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Conor Daly returns to MSR IndyCar seat at Iowa, Pagenaud nonetheless out
Daly, 31, drove the Honda-powered #60 AutoNation/SiriusXM-backed automobile at Mid-Ohio after Pagenaud suffered an gigantic break in note. Daly accomplished 20th, ahead of team-mate Helio Castroneves.
Following extra overview, Pagenaud has nonetheless now not been cleared by IndyCar’s medical team attributable to concussion-fancy indicators.
“I’m grateful to Mike and Jim to calling me as much as occupy in for Simon over again this weekend in Iowa,” talked about Daly. “Clearly I’m wishing him the finest and hope that he will get neatly quickly.”
Simon Pagenaud, Meyer Shank Racing Honda
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Closing weekend in Toronto, MSR recruited its IMSA SportsCar Championship-winning driver Tom Blomqvist to sub for Pagenaud, but the Brit used to be taken out in a well-known-nook break.
Daly heads into the Iowa weekend with seven escape starts on the 0.875-mile tri-oval. It used to be the positioning of his first-ever IndyCar pole space in 2020 for the Carlin team. He lost his stout-time ride with the Ed Chippie Racing team earlier within the season.
“Iowa has positively change into one among my favorite tracks within the final couple of years,” Daly added. “Clearly I in actuality own qualified in actuality neatly there – qualified on the pole and started within the head three the final two years. Hopefully we can replicate that qualifying performance, but additionally carry within the escape.
“The team does an not doubtless job to put collectively the automobile, so we’re going to contend with out our simplest for Simon over again. We’ll carry out every thing we can to ranking some more factors for the team and I’m grateful to pressure this #60 automobile over again for AutoNation and SiriusXm.”
Pagenaud issued a brief statement on his arena: