Rolex - Time Keeps Ticking

Rolex prides itself in producing watches that last forever. So it just makes sense that the races do as well. It is rumored that they actually lost the green flag during the race and figured they could get by without it.

Too bad, but I need to switch over to the IRL coverage now.....

It was great to see Christiano out there. I cannot wait to see him racing again. During an interview he still sounded a little concerned about getting back into a car, but who can blame him.

Da Matta Confirmed for Laguna Seca

Cristiano da Matta will take the final step in his amazing recovery this May by returning to auto racing less then two years after a life threatening crash at Road America. Da Matta will partner with Jimmy Vasser, his former ChampCar teammate, in a Grand-Am Rolex sports car race taking place at Laguna Seca. He has already begun testing for GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and feels that all of his old skills are back. “Even driving a new car for the first time, that was something that I was able to quickly do, to figure out how it worked, what I need to do.”

In August of 2006, da Matta was testing at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin when he hit a deer crossing the track just after turn 5. He sustained major head injuries in the crash and had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital. There, da Matta spent more than a month slowly making progress towards an eventual full recovery. Doctors finally cleared him to return to auto racing earlier this year.

Welcome back, Cristiano!