ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Conor Daly is hoping to translate his prior track time at Road America into a successful NASCAR Xfinity Series debut with Roush-Fenway Racing this weekend.

Daly, who has raced part-time in the Verizon IndyCar Series this season, will pilot the No. 6 Drive Down A1C/Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang as a teammate to series regular Ryan Reed and part-timer Ty Majeski at the 4.048-mile Wisconsin road course on Saturday.

He has a pole and runner-up at Road America in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition, doing so in 2015 with Performance Tech Motorsports. Daly’s career-best IndyCar result there was a 15th-place effort last year with A.J. Foyt Racing.

The 26-year-old believes his laps around the Road America course will help him acclimate quicker in his stock car debut on Saturday.

“I’ve had a lot of experience at Road America in the past. I’ve won there in Skip Barber National Championship, won there in Pro Mazda and been on the podium there in sports cars,” said Daly. “I’ve had good runs there in IndyCar as well. It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve always enjoyed going there. There are a lot of incredible race fans there and I can’t wait to get started this weekend.”

Like Reed, Daly is a Type 1 diabetic. Daly was diagnosed at age 14 but has continued his racing in spite of the hurdles that diabetes presented him with through the years.

Reed values that connection and is excited to have Daly join the Roush-Fenway team this weekend.

“I think it’s really cool,” Reed said. “It’s pretty special to have two drivers, both with diabetes, supporting each other as teammates and hopefully contending with one another for the win at the end of the day on Saturday.”

The two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series race winner and playoff contender also said he believes Daly will be a threat come race time.

“I think, for Conor, there are a lot of unknowns at to how he’ll do,” explained Reed. “We’ve seen a lot of drivers try the open wheel to stock car transition and I think it takes a different amount of time for each person (to adjust). The good thing for him is that it is on a road course that he has a lot of laps on.

“I fully expect that he’ll be competitive,” Reed added. “He’s been learning and absorbing as much as he can leading into this race, and I think us being friends has helped too. I think it allows him to be more comfortable with us as a team. My expectation is that he does really well and I think we’ll all be working hard to make that happen.”

Daly, however, is going in with no pre-set goals, aside from finishing the race and learning as much as he can along the way.

“This is obviously going to be a whole new experience for me with a very steep learning curve, but I’m excited for the challenge,” Daly noted. “I’ve got two good teammates to try and learn from and hope to just get up to speed as quick as we can and just have a good race day.

“I don’t like to set expectations. I just want to try and learn as much as I can and get a good finish, whatever that might be at the end of the day.”