DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After finishing second in September at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Robert Wickens joined a crowded podium ceremony with co-driver Harry Gottsacker. “It’s not how I drew it up in the weeks between IMS and here at Road Atlanta,” Wickens said. Paralyzed from the waist down after a crash in an IndyCar Series race in 2018, Wickens willed his way back into professional racing. After the crash, Wickens knew he still had the skills to compete against other professional racers. “There have been so many remarkable drivers that have succeeded with hand controls,” Wickens said then. Wickens and Gottsacker pieced together a championship without winning a race in the No. “It just goes to show how strong we were as a team,” Wickens said.

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