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Flash.(Briefs)(automobile racing world)
Da Matta improving
Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta continues to make significant progress as he recovers at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisconsin.
Da Matta struck a deer during a test session at Road America on Aug. 3. He has become more responsive to verbal commands and audible stimuli, and is moving his arms and legs regularly. Da Matta has been transferred from the intermediate care unit to a regular hospital room.
Smokin'
World land speed record holder Andy Green, the RAF wing commander who went supersonic at more than 763 mph in the jet-powered Thrust SSC on the Black Rock Desert in 1997, now has a wheel-driven record to add to his portfolio.
Green drove the JCB Dieselmax, equipped with two four-cylinder turbodiesel engines (one for each end of the car), to a two-way, FIA-certified average of 350.092 mph, the fastest ever for a diesel-powered vehicle, on Aug. 23 at Bonneville Speedway. This topped his own FIA record of 328 mph set less than 24 hours earlier, supplanting the FIA mark of 235.756 mph set by American Virgil Snyder in 1973. Check for our full report next week.
Speed safe
- Champ Car's da Matta remains hospitalized after colliding with deer.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire August 4, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: ARON HELLER Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta remained hospitalized...A native of Brazil, da Matta left Champ Car after winning the championship...sixth in three races. Da Matta returned to Champ Car last year to win a race...
- Former champ Da Matta looking at Champ Car return.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 5, 2004 700+ words
...champion Cristiano da Matta hopes to return to the Newman/Haas Champ Car team next year after...to be was here," da Matta said on Friday at...early December. Da Matta said he had spent...organizing Sunday's Champ Car series finale here...
- Source: da Matta back in Champ Car for 2005.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 31, 2005 700+ words
...Former series champion Cristiano da Matta is returning to the Champ Car World Series after two seasons...Tuesday, the source said. Da Matta, released midway through 2004...Vasser. The 31-year-old da Matta spent four years in what was...
- Da Matta scores first victory of return to Champ car.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire June 20, 2005 700+ words
...PETERSON Cristiano da Matta cruised to victory in the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland...to Formula One. Da Matta, the 2002 champion of Champ Car, finished 10...electrical trouble. Da Matta, who returned to Champ Car and is now driving...
- Champ Car Da Matta critical after crash.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack August 4, 2006 700+ words
...Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Champ Car World Series driver Cristiano da Matta was in critical condition...into the cockpit, and da Matta smashed into the tire barrier...Wis.) Press reported. Da Matta, who left Champ Car to race for Toyota in Formula...
- Champ Car's Da Matta improving.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) September 8, 2006 700+ words
...Terry Blount Sep. 8--Da Matta improving after severe head injury Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta continues to show amazing...America in Wisconsin. Da Matta has regained his ability...past several days," Champ Car medical director Chris...
- Da Matta says he's almost 100 percent healthy.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 29, 2006 700+ words
...deer, then it's all a blank," he said. Da Matta has 12 career Champ Car victories, including four straight wins in his championship winning season of 2002. Da Matta left Champ Car after winning the title and drove for the Toyota...
- da Matta back in gear, wins provisional pole.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire June 25, 2005 700+ words
...TOM WITHERS Cristiano da Matta is quickly getting back...After winning his first Champ Car race in three years last weekend, da Matta won the provisional pole...series championship. Da Matta left the Champ Car circuit after 2002 to...
- Da Matta hospitalized after colliding with deer.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire August 4, 2006 700+ words
...MARK STEVENSON Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta needed surgery to...Steve Shunck said. Champ Car Director of Medical...hospital showed da Matta had a subdural hematoma...in three races. Da Matta returned to Champ Car last year to win...
- Passionate da Matta's world changes in the blink of an eye.(race car driver...
- News wire article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) Brudenell, Mike August 8, 2006 700+ words
...Thursday. In 2002, da Matta won the Champ Car title for Newman...efforts in 28 starts. Da Matta, who lives in Miami, returned to Champ Car last year, frustrated...NASCAR. Last year, da Matta, who has 12 Champ Car wins, drove for PKV...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flash.(Briefs)(automobile racing world)