Conor Daly has returned to Juncos Hollinger Racing for the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season, JHR announced Dec. 18.
Daly will run full time after contesting five events with the organization in 2024.
It’s Daly’s first full season since 2022.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the JHR team for the full NTT IndyCar Series season in 2025,” Daly said in a team release. “After the excitement and success we shared in 2024, including [The] Milwaukee [Mile], it feels like the perfect next step. I’m grateful for Ricardo [Juncos] and Brad [Hollinger]’s belief in me as I embark on the revitalization of my career. I look forward to pursuing podiums and wins with this incredible group. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen – it’s been a team effort, and we’ll continue to build on this momentum together.”
Daly made seven total IndyCar starts in 2024, with the other two coming with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports and Dale Coyne Racing. He earned three top 10s, his best a third at Milwaukee for JHR.
“When Conor rejoined us last year, it felt like we seamlessly picked up right where we left off in 2010,” Juncos added. “I’m thrilled to have him back in the car full time for 2025. With both seats now filled, the team is laser-focused on building momentum and delivering standout performances throughout the year, aiming for an exceptional season ahead for Juncos Hollinger Racing.”
Daly joins Sting Ray Robb at JHR for 2025.
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One of the few feel-good stories in this silly season (besides Foster). It seems like the lack of sponsorship for the lower tier teams really hampered getting meritworthy drivers into cars this year. Ideally Daly, Lundqvist, Vips, Purchaire, McElrea, and Sowery would all have seats. Hell, even Grosjeans seemed to have earned his seat at J-H. But that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. At least Conor will be back full-time! I don’t really know why he had a bad rap at ECR other than he sometimes gets a bit excited / emotional when he is in the zone. Why that gets held against drivers, I’ll never understand. Not everyone can be as cold as ice (like Palou) at 180 mph.
Agree, and well said. Grosjean has the talent to run well in Indycar, but I wonder if learnings in F1 are hindering his progress? What I mean by that, F1 seems to be much more difficult to pass – how you come out of turn 1 on lap 1 is kind of where you finish (not totally true, but exaggerated to make my point). Thus, Grosjean seems to get caught up into every little battle on track. It’s like every pass is life or death, he hasn’t learned when to let a car go and allow his strategist to earn his keep.
Yes I completely agree. I think you’ve described RG’s biggest issue quite well. Unfortunately I wasn’t around for his IndyCar debut with DCR, so I can’t comment on his racecraft during that season. The entire time at Andretti he seemed unable to get into a flow state. You get the impression watching him race that he is more concerned about where he should be in the race rather than where he is currently at causing him miss opportunities and amplify mistakes. Too bad he didn’t get a second or third season at JHR, because he did seem to be more at ease there than at Andretti.