Robert Wickens wins first race since 2018 IndyCar crash

Sharing his Hyundai Elantra N with fellow Canadian Mark Wilkins in a two-hour race at Watkins Glen, Wickens won the TCR class of the Michelin Pilot Challenge event for Bryan Herta Autosport.

His last race victory was in September 2017, at the Nurburgring for Mercedes in the DTM.

Due to his spinal cord injury, Wickens races with hand controls for the throttle and brake, although he retains feeling in his legs and can stand for short periods holding a frame.

He drove the first stint, surging from fourth on the grid to the lead after an early pitstop under yellow for new tyres and fuel. Before handing over to Wilkins, he extended his lead to 10s after a charging drive on fresh rubber.

Their car even briefly ran ninth overall in the combined GT4/TCR event, before being shuffled back into the class pack for restarts. A flurry of late yellows meant the Alfa Romeo of Tim Lewis Jr was right on Wilkins’s tail to the checkered flag.

After getting to within 0.3s at one point, Wilkins held on as Wickens from the pits in his wheelchair.

“We’ve been so close to this a number of times this year and it’s been taken away from us through what feels like no fault of our own,” Wickens told NBC after the race.

Hyundai Elantra N Hand Controls enable Robert Wickens to utilize his throttle, brake and shifting inputs for his Elantra N TCR

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