Dale Coyne says he was impressed with Conor Daly’s performance on the Indianapolis road course which saw the DCR driver lead for 14 laps. The #18 Dale Coyne Racing-Honda fell to sixth place by the checkered flag, but team owner Coyne told Motorsport.com that Daly’s pass for the lead on Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves following a restart had made it a memorable performance. “Any time you can pass Helio at Indianapolis is a good day!” joked Coyne. “But I knew we had a chance when Helio bunched the field coming to the green. “He had slowed down too much, and then he got wheelspin when he hit the gas, so Conor had more momentum and was able to slipstream him down the straight.”...
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