LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly seven years after he was paralyzed in an IndyCar crash, Robert Wickens will return to elite competition on Saturday when he drives a Corvette in the IMSA sports car race on the downtown streets of Long Beach.
Wickens has raced since the crash at Pocono left him paralyzed from the chest down but considers the IMSA event a true completion of his comeback.
“My goal from the outset of this was to get back to the highest levels of motorsport again. I’ve always seen that (IMSA) is the highest level of sports car racing here in North America,” Wickens said.