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Conor Daly, driver of the No. 18 Jonathan Byrd’s Hospitality Honda, qualified in his best position thus far this season – but didn’t get the finish he wanted.
Once the green flag dropped, the Noblesville, Indiana native ran somewhere between sixth and tenth in the beginning of the race. He looked to be headed for another solid run until with 11 laps to go when the American driver spun going into turn one hitting into the tire barriers there. Later on, it was noted in a tweet sent out by Daly stating the left lower wishbone broke inside the car.
“It just went so fast, it felt like I got clipped by Ryan (Hunter-Reay) but clearly that wasn’t the case,” Daly quoted. “After looking at the car, we now know that there was a left rear suspension failure. I never had something like that happen before. Other than that, it was nice to be consistently running up front and trying to chase down the Penske cars. It’s a tough race for sure but the team gave me a good car that I could race with so that was nice. I guess these things happen, we just have to move on. Finally, I also want to say how awesome it is to be racing here at Road America, and seeing all that fans that came out. What a great event. I hope we come back next year.”
