Son of former Indy driver wins Hayes Trophy
Published 4:12 pm Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Conor Daly of Noblesville, Ind., the 16-year-old son of former Indy driver Derek Daly, won the Walter Hayes Trophy Formula Ford race in treacherous conditions at the Silverstone track in England.
Sunday’s race capped a very successful foray to England by Daly and fellow 2008 Team USA Scholarship winner Josef Newgarden, a 17-year-old from Hendersonville, Tenn. Two weeks ago, Newgarden became the first American to win the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch.
Daly took the lead on the cold wet day halfway through the race when Scottish Formula Ford champion Graham Carroll slid off the track. He went on to become the youngest driver to win the Hayes trophy, named after one of the originators of the Formula Ford.
