Conor Daly Scores Best Finish of Season at Gateway

After struggling for much of the year, Conor Daly, driver of the No. 4 ABC Supply Chevrolet for A.J. Foyt Racing, scored his best finish of the 2017 season, with a top-five finish in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park.

Needless to say, the Noblesville, Indiana native has not had the best of seasons only having two top-10’s prior to Saturday night’s race. At the start of the weekend on Friday, Daly showed he had a good car. Despite having a few issues in practice and qualifying, the pace never went away as the weekend went on.

“We had a good car all weekend,” Daly said.  ” I was really upset with myself after qualifying, just had a big moment at the exit of (Turn) 1, but we redeemed ourselves. Then I tried to screw it up for myself again in the pits, but we were able to drive back. The car was just fantastic. I have to thank the team, I have to thank ABC Supply for sticking with us. I know it’s been a tough year, but I know we can do it. I know this team can do it. We’re just improving and it takes time.

Things weren’t all roses for Daly, though. Halfway through the race, an evasive block by competitor Charlie Kimball nearly ended Daly’s race, and he wasn’t happy about it.

“This is a hard sport,” Daly said. “I won’t say anything bad about (Kimball), but it was just one of those really late moves that, being on an oval it’s not great to do. I mean everyone’s racing hard, it’s obviously tough on a short oval to make ground, but I mean that could have ruined my race right there. I thought the wing was gone going into the next corner, but it was still there. So thank you Chevy, for making strong pieces. But, yeah, I’m just happy to be here, and just hope I can be here for many more races.”