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USA Today
3 days ago
- Automotive
- USA Today
Conor Daly revealed he drove the whole Indy 500 'sitting in my own pee'
Conor Daly revealed he drove the whole Indy 500 'sitting in my own pee' On the surface, Conor Daly had an excellent Sunday at the 109th Indianapolis 500. After qualifying 11th, he led 13 laps in his No. 76 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet and ultimately earned an eight-place finish behind winner Alex Palou. (He was originally 10th but gained two spots after Andretti Global's Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood, who both finished ahead of Daly, failed post-race inspection and were dropped to the back of the field.) It's one of the biggest races in the world and one that's particularly special to Indiana-native Daly, so yeah, on the outside, it looked like he had a pretty great race day. However, as the IndyStar's Nathan Brown reported Monday, Daly's Indy 500 was actually quite gross, as he unfortunately faced an in-car challenge many (if not, all) drivers dread: having to go to the bathroom during a race. According to Brown, Daly explained: 'Never in my life have I urinated in my race car until Sunday. I was sitting on the grid, and I was like, 'This is my the best car I've ever been in in my whole life. And like, I'm gonna have to pee in this thing.['] 'I don't know if it was a diabetes [thing], or I'm just getting old…I literally did the entire race sitting in my own pee, so it was a tough one.' Back in 2017, For The Win did some digging to see how much of an issue having to use the bathroom mid-race is for drivers. Some NASCAR drivers said it never or rarely happens to them, but they also acknowledged that sometimes, when you've gotta go, you just gotta go. 'It's rare that it happens, but sometimes it does and if you think you can hold it, hold it,' Dale Earnhardt Jr, told For The Win in 2017. 'But it's also a distraction, and racing a car, you need so much focus, [so] if it's a distraction, you go ahead and get rid of that distraction. 'But you're hot and sweaty and soaking wet already. I guess it's so uncommon outside of racing that it's a shock to most people, but in our sport, when you hear about it, there's a chuckle or two, but it doesn't really surprise anybody that it happens to everybody once in a while.' Hopefully, Daly will remember his 10th-place finish at the 2025 Indy 500 more than what he was sitting in.
Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
'I'm gonna have to pee in this thing': Conor Daly admits to urinating in his Indy 500 car
Nature delayed the start of the Indianapolis 500. It also called Conor Daly. The eighth-place finisher in Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway revealed Monday night that he had to go as he sat in his car awaiting the start. "Never in my life have a I urinated in my car until Sunday. I was sitting on the grid, and I was like, 'This is the best car I've ever had in my whole life. … I'm gonna have to pee in this thing.' I kid you not," he said at the victory celebration. A brief rain shower delayed the Indy 500's start by about 45 minutes. Daly led 13 laps (120-133), but issues with his right rear tire forced him to pit earlier than he wanted, costing him a chance to compete for the win. "I had to go really bad," Daly said. "I don't if it was the diabetes or I'm just getting really old. Helio (Castroneves) should know. He's halfway to 100. I don't know if that happens to him a lot. "I literally did the whole race sitting in my pee." From 2018: James Hinchcliffe: 'You're talking to a man who just wet himself.'
Fox News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Conor Daly admits to performing gross act while waiting for Indy 500 to begin
Conor Daly's race team got a bit more than they bargained for at the Indianapolis 500 over the weekend as the IndyCar driver copped to a gross act on Monday night during the victory banquet. The Indy 500 was delayed nearly an hour because of rain. Drivers were forced to sit in their cars on the frontstretch until officials gave them the all-clear to begin racing. Because of the delay, Daly said he just could not hold his urine in anymore. "I want to thank my mechanics specifically, because there's been a lot of talk tonight and I saw on the internet as well – a lot of toilet talk and maybe some using of the bathroom," Daly said. "We had to wait a long time before the race. Never in my life have I urinated in my race car until Sunday. "I was sitting on the grid, and I was like, 'This is the best car I've ever been in, in my whole life. I'm gonna have to pee in this thing.' I kid you not, I legitimately urinated in my race car before the race even started." Daly said he had to go "really bad" and admitted he sat through the entire race in his own urine. He said he "came clean" with his mechanics after the race was over. "It was an embarrassing moment. I didn't think I'd have to get there. (James) Hinchcliffe told me about that once but, anyway, now you guys all know." Daly finished eighth after starting out in 11th. The Juncos Hollinger Racing driver led 13 laps and appeared to have one of the quickest vehicles on the track. However, it was Alex Palou who got the last laugh and won the race for the first time in his career. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
INDYCAR Driver Conor Daly To Share His Personal Diabetes Story and Race Go-Karts With Detroit Area Youth On Thursday, May 29
Only known U.S. pro racing driver competing full-time with Type 1 diabetes will share an inspirational message to kick off Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix week WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD) will team up with NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver Conor Daly, who is living with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) for a one-of-a-kind experience with Detroit area youth and families during the week of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix in downtown Detroit. Daly will share his personal story of being diagnosed with diabetes as a teen and how he does not let it keep him from living life without limits. The former karting champion will also provide some karting tips and then race go-karts to identify the Fastest 6. Daly was first diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 14, and today is the only known U.S. professional racing driver who competes full-time while living with T1D. He is entered for Juncos Hollinger Racing (JHR) in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (June 1) behind the wheel of the No. 76 Tired of Pricks? Chevrolet. MannKind is a primary sponsor of the head-turning livery presented in a bold magenta and teal color scheme featuring an edgy tagline. DATE/TIMES: Thursday, May 29, 2025 10:00 a.m. – Noon LOCATION: Full-Throttle Adrenaline Park 44225 W 12 Mile Road (Novi, MI) VISUALS/SOUNDS: - Tweens/teens hear Conor Daly's diabetes story and how he doesn't let it slow him down - 18 local youth receive karting tips from kart champion Conor Daly- Detroit Grand Prix driver Conor Daly racing go-karts with youth for Fastest 6- Interviews available BACKGROUND: Daly's career began with racing go-karts at the age of 10. In 2005, he won 19 races, two championships, and Junior Driver of the Year. In 2016, he competed for Dale Coyne Racing, where he had the highest number of laps by a Honda driver that season, complimented by a P2 podium finish in Detroit. In 2019, he competed for Andretti Autosports and the U.S. Air Force at the Indianapolis 500, finishing 10th after running as high as fourth. In May 2022, Daly achieved his Indy 500 career-best with a 6th-place finish. Daly also led the most laps at the Indy 500 in 2021 and was a podium finisher and pole sitter at the top level. In 2023, he defied all odds to qualify for the Nascar Cup Series' Daytona 500, highlighting his competitive spirit and passion for the sport. He also became the first driver to compete in both NASCAR and Indycar on back-to-back Texas weekends. In 2024, he earned Juncos-Hollinger Racing its first podium appearance in IndyCar at Milwaukee. CONTACT: CONTACTS: Christie Iacangelo (818) 292-3500 media@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Indy 500 live updates: Josef Newgarden's hopes dashed by mechanical issues
The famed 'Month of May' concludes with the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. Team Penske's Josef Newgarden is aiming to become the first driver ever to win three consecutive Indy 500s, but to do so, he'll have to do it from the final row of the grid. Ryan Hunter-Reay Conor Daly David Malukas Alex Palou Santino Ferrucci Disaster for Josef Newgarden! He has to come back in to pit again with a fuel pressure after it looked like he had climbed back into contention! — Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 25, 2025 New leader: It's the hometown kid, Conor Daly. 79 laps to go. Daly-Malukas-Palou are top three. Newgarden is P8. — Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 25, 2025 Lap 110 But Christian Rasmussen loses it on the approach to Turn 4. Aborted start. Crash on the Lap 91 restart, takes out Kyle Larson (The Double is done, although he'll make the start at Charlotte) and Sting Ray Robb Lap 91 Rossi's car caught fire in the pits! — Fifth Gear (@NotFifthGear) May 25, 2025 Rinus Veekay has an incident on pit road Bad news for Colton Herta as he receives a pass-through penalty for speeding on pit road. #Indy500 — INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) May 25, 2025 Larson has made six passes, per the scoring monitor. But yeah, not many compared to some guys (many are in double-digits now). — Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 25, 2025 40 laps complete of the #Indy500 🔁Current rundown of the top-five drivers as differing strategies are at play👇▫️ @AlexanderRossi ▫️ @ChristianR_DK ▫️ @edcarpenter20 ▫️ @DevlinDeFran ▫️ @jack_harvey93 — NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 25, 2025 Lap 31 after the rain delay. Sprinkles…probably over already — Indycar Weatherman (@Indycar_Wxman) May 25, 2025 More precipitation at the Speedway Lap 11 into Turn 3 Lap 10, Pato O'Ward gets the lead into Turn 1 over Schwartzman! Marco Andretti crashes going into Turn 1 of the first green-flag lap, No. 5 of 200 after the initial Scott McLaughlin caution. We're live at Indy All times ET Sunday, May 2510 a.m.: Pre-race show (Fox)12:20 p.m.: National anthem (Fox)12:45 p.m.: 109th Indy 500 (Fox) Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile low-banked squared oval) in Speedway, IndianaBanking: Turns - 9.2 degrees | Straights - flatRace length: 200 laps for 500 milesFuel window: 30-35 green flag laps Penske penalties: All three Team Penske Chevys made it into last Sunday's Fast 12 qualifying round for a shot at the pole, but one crashed in the morning practice and two others were removed after failing inspection. The cars driven by Newgarden and Will Power were each found to have an illegally modified attenuator, which is the rear-end crash structure. The attenuator is a spec part that by rule cannot be modified. Larson and "The Double": For the second straight year, 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson will attempt "The Double" — running the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, which take place just hours apart in Indiana and North Carolina in two very different types of race car. Larson admirably qualified fifth for the Indy 500 last year but rain delayed the start of the race by four hours. He finished 18th and immediately boarded a plane bound for Charlotte, but in an ironic twist of fate, the same weather system that delayed the start in Indianapolis curtailed his attempt to at least jump into his Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet in the late stages of the Coca-Cola 600. He'll start 19th for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Sensational Schwartzman: Only two times in the 108-year history of Indianapolis 500 had a rookie ever qualified first for the race. Until last Sunday. Schwartzman, racing for Prema, became the first Indy debutant since Teo Fabi in 1983 to win the pole position. What's more: It's his first time driving an oval in his professional career after coming up through the European karting and Formulae system, while also driving endurance cars on the side. Row 1Robert Schwartzman, Prema Racing-ChevroletTakuma Sato, RLL Racing-HondaPato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet Row 2Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing-HondaFelix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank Racing-HondaAlex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda Row 3David Malukas, AJ Foyt Racing-ChevroletChristian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren-ChevroletMarcus Ericsson, Andretti-Global-Honda Row 4Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske-ChevroletConor Daly, Juncos Hollinger Racing-ChevroletAlexander Rossi, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Row 5Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing-HondaEd Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing-ChevroletSantino Ferrucci, AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet Row 6Devlin DeFrancesco, RLL Racing-HondaSting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger Racing-ChevroletChristian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet Row 7Kyle Larson, Arrow McLaren/Hendrick-ChevroletLouis Foster, RLL Racing-HondaCallum Ilott, Prema Racing-Chevrolet Row 8Helio Castroneves, Meyer Shank Racing-HondaKyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global-HondaNolan Siegel, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet Row 9Ryan Hunter-Reay, DRR-Cusick Motorsports-ChevroletJack Harvey, DRR-Cusic Motorsports-ChevroletColton Herta, Andretti Global-Honda Row 10Graham Rahal, RLL Racing-HondaMarco Andretti, Andretti Global/Curb Agajanian-HondaMarcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank Racing-Honda Row 11Rinus Veekay, Dale Coyne Racing-HondaJosef Newgarden, Team Penske-ChevroletWill Power, Team Penske-Chevrolet Despite the 32nd starting spot, Newgarden has the fifth-best odds to win entering the weekend — likely due to his status as the two-time defending race winner. Pato O'Ward, having posted two second-place finishes at the Speedway in addition to a fourth and sixth, enters with the best odds at 5-to-1. Runaway championship leader Alex Palou and six-time series champion Scott Dixon are among the top favorites behind O'Ward. Odds courtesy of BetMGM Pato O'Ward +500 Alex Palou +600 Scott Dixon +700 Scott McLaughlin +800 Josef Newgarden +1200 Takuma Sato +1300 Felix Rosenqvist +1500 The race day forecast calls for partially cloudy skies with a high temperature of 67 degrees. There is a 25 percent chance of precipitation. Last year's race was infamously delayed by rain for four hours, which ultimately cost Kyle Larson his chance at running 'The Double.' Josef Newgarden is going to need to come through the entire field if he is to become the first three-peat winner of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, but he has the car to do it. Newgarden turned a lap at 225.687 to top the timing charts in Friday's Carb Day final practice session. He was followed by fellow two-time race-winner Takuma Sato (225.415) and six-time series champion Scott Dixon (225.200). Newgarden has been fast throughout the two weeks of practice and qualifying at the Speedway, but will start from the penultimate spot on the grid (32nd) as punishment for altering the attenuator at some point during last weekend's qualifying sessions. Penske teammate Will Power was also found to be in violation and will start last. Power was fifth-fastest on Friday with a 224.419. Multiple drivers experienced issues during the two-hour session including Sato, who parked his car with an unspecified issue with eight minutes remaining in the session. Ryan Hunter-Reay had a fire in the back of his DRR-Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet, but was able to get it back to the pit lane, where it was extinguished. Alexander Rossi, the 2016 race winner, only turned five laps before parking his car with a water pump issue Ryan Hunter-Reay Conor Daly David Malukas Alex Palou Santino Ferrucci Disaster for Josef Newgarden! He has to come back in to pit again with a fuel pressure after it looked like he had climbed back into contention! — Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 25, 2025 New leader: It's the hometown kid, Conor Daly. 79 laps to go. Daly-Malukas-Palou are top three. Newgarden is P8. — Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 25, 2025 Lap 110 But Christian Rasmussen loses it on the approach to Turn 4. Aborted start. Crash on the Lap 91 restart, takes out Kyle Larson (The Double is done, although he'll make the start at Charlotte) and Sting Ray Robb Lap 91 Rossi's car caught fire in the pits! — Fifth Gear (@NotFifthGear) May 25, 2025 Rinus Veekay has an incident on pit road Bad news for Colton Herta as he receives a pass-through penalty for speeding on pit road. #Indy500 — INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) May 25, 2025 Larson has made six passes, per the scoring monitor. But yeah, not many compared to some guys (many are in double-digits now). — Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) May 25, 2025 40 laps complete of the #Indy500 🔁Current rundown of the top-five drivers as differing strategies are at play👇▫️ @AlexanderRossi ▫️ @ChristianR_DK ▫️ @edcarpenter20 ▫️ @DevlinDeFran ▫️ @jack_harvey93 — NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 25, 2025 Lap 31 after the rain delay. Sprinkles…probably over already — Indycar Weatherman (@Indycar_Wxman) May 25, 2025 More precipitation at the Speedway Lap 11 into Turn 3 Lap 10, Pato O'Ward gets the lead into Turn 1 over Schwartzman! Marco Andretti crashes going into Turn 1 of the first green-flag lap, No. 5 of 200 after the initial Scott McLaughlin caution. We're live at Indy
