Wickens up date

[Charlie Spencer]

As someone who's helped his father rehab from hip replacements, I can tell you those 19 floor tiles he covered might as well be the Indy 500. I guarantee he's counting every one of them as a measure of his progress.

Check the muscle atrophy in his lower legs, and the tremble in his right thigh. It's going to take months to get the muscles where they'll support him again, but at least they're functioning!

 

[aunty dive]

Tough Canadian kid.

Go, Robert!

 

[aunty dive]

As someone who's helped his father rehab from hip replacements, I can tell you those 19 floor tiles he covered might as well be the Indy 500. I guarantee he's counting every one of them as a measure of his progress.

Check the muscle atrophy in his lower legs, and the tremble in his right thigh. It's going to take months to get the muscles where they'll support him again, but at least they're functioning!

Both hips. Gotta be strong.

My wife has 2 of those and 1 knee. Knee #2 in April.

She hates me during rehab.

 

[FLRacingFan]

This is awesome.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

That's freakin' beautiful! All the pieces work!!! Hopefully now it's 'just' a matter of building the muscles back up.

 

[Kiante]

Incredible dedication by Robert and the team working around the clock with him. This is nothing short of incredible, I think there will not be a single dry eye once he's back walking under his own power.

Seriously badass.

 

[DanicaFreak]

I mean this guyis gonna have legions more fans than he did....just think WHEN he gets back in a car.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I mean this guyis gonna have legions more fans than he did....just think WHEN he gets back in a car.

I know what you mean,but that's a silver lining that's hardly worth this particular dark cloud.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Charlie Spencer]

No hardware!

 

[DUN24]

Simply awesome. Love seeing this.

 

[DUN24]

https://www.instagram.com/blakesavage762/?hl=en

Here is someone going through something similar. Ex-pro mx racer turned trainer for K-Roc and others. Never met the kid but his family and my family are longtime friends. I've got faith he'll recover the same. It's amazing how much being in world class shape helps with recoveries like this. *nukes hot pocket*

 

[gnomesayin]

Dammit, who's cutting those onions around here?

 

[kkfan91]

 

[Jimmy W1]

Wickens was at the track yesterday. I'll bet it felt good to be back.

 

[Greg]

Simply awesome. Love seeing this.

God bless his fiancee, for staying true.

 

[Jimmy W1]

He was signing autographs, I think Saturday.

 

[Jimmy W1]

God bless his fiancee, for staying true.

I know. That's nice of her. She must be a special person.

 

[gnomesayin]

"What's my excuse?" is pretty much my reaction to all of these videos. Good motivation.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[rd45usa]

Simply amazing!

 

[aunty dive]

 

[TexasRaceLady]

True perseverance.

 

[gnomesayin]

 

[kkfan91]

So awesome to see him driving around Toronto

 

[aunty dive]

Update. My heart breaks for this young man.

 

[DanicaFreak]

Update. My heart breaks for this young man.

If its all possible this guy will drive an indycar again

 

[Charlie Spencer]

While I regret Wick's circumstances, at least he has the resources necessary to recover as completely as possible.

 

[aunty dive]

 

[DanicaFreak]

the Wickens story makes me even more thankful for NASCARs safety rules. Lets be honest though, Indycar by its very nature, mostly open ****pit, tub design, is inherently more dangerous than the 3800 lbs cars in NASCAR.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[aunty dive]

the Wickens story makes me even more thankful for NASCARs safety rules. Lets be honest though, Indycar by its very nature, mostly open ****pit, tub design, is inherently more dangerous than the 3800 lbs cars in NASCAR.

You’re about 600 lbs overweight.

Diet?

 

[gnomesayin]

Wow.

 

[Kiante]

Wow.

This man is beyond badass.

I don't care if he gets back in the car or not, for him to progress the way he has is nothing short of incredible. He's that much closer to walking, I love the constant updates from Robert.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Wow.

Aw, man, those are sweet! Those are military grade, all the way up and all the way down with a straight back! Any DI would be proud of those.

Yeah, my terrier 'helps' too.

 

[Clutch]

Holy smokes! That is amazing.

 

[Magnethead]

Wickens eyes INDYCAR's next virtual race, Saturday at Barber

Canadian driver hopeful of joining talented field, including Jimmie Johnson, for Saturday's 4 p.m. event.

www.indycar.com

Awesome, long article. Snippet:

According to a story posted Friday on RACER.com, Cary and Todd Bettenhausen, the twin sons of longtime Indy car racer Gary Bettenhausen, have helped Wickens get the necessary equipment he's been lacking. Todd designs simulator hardware for SimXperience while Cary operates Indy Simulation at PitFit, an Indianapolis training facility used by Wickens and many other NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers.

“I got a call a couple days ago from Robert, and he said he’d be interested in driving our simulator,” Cary told RACER.com. “So, I got my brother on the line, and we’ve been thrashing to get things ready and received a lot of help to make this thing happen.”

The Bettenhausens converted the iRacing rig from foot to hand controls. Former driver Max Papis provided a steering wheel from his business, and Steve Fusek, who is Takuma Sato’s agent and proprietor of Indy’s only downtown hardware store, loaned the motor to power the steering wheel.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[DanicaFreak]

if wicky is in the next race it will be awesome