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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden has been cleared to race Sunday at Road America, two weeks after breaking his right collarbone in a scary crash at Texas.
Newgarden was hurt in a race on June 12 after his car slammed on its side and slid along the frontstretch wall with the top of the cockpit exposed.
He returned to his car on Friday for practice at Road America. Newgarden was cleared by IndyCar after medical personnel evaluated him after each of two practice sessions.
Newgarden had the 15th best combined average practice speed on the day at 139.088 mph.
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Newgarden also hurt his right wrist in the wreck. He said after the morning practice run that his collarbone held up relatively, though both his hands hurt.
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