Conor Daly will as soon as once more be a part of forces with boxing nice Floyd Mayweather‘s The Cash Group Racing in 2023, this time getting into the Daytona 500 and as much as six to-be-announced races.
“The Cash Group Racing shocked the world by making the Daytona 500 final 12 months and I consider on this group and know we’ll put together an excellent automotive for this 12 months’s race,” stated Mayweather. “Like a fighter who’s all the time able to face the most effective, Conor has the braveness to buckle into this beast with none observe and put that automotive into the sector. Conor is sort of a hungry fighter and my form of man. I certain wouldn’t wager towards him.”
Daly made his Cup début on the Charlotte Roval in 2022 with TMT, the place he completed thirty-fourth. The beginning got here after making one-offs over the earlier two years in the Truck Series for Niece Motorsports, which in flip occurred throughout breaks within the NTT IndyCar Collection seasons.
He’s set to enter his fourth full-time marketing campaign in IndyCar with Ed Carpenter Racing. He completed seventeenth within the 2022 standings with a finest end of fifth within the GMR Grand Prix adopted by a career-high sixth within the Indianapolis 500.
“I’m thrilled to be given the chance to try to run within the Daytona 500,” Daly commented. “It’s the most prestigious race in NASCAR and to have the possibility to compete in it’s really an honor. I’m additionally excited to be operating the whole IndyCar Collection season and choose NASCAR Cup occasions.”
The #50 debuted on the 2022 Daytona 500 with Kaz Grala, who made the present and completed twenty-sixth. Grala ran two extra races for the group at COTA and Charlotte with runs of twenty-fifth and twenty-third, respectively.
“Conor is a proficient driver who carried out properly in his first Cup race for us final fall and we consider he has what it takes to compete on the highest degree in NASCAR’s premier occasion,” added co-owner William Auchmoody.
Because the #50 doesn’t have a constitution, Daly should lock himself into the Daytona 500 through qualifying run or Duel end. Amongst these he has to compete towards for spots within the race are close friend Travis Pastrana and ex-IndyCar colleague Jimmie Johnson. Hélio Castroneves, one other IndyCar driver, was initially hoping to run the Daytona 500 with TMT however couldn’t shut the deal in time.
