Troubled Champ Car team RuSPORT who hit both highs (race wins and second in the championship with Justin Wilson) and lows (the sacking of A.J. Allmendinger and the injuries to Christano DaMatta) during the 2006 season has weatherd another storm over the last two weeks. It’s been no secret that team founder Carl Russo was looking to sell his interest in the team, and now, according to reports on Autosport.com, it appears he has found a buyer in Champ Car World Series co-owner, and PKV Racing co-owner, Dan Pettit.

While SPEED TV.com reports that Cristiano da Matta’s recovery continues at full-pace three and a half months after the former Champ Car champion suffered a life-threatening accident during testing at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake. Now, for the first time since the incident that forced him into a coma for over a month, the 33-year-old revealed his intentions to go back to racing with the first step being a run in a kart sometime during the early part of 2007.

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