Conor Daly

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.

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	LVS	12th*	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 21	TUR SPR 25	ESP FEA 21	ESP SPR 22	VAL FEA 12	VAL SPR 7	GBR FEA 13	GBR SPR 7	GER FEA 6	GER SPR 8	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 11	BEL FEA 5	BEL SPR 7	ITA FEA 6	ITA SPR Ret	17th	10

References

1. ^ Conor Daly rolls on in Star Mazda at ORP, Racer, 30 May 2010, Retrieved 6 June 2010
2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101010/IRL/101019994
4. ^ "Chaves tops second day of testing". autosport.com. 31 March 2011. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90350. Retrieved 31 March 2011. 
5. ^ "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 Christodoulou	Star Mazda Championship Champion 2010	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Daly, Conor
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Date of birth	17 December 1991
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