IndyCar: Robert Wickens undergoes arm, leg surgeries

By Asher Fair | Aug 24, 2018

FORT WORTH, TX - JUNE 08: Robert Wickens, driver of the #6 Lucas Oil SPM Honda, stands on the grid following practice for the Verizon IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 8, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

Robert Wickens has undergone arm and leg surgeries following his horrific accident in this past Sunday’s IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway.

After undergoing surgery on his spine earlier this week at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pennsylvania to stabilize a fracture associated with a spinal cord injury that he suffered as a result of a nasty wreck in this past Sunday’s IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens underwent surgeries on his right arm and lower extremities.

According to IndyCar.com, the surgeries performed on Wickens’s right arm and lower extremities took place without complications, although the extent of the spinal cord injury that he suffered is not yet known.

Wickens also reportedly underwent a series of precautionary tests that did not result in the finding of any further injuries. He is set to continue to undergo corrective surgeries and rehabilitation in the coming days and weeks.

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What is known at this time is the unfortunate fact that the 29-year-old Canadian will not be competing in any of the remaining there races of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season at Gateway Motorsports Park, Portland International Raceway and Sonoma Raceway.

In the first 14 races of the season, Wickens recorded 10 top 10 finishes, seven top five finishes and four podium finishes, including two career-high second place finishes in the races at ISM Raceway and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He sits in sixth in the championship standings with 391 points.

Wickens was injured as a result of a horrific crash on lap seven of the 200-lap ABC Supply 500 at the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania this past Sunday.

After jumping from sixth to fourth place in turn one following the restart on lap seven, he had a run of Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, who restarted in fourth but also got a great jump following the restart, for third going into turn two. The #6 Honda of Wickens and the #28 Honda of Hunter-Reay made slight contact, sending the #28 Honda spinning toward the wall.

The #6 Honda was taken with the #28 Honda up the track before the former was lifted on top of the latter and above the SAFER barrier and into the catch fence, sending it into a violent spin that did not end until several seconds after it landed back on the track, during which time three more drivers got caught up in the wreck.

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Our thoughts and prayers remain with Robert Wickens and his friends and family as he begins this recovery process on the road to what will hopefully be a speedy and full recovery from his injuries.