Yahoo Autos IndyCar clears Robb to race in Toronto
Sting Ray Robb has been cleared by IndyCar Medical to race this weekend in Toronto. His A.J. Foyt Racing team is also ready to compete with a new No. 41 Chevy for Robb after the assembly of a new chassis was required following the Idahoan’s wild flight and crash on Sunday at Iowa Speedway.
“Considering the impact and the magnitude of that event, I feel very, very grateful to be where I’m at today,” Robb said. “As I went flying through the air, I was actually not that afraid. I was waiting for the piercing of some debris or something. It just didn’t come.”
“Huge shout out to the AMR Safety Team and IndyCar Medical. They were on top of the car before I was even stopped, I think. Yeah, very, very grateful for all their support, the host event, things we’ve been going through to make sure I’m alright. We’re cleared for Toronto, which is awesome and exciting. It’s surprising considering the magnitude of that impact. Very, very grateful.
“Getting back in the car at Toronto, I think, is the best thing for me. When you get kicked off the saddle that hard, you want to get back on as quick as you can to keep the momentum going.”
Team principal Larry Foyt credited his exhausted crew for getting a fresh car ready for the sophomore driver after his primary No. 41 chassis was battered during the multiple landings.
“We did go to a different car for Toronto,” Foyt told RACER. “We had a backup car that was pretty close to complete. I think the biggest thing we were just waiting for was, we had to get a different engine and hybrid unit. So they got that in this morning, and they’re loading the truck right now.”
Foyt had plenty of praise for the squad of mechanics who work under team manager Craig Brooks.
“I think the quality of our group and the guys we have are a big part of why we are better, and we’re just trying to have that mindset and just be ready for anything,” he said. “It is a little tough, especially after this week after week stretch of the summer here that, a lot of times, has been a big weakness for us.
“But I think we’ve shown that as a team, we’re able to even roll with some punches here. It just speaks volumes of the guys we’ve got right now. They’re real racers and they’ll do whatever it takes.”
