Jones cleared for COTA after St. Petersburg crash

Ed Jones has been cleared by medical staff and will be able to compete at this weekend's IndyCar Classic at the Circuit of the Americas.

Jones suffered a small non-displaced fracture of the distal fourth metacarpal in his left ring finger in a crash two weeks ago when battling Schmidt Peterson Motorsport's James Hinchcliffe.

Jones met with a hand surgeon in Miami following the season-opener in Miami the race for treatment, leading to it being splinted.

The Ed Carpenter Racing driver was officially given the all-clear by IndyCar medical director Dr. Geoffrey Billows.