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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.
