Gommendy cleared to race

The PKV Racing driver, who crashed out in first qualifying at least weekend's Grand Prix of Edmonton and had to miss the race, went to Indy for a check-over, where Trammell was able to discover that the edemas around thoracic vertebrae 11 and 12 were milder than initially thought.

Mark Johnson, PKV's team manager said: "Dr Trammell has warned Tristan that there is still going to be some pain, but he felt confident putting him back in the car this weekend. It's good news for us.

"We were in a real conundrum last weekend, but decided to err on the side of caution, and looking back, I think that was right."

In Edmonton, Mario Dominguez was drafted into Gommendy's car from Sunday morning warm-up. The Mexican had to start the race from the back of the grid having not qualified the car, but he eventually went out with an engine failure.

Despite Gommendy's return to PKV, Dominguez will be racing a Champ Car again this weekend, subbing for Ryan Dalziel at Pacific Coast Motorsports.

The Scot, who qualified 11th and eighth respectively in the last two races, fell from his bike on Tuesday and broke his collarbone.