IndyCar's Wilson will return home after fracturing pelvis

Jeff Olson | Special for USA TODAY Sports

FONTANA, Calif. — Justin Wilson will return to his home in Longmont, Colo., following hospitalization for injuries sustained Saturday during a crash in the IndyCar season finale.

Wilson, 34, was transported from Auto Club Speedway to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, Calif., for treatment of three non-operable pelvic fractures and a small pulmonary contusion. He was held overnight for further observation, according to Dr. Michael Olinger, IndyCar's medical director.

Team owner Dale Coyne visited Wilson in the hospital.

"Justin is in good spirits," Coyne said. "The doctors say he will be six to eight weeks of non-load bearing on his right leg before he can start rehab. Knowing Justin, he will be back on his mountain bike before you know it."

Wilson told indycar.com on Sunday that his car got caught on a seam in the track that pitched the car into the wall. Tristan Vautier's car struck Wilson's from the side.

"It just wiggled and I tried to catch it but it just came around," Wilson said. "I was not where I needed to be on the angle of the exit and if you get that wrong then the aerodynamics and the track seams can really get you and they certainly did."

Simona de Silvestro, Josef Newgarden, Oriol Servia and James Jakes also were involved in the crash. None of them suffered injuries. De Silvestro was able to continue racing.

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Younger brother and racer Stefan Wilson tweeted Sunday afternoon, "Will be by JWs side all way until we get him home. Upgraded from walker to crutches, and complaining of hospital food… he's recovering fast!"

Justin Wilson broke his back in August 2011.

Vautier said he didn't see Wilson before he hit him. Other drivers did but in an effort to avoid Wilson, they collided with each other.

"I guess I was the first guy to see him spinning," Newgarden said. "It seemed kind of bad on my right side. The big thing for me was just to get out of (Wilson's) way. I didn't want to T-Bone him. Unfortunately I collected Servia.

"If everyone's safe, that's the best thing we can hope for right now."

Said Servia: "I was just behind, and I saw (Wilson) getting loose. Josef tried to miss Justin and collected me. It was just one of those things where we're all fighting for real estate and what can you do."

The accident comes two weeks after four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti broke his back, his right wrist and suffered a concussion when his car sailed into the catchfence, sending debris and a piece of fencing into the crowd, in an Oct. 6 crash in Houston.

Stefan Wilson tweeted late Saturday night that Justin had a small fracture to his pelvis but his back looked OK on a cat scan. He also said Justin would have an MRI to further check his back.

Earlier, Stefan Wilson tweeted that Justin was ok and was getting X-rays.

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