Josef Newgarden cleared to race at Road America IndyCar round

The American sustained a broken clavicle and right wrist when his Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara-Chevrolet was collected by Conor Daly's spinning Dale Coyne Racing Dallara-Honda in the rain-disrupted Texas Motor Speedway race on June 12.

Newgarden's car was pinned into the wall cockpit-first during the accident.

He was given permission to drive in practice at Road America on Friday before being reassessed by the IndyCar medical team - who gave him the green light to continue.

Having gone 10th and 13th fastest in the two Friday sessions, covering 30 laps in total, Newgarden said he was expecting a competitive weekend.

"We got through a lot of really good things," he said.

"I feel really good about where we are at, we have a really fast car.

"We opted not to do another tyre run at the end and focus on doing more [on Saturday] and to have more tyres later.

"We made some good changes in that session and I would be surprised if we aren't near the top six [on Saturday]."

ECR lined up JR Hildebrand, who had been part of its expanded Indianapolis 500 line-up, to stand in for Newgarden while he recovered, but the substitute was only required for a pre-race test.