INDYCAR: Daly to run Clauson tribute livery

Dale Coyne Racing will pay tribute to the late Bryan Clauson with a special No. 88 'BC Forever' livery for Conor Daly at Pocono.

Clauson, who finished 23rd at this year's Indy 500 in a Coyne/Jonathan Byrd's Racing No.88 entry, died from injuries sustained in a crash during the Belleville Midget Nationals on August 6.

"It means a lot to our whole team to be driving the No.88 BC Forever entry this weekend," Daly said.

"I think everyone enjoyed working with Bryan throughout the month of May. Jonathan and David Byrd have sort of accepted us into their family. They already had a big racing program with Bryan and then they added me and Dale Coyne Racing to that as well. It's going to be a great way to pay tribute and obviously a little extra motivation to park it in Victory Lane for Bryan.

"I'm excited for the Pocono event because it's a 500-mile race and another big chance to get a lot of experience on another oval, this time a triangular one. I was at the race at Pocono last year so I saw how crazy the restarts were and how good the racing was, so I'm just looking forward to being a part of that. We've had strong cars at all the superspeedway-package ovals so we're hoping to continue that same trend. We're going there with a lot of unknowns, but I look forward to learning about the place and getting up to speed."