Conor Daly to substitute for sidelined Pagenaud at Mid-Ohio for MSR

Daly, who became fired from his Ed Chippie Racing traipse sooner than essentially the most-most fresh Motorway The US spherical, will return to the series at the wheel of MSR’s Honda-powered AutoNation/SiriusXM spare automobile.

IndyCar medics didn’t log off Pagenaud to contest qualifying, and a comply with-up test did now not provide essentially the most bright clearance for the 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner to flee nowadays both.

Pagenaud gave the next message thru social media:

Daly became point out on place of abode in Mid-Ohio this weekend, having raced in Travis Pastrana’s Nitrocross series over the Motorway The US weekend, though he wished his mother to power from Indianapolis with his seat and racing instruments.

This will be Daly’s eighth IndyCar initiate at Mid-Ohio, with a most efficient establish of sixth in his rookie season in 2016 that integrated a flee to the entrance of the discipline, leading 22 laps and keen up 16 positions.

“Obviously I want to mediate about Simon, you abominate to perceive someone damage love that,” mentioned Daly. “The largest thing is to get him as wholesome as that that it is possible you’ll bear in mind, as quickly as that that it is possible you’ll bear in mind.

“Here is his automobile and his neighborhood of of us and I’m right here to realize essentially the most bright job that I’m able to for this group. I’ve identified Mike [Shank] for a truly long time and I’ve examined for his sports activities automobile group a long time within the past.

“I’ve continually had pretty lots of respect for this organization. It’s an honor to be a segment of this neighborhood and occupy in – we are able to true attain essentially the most bright job that we can.”

Simon Pagenaud, Meyer Shank Racing Honda

Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Photos

MSR is calling the cause within the abet of Pagenaud’s colossal wreck a ‘manufacturer brake failure’, which resulted in a violent series of six and half of barrel rolls at the stop of the 180mph abet straight.

“Before all the pieces, I want to talk to the protection of those cars,” mentioned group owner Mike Shank. “To stroll a ways from an accident love that is great and we is now not going to thank everybody at IndyCar, the AMR IndyCar safety group and the IndyCar clinical group for all the pieces they did to get Simon out and evaluated as swiftly as that that it is possible you’ll bear in mind.

“Here is obviously now not a scenario that we had deliberate for, but everybody at MSR has pitched in to get our backup automobile prepared for Sunday. It’s in actuality Helio’s Indy 500 automobile and the one he won the five hundred with in 2021.

“We possess got to thank Conor for being right here and entering into this, he’s been tidy immense thru the final chaos. Now we are able to get abet on our toes and search what we can attain within the flee.”

Daly will initiate from the abet of the 27-automobile grid.