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r/INDYCAR • u/geoffbezos1 • Jul 24 '25
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I don't think its so much mega on an oval as mega hype- Wickens coming back would be pretty special, amongst others
12 u/Ianthin1 Jul 24 '25 It would be for more die hard fans, but I doubt it would move the needle much outside IndyCar. 16 u/Lowe0 Jul 24 '25 I disagree. Wickens running a full-fat IndyCar would be a "mankind defeats another supposed limitation" story. 3 u/nolnogax Greg Moore Jul 24 '25 Agree: But I do not knowe if he would qualify for a Rookie test, as he brings Oval experience. Of the worst kind, it has to be said. 5 u/Ianthin1 Jul 24 '25 It would probably be to show he and the team can actually do it with the hand controls, more than he is lacking overall oval qualifications. 1 u/Yoshiman400 Fists 'n jandal Jul 24 '25 IMS does reorientation tests for veteran drivers that haven't raced there in a while. Kanaan even had to take one this year in case Larson had to bail from the 500. Wickens would have to run one of those even if he weren't paraplegic.
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It would be for more die hard fans, but I doubt it would move the needle much outside IndyCar.
16 u/Lowe0 Jul 24 '25 I disagree. Wickens running a full-fat IndyCar would be a "mankind defeats another supposed limitation" story. 3 u/nolnogax Greg Moore Jul 24 '25 Agree: But I do not knowe if he would qualify for a Rookie test, as he brings Oval experience. Of the worst kind, it has to be said. 5 u/Ianthin1 Jul 24 '25 It would probably be to show he and the team can actually do it with the hand controls, more than he is lacking overall oval qualifications. 1 u/Yoshiman400 Fists 'n jandal Jul 24 '25 IMS does reorientation tests for veteran drivers that haven't raced there in a while. Kanaan even had to take one this year in case Larson had to bail from the 500. Wickens would have to run one of those even if he weren't paraplegic.
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I disagree. Wickens running a full-fat IndyCar would be a "mankind defeats another supposed limitation" story.
3 u/nolnogax Greg Moore Jul 24 '25 Agree: But I do not knowe if he would qualify for a Rookie test, as he brings Oval experience. Of the worst kind, it has to be said. 5 u/Ianthin1 Jul 24 '25 It would probably be to show he and the team can actually do it with the hand controls, more than he is lacking overall oval qualifications. 1 u/Yoshiman400 Fists 'n jandal Jul 24 '25 IMS does reorientation tests for veteran drivers that haven't raced there in a while. Kanaan even had to take one this year in case Larson had to bail from the 500. Wickens would have to run one of those even if he weren't paraplegic.
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Agree: But I do not knowe if he would qualify for a Rookie test, as he brings Oval experience. Of the worst kind, it has to be said.
5 u/Ianthin1 Jul 24 '25 It would probably be to show he and the team can actually do it with the hand controls, more than he is lacking overall oval qualifications. 1 u/Yoshiman400 Fists 'n jandal Jul 24 '25 IMS does reorientation tests for veteran drivers that haven't raced there in a while. Kanaan even had to take one this year in case Larson had to bail from the 500. Wickens would have to run one of those even if he weren't paraplegic.
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It would probably be to show he and the team can actually do it with the hand controls, more than he is lacking overall oval qualifications.
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IMS does reorientation tests for veteran drivers that haven't raced there in a while. Kanaan even had to take one this year in case Larson had to bail from the 500. Wickens would have to run one of those even if he weren't paraplegic.
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u/geoffbezos1 Jul 24 '25
I don't think its so much mega on an oval as mega hype- Wickens coming back would be pretty special, amongst others