IndyCar driver Conor Daly rips fellow racer after hard racing leads to nasty wreck: 'It's inexcusable'

IndyCar driver Conor Daly was involved in a horrifying crash during the Bitnile com Grand Prix of Portland on Sunday afternoon Daly was in an aggressive battle with Christian Rasmussen for a insufficient laps early in the race The two made contact on Lap and then made contact again on Lap However Daly took the brunt of the last touch and was sent crashing into the safety barrier several feet off the track CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMHe pinned the blame on Rasmussen I saw him drive Colton Herta almost into the wall on the back straight Daly explained via Indy Star He was quite slow so I tried to pass him into Turn He drove himself off the track to make sure I drove off the track Not sure of the point of that It's stupid in my opinion He was really slow down the straight and I just passed him and then he just never stopped It's a dangerous corner to try to do that I would say that was an unsafe move I don't understand it Rasmussen disagreed with Daly s assessment of the wreck Well I think that's what you can expect to happen if you try to roll the outside in Turn which is obviously the quickest corner on the track together with me being alongside him he reported WHO IS ALEX PALOU INDY CHAMP ON SUSHI OWNING A COFFEE SHOP NEEDING SLEEP So like I don't know if he just expected me to pull out of it I'm on the inside so I wasn't going to pull out Obviously the race control saw it the same way so I don't know Not much more to add to it Rasmussen did take several of the blame admitting that his wheel touched his side Daly took one more shot at Rasmussen on social media before the day was finished Purposefully wrecking someone in a mph corner is just pure insanity That s not racing It s inexcusable The driving standards for specific are a joke right now That means you Rasmussen he wrote on X Rasmussen finished in th and Daly was th Alex Palou finished in third place wrapping up an IndyCar championship Will Power won the race Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter