24 Dec From the section Motorsport Share this with Digg Facebook Google LinkedIn Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/46611882 Read more about sharing. Nicci Daly’s speed and skill was a feature of Ireland’s fairytale Hockey World Cup campaign but she’s now using those same traits in a very different sporting arena – the racetrack.Daly, 30, starred for the Irish women’s team as they thrilled their way to a silver medal in London, which has boosted the sport’s popularity in Ireland but she also hopes to encourage more women to get involved in her other passion.Hockey may have provided her with a sporting career, team-mates and glory but the roar of the engines and the buzz of the pit lane will always have a hold on the Dubliner, who is steeped in Irish motorsport.As a little girl, she watched from the paddock at Mondello Park where her late father Vivion raced domestically for over 20 years, and her uncle Derek competed in Formula One in the 1970s and 80s.’The sound, the smells and the adrenaline’Vivion passed away from cancer in 2002 but he left a lasting impact on his daughter, who found a way to remain involved in racing with…