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Welcome home, Cristiano.(Competition)
Best news of the Champ Car weekend: A walking, talking, joking Cristiano da Matta flew home to Miami Sept. 22. On Aug. 3, RuSport driver da Matta was testing at Road America when he struck a deer that ran onto the track. He was airlifted to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisconsin, in a coma. Da Matta's brain injury was so severe that his life was in jeopardy, and even if he lived, doctors advised family that he might never awaken.
Surgeons removed a third of da Matta's skull, which allowed his swelling brain to expand. Doctors did not replace that portion of his skull until a week before da Matta was released from the hospital. His recovery is "just amazing," said Paul ...
- 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 remains in a coma: He's in intensive care after brain surgery.
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) August 5, 2006 700+ words
...that left Cristiano da Matta in a coma, Champ Car's top official on site said Friday. Da Matta, 32, remained unconscious...Chris Pinderski, Champ Car's director of medical...he understood that da Matta was to be kept in a...
- CRISTIANO'S COMEBACK; Da Matta races on, two years after a life-threatening...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek Smith, Steven Cole August 11, 2008 700+ words
...to Cristiano da Matta two years ago...front of his Champ Car as he tested...happen. In May, da Matta joined his friend and fellow Champ Car champion Jimmy...the former Champ Car medical director, told da Matta that he could...
- Race car driver's recovery called a miracle: Da Matta collided with deer at...
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) September 23, 2006 700+ words
...Johnson said Friday. Da Matta, a 33-year-old Brazilian, won the Champ Car World Series title...forestland. The Champ Car series returned...practice opened, da Matta boarded a private...out." With the Champ Car community racing...friends visited da ...
- Crash with a deer hospitalizes da matta.(Competition)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek August 14, 2006 700+ words
...AutoWeek goes to press Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta, the 2002 series champion...process continues.'' Da Matta struck the deer while...in preparation for Champ Car's Sept. 24 race...Telemetry suggests da Matta was traveling at less...
- DA MATTA MAKING PROGRESS.(Competition)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek August 21, 2006 700+ words
Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta, 32, continues...see page 32), Champ Car medical director...helped to stabilize da Matta, who was unconscious...there is no doubt da Matta won't be back for the four remaining Champ Car races this year...
- Da Matta makes 'daily progress'.
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) August 21, 2006 700+ words
...Aug. 21--Injured Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta has not completely...according to his team. Da Matta has been hospitalized...weeks ago," said Champ Car medical director Chris...Sunday by RuSport, da Matta's team. "We will...
- Da Matta shows improvement.
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) August 17, 2006 700+ words
...Dave Kallmann Aug. 17--Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta, injured in a collision with...seeing the driver Wednesday. Da Matta, 32, suffered a serious head...first major racing weekend since da Matta's accident. Support series...
Source: HighBeam Research, Welcome home, Cristiano.(Competition)