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Conor Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American racing driver from Noblesville, Indiana. He is the son of Irish former Formula One and Champ Car driver Derek Daly.
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Racing career
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. 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.[1] 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 28 August 2010.[2] He also set a series record of 9 poles and 7 wins en route to his championship.
On October 10, 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.[3]
For 2011, Daly will compete in both the Indy Lights series with Sam Schmidt Motorsports and in GP3[4] with Carlin Motorsport.[5]
Racing record
American open–wheel racing results
(key)
Indy Lights
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2011 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
STP
2
ALA
11
LBH
1
INDY
MIL
IOW
TOR
EDM1
EDM2
TRO
13
NHM
BAL
14
KTY
LVS12th* 143* - * Season in progress.
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 DC Points 2011 Carlin Motorsport TUR
FEA
21TUR
SPR
25ESP
FEA
21ESP
SPR
22VAL
FEA
12VAL
SPR
7GBR
FEA
13GBR
SPR
7GER
FEA
6GER
SPR
8HUN
FEA
13HUN
SPR
11BEL
FEA
5BEL
SPR
7ITA
FEA
6ITA
SPR
Ret17th 10 References
- ^ Conor Daly rolls on in Star Mazda at ORP, Racer, 30 May 2010, Retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ "A RED-HEADED ROCKET WITH A WILL TO WIN" (PDF). starmazda.com. 28 August 2010. http://www.starmazda.com/results/2010/12-mosport/stories/Race.pdf. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101010/IRL/101019994
- ^ "Chaves tops second day of testing". autosport.com. 31 March 2011. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90350. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Conor Daly joins Carlin for GP3". gp3series.com. 17 February 2011. http://www.gp3series.com/news/Winter-News/Conor-Daly-joins-Carlin-for-GP3/. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Career detail at Driver Database
Sporting positions Preceded by
Adam ChristodoulouStar Mazda Championship
Champion
2010Succeeded by
IncumbentTeams and drivers competing in the 2011 GP3 Series season Lotus ART Status Grand Prix Jenzer Motorsport Manor Racing Carlin 1 Nunes
2 Bottas
3 Calado4 da Costa
5 Sims
6 Lukashevich10 Quaife-Hobbs
11 Haryanto
12 Laine14 Daly
15 Dillmann
16 CordeiroTech 1 Racing Atech CRS GP Addax Team MW Arden RSC Mücke Motorsport 17 Vainio
18 Caldarelli
19 Kiss20 Stöckinger
21 Yelloly
22 Amberg26 Evans
27 Trummer
28 Wiliamson29 Bacheta
30 Christensen
31 MelkerCategories:- 1991 births
- People from Noblesville, Indiana
- American racecar drivers
- Star Mazda drivers
- Kart racing drivers
- Living people
- American people of Irish descent
- Indy Lights drivers
- GP3 Series drivers
- American auto racing biography stubs
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