Conor Daly says that the team gained good knowledge on the opening day of practice at The Thermal Club in California on Friday.
The Noblesville native who has a new primary sponsor in the form of Cyclum NEXT GEN Travel Centers commented saying:
“Well, I think it was really nice to get back out there and get some changes in. The track certainly is it’s a challenge, and I think it’s going to present everyone a couple of new battles with how the weight distribution is now. But I was really happy with how we progressed through the session and picked up a huge amount of time on the reds. Made a little mistake the last corner that cost us a couple of tenths, but good knowledge, good learning for us. Excited for tomorrow to keep going.”
Daly ended the day in 20th place. Sting Ray in the No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet was 15th and speaking following the action he said:
“First day here at Thermal, I think, went smoothly. Not a lot of track time with red flags and another car catching on fire, but I think that we rolled off with a decent package. There’s still some room to go. I think that we’re a bit closer on time sheets than I think we should be, but that’s a good problem to have. I’m optimistic for the qualifying tomorrow, and I’m excited to see what other options we can get going for the car going faster but it looks good and feels good.”