Conor Daly has landed one of many final NTT IndyCar Sequence seats for 2025 with Juncos Hollinger Racing. The Hoosier takes over from Romain Grosjean, shifting throughout from the No. 78 JHR Chevy he drove late final season because the alternative for Agustin Canapino.
For Daly, his new take care of Ricardo Juncos and Brad Hollinger is the second relaunch of his IndyCar profession. Having been full-time from 2016-2017 with Dale Coyne Racing, Daly took on part-time outings from 2018-2019, then went again to full-time from 2020-2022 with Carlin Racing and ECR previous to being reduce by ECR after Detroit in June of 2023.
Subsequent, it was reverting again to part-time drives by way of 2024 and dealing arduous within the background to safe the required funding to reclaim his full-time standing in 2025 with JHR alongside Sting Ray Robb, who has claimed the crew’s second entry.
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the JHR crew for the total NTT IndyCar Sequence season in 2025,” Daly mentioned. “After the thrill and success we shared in 2024, together with Milwaukee [ED: Where Daly finished third to secure JHR’s first-ever podium], it appears like the proper subsequent step. I’m grateful for Ricardo and Brad’s perception in me as I embark on the revitalization of my profession. I sit up for pursuing podiums and wins with this unimaginable group. Thanks to everybody concerned in making this occur – it’s been a crew effort, and we’ll proceed to construct on this momentum collectively.”
If Daly’s willpower was ever unsure, his perseverance over the past yr — when he privately questioned whether or not it was time to shut the door on an IndyCar paddock that didn’t appear to consider he was deserving of one other season-long likelihood — ought to give each free agent the inspiration to proceed trying to find new rides.
“Conor is an excellent addition to our crew,” Hollinger mentioned. “He’s a unbelievable ambassador for the game and has confirmed his velocity not solely in our automotive, but additionally by way of his examined tenure within the sequence. Offering him with extra alternatives to collaborate carefully with our engineers and crew will undoubtedly improve the crew’s efficiency, and empower his personal unrelenting drive for fulfillment.”
In transitioning the crew to providing each seats for rent, JHR crew principal Dave O’Neill appears to the upcoming season as the primary of many solidifying steps for this system.
“Our most important precedence this yr is to construct upon the success we’ve seen within the crew’s quick three-year marketing campaign,” he mentioned. “With Conor becoming a member of the crew and Sting Ray already confirmed, we’re well-positioned to realize that. That is just the start of a long-term course of to construct a stronger and extra aggressive basis for the long run.”
Daly’s signing means IndyCar now has 25 confirmed drivers in place for the approaching season, with Coyne’s two vehicles because the lone entries that await affirmation.
