After working through all levels of car racing up to Formula 1, Mike Conway could not quite make it into the flagship motorsport discipline, settling for a third driver seat with Honda.  The Kent native then crossed the Atlantic, finding refuge in IndyCar.  Unfortunately, a serious accident on the last lap of the Indianapolis 500 in 2010 forced him to rest and heal his wounds.  The following year, again in Indianapolis, following another incident this time without injury, Mike Conway decided not to run on ovals.

This decision slowed his career and the British hopeful had to bounce back in order to avoid saying goodbye to his career in motorsport.  He turned to endurance racing and Simon Dowson, team-manager of the Delta-ADR team, who hired him to support Roman Rusinov and John Martin in the Oreca-Nissan of G-Drive Racing in 2013.  Good move as the No. 26 car monopolized first place in the LM P2 class four times during the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)!

His performances caught the eye of Toyota Racing, officials, who proposed he be their 2014 reserve driver.  Good news comes in twos, Mike Conway will take on a (nearly) full IndyCar schedule in 2014.  He will take over for Ed Carpenter, the owner-driver of Ed Carpenter Racing, who intends to focus solely on oval racing.

A new career, new equipment:  Mike Conway got his helmet today and the Toyota Racing firesuit awaits him.  Testing of the new TS040 car, for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans  (ticket information) can begin!

Cécile Bonardel / ACO  - Translated by Rainier Ehrhardt / ACO

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