Robert Wickens will be back behind the wheel this weekend to compete in IMSA's Grand Prix of Long Beach. Just 7 years after an accident at IndyCar's 2018 visit to Pocono that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

In 2022, Wickens returned to racing in IMSA's Michelin Pilot Challenge, a support series to IMSA's Weatertech Championship. The following year he won the title in the TCR Class. This weekend will be the first time he returns to IMSA's top series since competing in the 2017 Rolex 24 in the Protoype Challenge Class.

He will be driving the DXDT Racing #36 Corvette together with Tommy Milner in the GTD class. The car is equipped with a hand-controlled throttle and braking system developed by Bosch and Pratt Miller.

Below, a video where Robert himself explains how the controls in his car work.

This system isn't tied to the Corvette, which means that it could be converted to any other race car and potentially even to road cars in the future.

His next goal will be to compete in the IMSA WeaterTech series full-time in 2026, for now he will compete in all sprint events this season.

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Robert Wickens will be back behind the wheel this weekend to compete in IMSA’s Grand Prix of Long Beach. Just 7 years after an accident at IndyCar’s 2018 visit to Pocono that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

In 2022, Wickens returned to racing in IMSA’s Michelin Pilot Challenge, a support series to IMSA’s Weatertech Championship. The following year he won the title in the TCR Class. This weekend will be the first time he returns to IMSA’s top series since competing in the 2017 Rolex 24 in the Protoype Challenge Class.

He will be driving the DXDT Racing #36 Corvette together with Tommy Milner in the GTD class. The car is equipped with a hand-controlled throttle and braking system developed by Bosch and Pratt Miller.

Below, a video where Robert himself explains how the controls in his car work.

This system isn’t tied to the Corvette, which means that it could be converted to any other race car and potentially even to road cars in the future.

His next goal will be to compete in the IMSA WeaterTech series full-time in 2026, for now he will compete in all sprint events this season.

(The video embed works on desktop but on mobile you will have to log in to vimeo)

FORMULA E | AN INTRO TO SEASON 11

An introduction to Formula E of over 16K words.

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Hi everyone, happy race week! After the past few seasons, I am back with an updated Formula E intro! A lot of work went into this.. pls try to be nice to me lol.

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The ACO's global endurance racing ladder

I was asked by @historygeek12 on a short explainer for ELMS' support series, this has gotten slightly longer than expected (oops). But hope this helps!

Similarly to the FIA Global Pathway (from Karting to Formula One) the ACO has their own Endurance Racing ladder designed to help aspiring drivers to one day compete at the 24H of Le Mans. Part of this ladder, are ELMS and its support series.

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Formula E Season 1: 2015 Miami E-Prix

Nina Gademan described her crash on Dutch TV and said a kerb stone launched her car into the air where she then landed again and hit the wall rather hard. Completely breaking the car in half.

I tbink we should kill nosebleeds

Formula E Season 1: 2015 Miami E-Prix

The 1965 Indianapolis 500 was the 49th running of the race. It was run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Monday, May 31, 1965. In total domination, race winner Jim Clark led 190 out of the 200 laps (A.J. Foyt would lead the other 10), and won in the first rear-engined car at Indy. His pit crew for the race were the Wood Brothers of NASCAR, who were hired by Lotus due to their efficiency in pit lane.

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