Conor Daly sets another lap record in Canada

In rounds three and four of the Ontario Formula Ford Championship held at Shannonville Motorsport Park, Ontario, Canada, Indeck/Cytomax driver Conor Daly scored two podium finishes, and for the second consecutive race weekend, set another new race lap record for the Formula Ford 1600 class. His second and third place finishes keeps him second in the championship.

Daly qualified on the front row of the starting grid for both races and after falling back on the opening lap of race one on Saturday, he battled back and made a last gasp effort to take the lead on the last corner of the last lap, but had to be content with second place. He also set fastest lap of the race.

Race two on Sunday saw Daly start on the outside of the front row where he again fell back to fourth place at the end of lap one. Former champion Shane Jantsi pulled out a commanding lead before a full course yellow bunched up the field. After the restart, Daly hounded second place Matt White before passing him on the penultimate lap. On the last lap Daly reeled in leader Jantsi and in a daring move for the win, made contact with Jantsi at the final corner, which broke Daly’s steering arm. The incident allowed White through to finish second with Daly crossing the line in third place with a deranged front end. His chase of Jantsi netted him a new race lap record.

Daly’s next races will be a double/double when he will contest rounds five and six of both the Ontario Formula Ford 1600 championship and the Skip Barber National Championship to be held in Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, June 14th-15th. Conor Daly PR