DENVER – On Sept. 28, at his wedding in Indianapolis, Robert Wickens will dance with his new wife, Karli Woods. Even when he was fully ambulatory, before the catastrophic Aug. 19, 2018, crash at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., that left him a paraplegic, Wickens was never much of a dancer.



But as he painstakingly works his way through his difficult, daily rehabilitation routine at a Denver-area rehab hospital, Wickens swears he will get out of his wheelchair, embrace Karli and move, however imperceptibly, to the beat.



Originally, the wedding song was supposed to be “Perfect,’’ by Ed Sheeran, but circumstances and Wickens’ life have changed dramatically since that decision was made.



It all got turned upside down when IndyCar competitor Ryan Hunter-Reay and Wickens, last year’s rookie of the year, clipped tires in the 2018 ABC Supply 500. Wickens’ Arrow Schmidt Peterson car went soaring into the catch fence, spinning...