With the Indianapolis 500 seat Conor Daly took from 29th to 10th a year ago handed to fellow IndyCar veteran Jack Harvey, Daly said Wednesday on his ‘Speed Street’ podcast that he is fighting for his racing life in the coming weeks.
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There was a time a few months ago where Daly’s aim was to be racing full-time somewhere else entirely. His initial proposal for funding from Polkadot, the blockchain technology run by its community of ‘Dot holders’, for 2025 called for a $7.5 million budget, according to the proposal summary viewed by IndyStar. The seven-figure sum would’ve been put toward primary sponsorship of a full 33-race Xfinity series campaign ($4.3 million) — with Sam Hunt Racing — as well as a 500 one-off return to Dreyer and Reinbold Racing ($1.5 million), where he ran with alongside Ryan Hunter-Reay a year ago in May.
— Indy Star —