Noblesville native Conor Daly didn't understand the contact with Christian Rasmussen during Sunday's race at Portland.

Conor Daly and Christian Rasmussen engaged in a physical battle for position early Sunday in IndyCar 's Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland . Daly got the worst of it. Much worse.

The pair made contact on Lap 13, both briefly leaving the track. On Lap 15, contact resulted in Daly making a high-speed trip into the tires, ending his race.

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"I saw him drive Colton (Herta) almost into the wall on the back straight," Daly said. "He was quite slow, so I tried to pass him into (

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