moved to the Star Mazda Series for Andersen Racing . He won a race and finished the season in third place in the championship. The following season he moved to Juncos Racing within the Star Mazda Series . Daly won 7 of 13 races, finishing in the top four pilots in each race. He decided the title duel against Anders Krohn with 539 to 460 points clearly for himself.

In 2011 Daly competed for Carlin in the European GP3 series . With three point placements, he finished the season on the 17th championship course. In addition, Daly participated in five races of the Indy Lights for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in part. After leading the championship with a win in the meantime, he finished 13th overall at the end of the season. In 2012 Daly switched to ART Grand Prix within the GP3 series , the championship team of the previous season, which competed as the Lotus GP . Daly won a race and stood on the podium five times. He finished the season in sixth place overall, defeating his teammates Daniel Abt and Aaro Vainio , who finished second and fourth, respectively.

After Daly had completed GP3, GP2 and IndyCar test drives in winter , he initially received a cockpit for the season opener of the GP2 series at Hilmer Motorsport . He scored points with a seventh place. Then Daly returned to the GP3 series, where he stayed at ART. In Valencia he won the main race. He finished the 2013 season in third place overall with 126 points. He was between his teammates Facu Regalía and Jack Harvey , who had scored 138 and 114 points respectively. In addition, debuted Daly in 2013 in the IndyCar Series for AJ Foyt Enterprises and participated in the Indianapolis 500 in 2013 in part. In the USA he also completed a race in the Indy Lights for the Moore Racing team . He was third.

In 2014 Daly drove in the GP2 series at the Venezuela GP Lazarus . He paused for two events and finished 26th overall. He also took part in a race in the United SportsCar Championship (USCC) 2014 for RSR Racing . In 2015 Daly is without a full-time cockpit. In the IndyCar Series 2015 he jumped at Dale Coyne Racing as a replacement for the injured Rocky Moran jr. and took part in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach . He then received a cockpit for the Indianapolis 500 at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and then shared the Schmidt-Peterson cockpit of the injured James Hinchcliffe with Ryan Briscoe . Daly represented Hinchcliffe in three races. Daly also competed in a number of races in the 2015 United SportsCar Championship and finished eighth in the Prototype Challenge.

For the IndyCar Series 2016 , Daly received a full-time cockpit at Dale Coyne Racing. In Detroit he achieved his first IndyCar podium with a second place. He finished the season in 18th position in the overall standings.

Personal

Conor Daly's father Derek Daly is a former Irish car racing driver who competed in Formula 1 and CART series, among others . Unlike his father, Conor Daly is a US citizen.

statistics

Career stations

2002–2010: karting
2007: Ski Barber Eastern Regional Series (7th place)
2007: Skip Barber National Championship (22nd place)
2007: Skip Barber Mid Western Regional Series (21st place)
2007: Skip Barber Southern Regional Series (44th place)
2007: Ontario Formula Ford F1600 (20th place)
2008: Skip Barber National Championship (champion)
2008: Ontario Formula Ford F1600 (3rd place)
2009: Star Mazda Series (3rd place)

2010: Star Mazda Series (Champion)
2011 : GP3 series (17th place)
2011 : Indy Lights (13th place)
2012 : GP3 series (6th place)
2012 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2013 : GP3 series (3rd place)
2013 : GP2 series (26th place)
2013 : IndyCar Series (34th place)
2013 : Indy Lights (13th place)
2014 : GP2 series (26th place)

2014 : USCC , PC (50th place)
2015 : IndyCar Series (28th place)
2015 : USCC, PC (8th place)
2016 : IndyCar Series (18th place)
2017 : IndyCar Series (18th place)
2017 : USCC, PC (22nd place)
2018 : IndyCar Series (29th place)
2018: NASCAR Xfinity Series (77th place)
2019 : IndyCar Series (24th place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2011	Carlin Motorsport	Turkey DOOR		Spain ESP		Spain ESP		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		10	17th
2011	Carlin Motorsport	21st	25th	21st	22nd	12	7th	13	7th	6th	8th	13	11	5	7th	6th	DNF	10	17th
2012	Lotus GP	Spain ESP		Monaco MON		Spain ESP		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		106	6th
2012	Lotus GP	6th	1	23 *	DNF	11	DNF	5	2	2	3	6th	9	7th	3	4th	11	106	6th
2013	ART Grand Prix	Spain ESP		Spain ESP		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		United Arab Emirates UAE		126	3.
2013	ART Grand Prix	3	5	1	8th	22nd	DNF	10	9	2	8th	2	2	DNF	8th	4th	3	126	3.

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	19th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2013	Hilmer Motorsport	Malaysia MAS		Bahrain BRN		Spain ESP		Monaco MON		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA	Singapore SIN	United Arab Emirates UAE		2	26th
2013	Hilmer Motorsport	13	7th																			2	26th
2014	Venezuela GP Lazarus	Bahrain BRN		Spain ESP		Monaco MON		Austria AUT		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA	Russia RUS	United Arab Emirates UAE		2	26th
2014	Venezuela GP Lazarus	12	DNF	18th	DNF	13	10	18th	11	14th	10	21st	20th	13	7th	DNF	19th			20th	15th	2	26th

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	19th	Points	rank
2013	AJ Foyt Enterprises	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU	HAIRDRYER	11	34.
2013	AJ Foyt Enterprises					22 ³¹														11	34.
2015	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM			81	28.
	Dale Coyne Racing			17th
	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports						33	19th	6 °		12
2016	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM			313	18th
2016	Dale Coyne Racing	13 °	16	13	20th	6 °	29 ²⁴	2 °	6th	21st	21st	15 °	6 °	16	21st	4th	21st			313	18th
2017	AJ Foyt Enterprises	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM		305	18th
2017	AJ Foyt Enterprises	15th	16	18th	14th	17th	30 ²⁶	22nd	12	7th	15th	19th	17th	10	14th	5	11	10 °		305	18th
2018	Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM		58	29
	Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing						21 ³³
	Harding Racing												13	22nd	15th
2019	Andretti Autosport	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG		149	24.
	Andretti Autosport						10 ¹¹											16
	Carlin									11			13		11	6 °
	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports																21st
2020	Carlin	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO						111	14th
	Carlin	6th				8 °	13 °
	Ed Carpenter Racing		12	21st	18th

( Legend )

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	United States Performance Tech Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	United States Jerome Mee	United States James French	Rank 9

Individual evidence

↑ “About Conor Daly” (conordaly.net; accessed January 1, 2011)
↑ “Conor Daly confirms GP3, Indy Lights plans” (racer.com on February 17, 2011)
↑ “Conor Daly joins Lotus GP for GP3 assault” (autosport.com on March 2, 2012)
↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Daly tests for AJ Foyt Racing". Sebring as the setting. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 5, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 .
↑ Tony DiZinno: “Conor Daly confirmed for GP2 debut in Malaysia”. nbcsports.com, March 19, 2013, accessed March 21, 2013 .
↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Daly returns to ART". GP3 instead of GP2. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 25, 2013, accessed April 25, 2013 .
↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Daly takes the Indy 500 under the wheels". Premiere with AJ Foyt Racing. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 2, 2013, accessed April 2, 2013 .
^ Peter Allen: "Lancaster and Daly secure seats to complete GP2 grid for Bahrain". paddockscout.com, April 2, 2014, accessed April 2, 2014 .
↑ Conor Daly gets full-time Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar deal for 2016. autosport.com, December 11, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .
↑ "Daly: Austin as an American motorsport Mecca" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 1, 2011)

Web links

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Official website of Conor Daly (English)
Career statistics from Conor Daly (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Daly, Conor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	December 15, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Noblesville , Indiana, United States

[1] “About Conor Daly” (conordaly.net; accessed January 1, 2011)

[2] “Conor Daly confirms GP3, Indy Lights plans” (racer.com on February 17, 2011)

[3] “Conor Daly joins Lotus GP for GP3 assault” (autosport.com on March 2, 2012)

[4] Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Daly tests for AJ Foyt Racing". Sebring as the setting. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 5, 2012, accessed March 21, 2013 .

[5] Tony DiZinno: “Conor Daly confirmed for GP2 debut in Malaysia”. nbcsports.com, March 19, 2013, accessed March 21, 2013 .

[6] Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Daly returns to ART". GP3 instead of GP2. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 25, 2013, accessed April 25, 2013 .

[7] Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Daly takes the Indy 500 under the wheels". Premiere with AJ Foyt Racing. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 2, 2013, accessed April 2, 2013 .

[8] Peter Allen: "Lancaster and Daly secure seats to complete GP2 grid for Bahrain". paddockscout.com, April 2, 2014, accessed April 2, 2014 .

[9] Conor Daly gets full-time Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar deal for 2016. autosport.com, December 11, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .

[10] "Daly: Austin as an American motorsport Mecca" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 1, 2011)

Penske	Foyt	Mclaren SP	Ganassi	RLLR	Coyne
01 Newgarden 0 3 Castroneves (Indy 500) 12 Power 22 Pagenaud	04 Kimball 14 Kanaan (O) 14 Bourdais (part time) 14 Kellett (part time) TBA Kellett (Indy 500)	05 O'Ward 0 7 Askew 66 Alonso (Indy 500)	08 Ericsson 0 9 Dixon 10 Rosenqvist	15 Rahal 30 Satō 45 Pigot (Indy GP, 500)	18 Ferrucci 51 Davison (Indy 500) 55 Palou
Carpenter	Dreyer & Reinbold	Andretti	Carlin	Meyer Shank	DragonSpeed
20 Daly (R) 20 Carpenter (O) 21 VeeKay 47 Daly (Indy 500)	24 Karam (part-time) TBA Hildebrand (Indy 500)	26 Veach 27 Rossi 28 Hunter-Reay 29 Hinchcliffe (part-time) 88 Herta 98 Andretti	59 Chilton (R, Indy 500) 59 Daly (part time)	60 Harvey	84 Hanley (Indy 500)
R = circular routes, O = ovals