LEXINGTON, Ohio — Felix Rosenqvist and Rinus VeeKay returned to their vehicles at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course on Friday after each IndyCar drivers have been sidelined by accidents.

Rosenqvist missed two races after a crash final month in Detroit. He mentioned Friday he went by IndyCar’s concussion protocol after he was not cleared by the league to race June 20 at Highway America.

“You solely have one mind,” the Swedish driver mentioned. “It would not actually imply I’ve a concussion. However one thing may very well be unsuitable and so they can not take the prospect.”

Rosenqvist was hospitalized in a single day following a June 12 crash at Detroit. He missed the doubleheader race the subsequent day, which was gained by Arrow McLaren SP teammate Pato O’Ward in Rosenqvist’s honor.

VeeKay, in the meantime, missed just one race following June 15 surgical procedure on a damaged collarbone ensuing from a fall from his bicycle throughout a coaching trip. He spent a day within the Chevrolet simulator this week to check the vary of movement in his left shoulder.

“Yeah, able to race and able to win,” the 20-year-old Dutchman mentioned. “I really feel assured. I used to be first a bit bit fearful about possibly my neck could be painful with the stress, with the G-forces, however I’ve carried out some neck coaching and felt nothing, really feel tremendous robust.

“Positively no worries, and so long as I do not go overhead with my arms, it will be wonderful. So if I cheer going previous the checkered flag first, I’ve bought to throw up my proper hand as an alternative of my left hand.”

VeeKay dropped from fifth to sixth within the standings after lacking Highway America and trails IndyCar championship chief Alex Palou by 106 factors heading into Sunday’s race at Mid-Ohio. He mentioned he wasn’t involved with the championship with eight races remaining.

“I simply need to get again within the high 5 within the championship and simply do the perfect I can and present some nice racing and naturally attempt to win each weekend,” he mentioned. “It is undoubtedly going to be robust to catch up, however that is probably not any of my worries. I am simply going to present all of it and see the place I find yourself.”

Rosenqvist dropped from twentieth to twenty fourth by lacking two races and crashing 22 laps into the race at Detroit. Taylor Kiel, president of the group, mentioned Rosenqvist was hitting his stride in his first season with AMSP when he was injured.

“We lastly felt like we have been turning the nook in Detroit. We have to flip the nook, and it is a actually good place to do it,” Kiel mentioned. “I do know the potential is there and Felix is feeling nicely.”

Mid-Ohio is a 2.258-mile, 13-turn course for the fifteenth consecutive 12 months. Will Power and Colton Herta every gained final 12 months when the occasion was a doubleheader.

The monitor hosted 22 races for CART/Champ Automotive till 2003, when Paul Tracy gained the ultimate occasion. Mid-Ohio held few main racing collection once more till IndyCar debuted in 2007. NASCAR added the course to its second-tier Xfinity Sequence schedule in 2013.