the clash

Van Halen live '79 Dance The Night Away

How About a Little Van Halen..."Not Van Hagar!" From VHII, Dance The Night Away Live

MAS PERROS...MORE RANDOM DOG PICS

Joining "El Gordo" and Tiny Tina is Julius/Julio my brothers Doberman

Denver Champ Car Race: Paul Tracy Is Nuts:

Damn.....what a crazy finish! Allmendinger nails the win, but P.T. does a banzai move on Bourdais on the last corner taking them both out. Read about race results, P.T. vs. Bourdais, Robin Miller Says Graham Rahal to Newman Haas in 2007

Los Abandoned

More Random Race Pics

ITS ALL GOOD AT THE TORONTO MOLSON INDY 2005!


BEER AT SEBRING 2006


MOCKING NATTY AT ROAD AMERICA 2004


ANGRY MIDGET

Champ Car: Cristiano DaMatta Seriously Hurt

Get Well Shorty!

Da Matta Saved by Quick Response
Written by: Robin Miller Indianapolis, Ind. – 8/6/2006


Quick response and excellent treatment gave Cristiano da Matta every chance to survive his freakish accident last week at Elkhart Lake and, thankfully, the 2002 CART champion is going to live.

But how soon the 32-year-old Brazilian recovers from his severe head injury and to what extent is impossible to predict, according to Dr. Chris Pinderski and Dr. Steve Olvey.

"Everybody did a great job, from our safety team to the surgeon in Wisconsin (Randall Johnson) and Cristiano's conditions has stabilized so now he's in the recovery phase," said Pinderski, the medical director for Champ Car who intubated da Matta before he was placed in the helicopter for his emergency trip to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wis.

"But now we've got him completely sedated and we're allowing the brain to reset itself so it's going to be several days before we know much more."

Da Matta was testing at Road America and running approximately 100 mph when a deer jumped into the path of his car and caromed into the cockpit. That contact created violent accelerations to the brain. It caused the brain to bleed and swell and required immediate surgery to alleviate the pressure.

"Cristiano suffered an acute subdural hematoma and if there had been any delay in getting him into surgery he probably wouldn't have made it," said Olvey, a critical care specialist and director of Neuro Science at the University of Miami, who along with Dr. Terry Trammell, revolutionized safety in auto racing during the 1980s and 1990s.

"The prognosis is much improved with surgery in four to six hours like he was able to receive."

It's a scenario similar to what happened to Roberto Guerrero in 1987. While tire testing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a suspension failure sent him into the second-turn wall and his right front tire came back and caught Guerrero in the head. Initially, the prognosis looked bleak.

"Roberto was in a coma for three weeks," said Olvey, whose radical steroid treatments were credited with reducing the swelling and saving the Colombian driver's life. "But when he finally woke up he recognized his wife and everybody else in his life. Two months later he was driving a passenger car and a month after that he was playing golf. Six months after his accident he almost won the CART race at Phoenix.

"Obviously, it was a remarkable recovery. All head injuries are different and right now it's just one of those wait and see situations.

"But it's not hopeless."

How To Trash A 1.5 Million Dollar Ferrari

Provo driver crashes his $1.3M Ferrari during road rally
By Mark Havnes and Lisa RosettaFrom
Salt Lake City Tribune
Posted: 4:57:51 PM- MILFORD - A Provo man touring the state in a $1.3 million Ferrari as part of the four-day Utah Fast Pass Road Rally - which involves the Utah Highway Patrol shutting down portions of roads so participants can "open up" their cars - was injured Wednesday morning when he crashed about 27 miles north of Milford.
Richard Losee was one of 30 drivers of exotic sport cars who paid $5,000 apiece to participate in the rally and was on a stretch of State Route 257 when he lost control of his car.
Lt. Doug McCleve, a UHP spokesman, said Losee was flown to Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo after the 10 a.m. accident and admitted with fractured bones.
The Utah Fast Pass Road Rally, organized by Larry Miller's Miller Motorsports Park for the Honoring Heroes Foundation, raises funds to help families of UHP troopers killed or injured in the line of duty.
The 2003 Enzo Ferrari, traveling at about 100 mph, was torn to pieces during the crash. After veering off the road, the car lost its transmission and V-12 engine and came to rest off the other side of the road.
McCleve noted the Italian sports car - for safety reasons - is designed
to come apart in a high-speed crash.

"The car did exactly what it was designed to do," McCleve said. "Just the chassis and passenger compartment remained."
UHP Lt. Douglas Rawlinson estimated the Ferrari to be worth $1.3 million.
The rally is designed to showcase 25 to 30 "super cars" such as Ferraris, Porches and Mercedes Benz, according to the Miller Motorsports Park Web site. The drive begins and ends at the sports park in Tooele and includes the UHP shutting down a 15-mile stretch of State Route 257, allowing the drivers to speed in their cars, said Trooper Jeff Nigbur.
The UHP clocked the drivers' speeds and gave them "speeding tickets," the "fines" from which go to charity.

Even More Random Bulldog And Rat Terrier Pictures

Random Bulldog And Rat Terrier PIcs..