Scooter savvy Nicci Daly adding to rich family racing history

Racing has always been in the blood of Irish hockey legend Nicci Daly, but even in that rich family motorsport tapestry, electric scooter competition is a novel addition.

This weekend, Daly, who also won an All-Star for Dublin in 2009 and played hockey for Ireland, will be in Dubai to take part in the Electric Scooter Cup having competed in the inaugural eSkootr Championship in 2022 for the Carlin team.

Her desire to race competitively shouldn't come as surprise given that she is the niece of Derek Daly, who raced in 64 F1 Grands Prix, while her father Vivion raced in Formula Ford. Daly is also a cousin of Conor Daly, who has competed extensively in the IndyCar Series.

She also holds a masters degree in motorsport engineering and has worked as a data engineer previously for Juncos Racing in America.

"It’s something I’m a little bit used to now (being called an e-scooter racer) because I spent all of last year racing the electric scooters," Daly told 2FM’s Game On.

"This year we didn’t get to do a lot of racing but we’re back in Dubai this weekend competing. It’s great.

"I still don’t really, I suppose, think of myself as a full-blown racer; I’m very much always a hockey player at heart and a Gaelic footballer.

"I’m excited, I really enjoy the racing because obviously racing has been a huge part of my family growing up, albeit not on scooters.

"Just getting to be involved in any type of racing is always something I wanted to be involved in."

"It’s always been something I’ve been really passionate about growing up," she added.

"I’ve always looked up to my Dad and Derek in what they’d achieved in motorsport.

"Coming from Ireland, where it’s such a small sport, and what they managed to do. Derek made it all the way to the top of the