Note: This continues a series of 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES team previews on INDYCAR.com. The season starts Sunday, March 2 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding (noon ET, FOX, FOX Deportes, INDYCAR Radio Network).
Starting Lineup: Sting Ray Robb (No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet), Conor Daly (No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet).
2024 in Review: The team had a decidedly different look with Romain Grosjean and Agustin Canapino, the full-time drivers for the first half of the season. Grosjean started strong by reaching the Firestone Fast Six qualifying round and starting fifth in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. In the season’s second race, Grosjean finished eighth in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The best stretch of his season came in June when he finished seventh in the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America and was fourth in the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He ended the season in 17th place in the standings. Canapino’s second season with the team featured starts in the first 12 races, highlighted by a 12th-place finish in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear. Daly took Canapino’s seat for the final five races of the season, four of which were oval races. Daly finished third in the first Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 and was 10th in the season-ending Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway. Those results helped Juncos Hollinger Racing secure a valuable Leader’s Circle position for 2025. Daly’s other two races were the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, where he drove Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Chevrolet to a 10th-place finish, leading 22 laps, and replacing the injured Jack Harvey (neck) in Dale Coyne Racing’s No. 18 Honda for the Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade, the second race at Iowa Speedway. Robb’s second season in the series was with AJ Foyt Racing, where he drove the No. 41 Chevrolet. He had two standout races, highlighted by a 16th-place finish in the “500” as he led the first 23 laps of his career in the event. Robb also led eight laps and finished a career-best ninth in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway. He ended the season 20th in the standings.
New for ’25: Robb stepping into the No. 77 Chevrolet and Daly going full time in the No. 78 entry gives the Indianapolis-based organization a new look for this season.
Keep an Eye on This: Daly desperately wanted another full-time opportunity in the series and declined an Indy-only opportunity to get this one. If the season goes as planned, it will be Daly’s only second year with the same team for all the races since 2017. Daly has received significant praise in recent years for his prowess on oval tracks, and that’s deserved based on strong drives at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the short tracks. But he cut his teeth on road courses, and his best career series finish is a second in a 2016 race on the Belle Isle circuit in Detroit.
Little-Known Fact: Daly and Robb combined to lead nearly a quarter of last year’s “500,” albeit with teams other than their current employer. Ironically, Daly first got to the lead by passing Robb on Lap 27, and Robb twice took the lead from Daly (Laps 65 and 144). Daly has led the “500” in three of the past four years and has led as many laps at Indy in his career – 69 – as Josef Newgarden, the winner of the past two “500s.”