Wickens, 33, suffered a severe spinal cord injury in an IndyCar crash at Pocono in 2018. He returned to racing last season in the IMSA Challenge series with Hyundai’s factory-backed Bryan Herta Autosport team.
Having been a frontrunner and won races in his Elantra N TCR car, the Canadian is looking for an opportunity to return to a premier division of the sport – and has set his sights on the Indy 500 in 2024.
He finished ninth in his sole previous attempt in 2018 prior to his life-changing accident.
“I think doing the Indy 500 would just be an amazing opportunity,” Wickens told Autosport.
“If I can get on the grid in 2024 for the Indy 500, it will be 108th running of the race, and there's never been someone [racing] with a disability.
“I never thought that would be my legacy. But if that's what it is, I think it'd be a pretty cool thing to do. And it'd be great for spinal cord awareness.
“I think it'd be great for any person struggling with something, to show that you can achieve anything in life if you have a great support system, and a lot of hard work and a positive attitude.”
Wickens suffered horrendous injuries in the Pocono crash that included a spinal cord injury, thoracic spinal fracture, neck fracture, tibia and fibula fractures to both legs, fractures in both hands, a fractured right forearm, fractured elbow, a concussion, four fractured ribs and a pulmonary contusion.
Source: Autosport