Special from Canusa Racing

De St. Jean's 2008 Plans Have Changed

After a few months of speculation and rumors, it is official, Greg De St Jean, driver of the #9 Canusa Racing Saturn will be unable to attempt a defense of the 2007 Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compact Championship.

In early December Greg was injured at work. He suffered multiple herniated discs in the lumbar area of his back. He has gone through months of various treatments. After three separate epidural injections into the spine and six weeks of physical therapy, most of the injuries have recovered. However, he is having several problems including extreme pain, numbness, loss of strength, & limited use of his right leg and foot. He has been referred to Dr Dwight Tyndall, an orthopedic spinal surgeon. Dr Tyndall strongly recommended he undergo a microdiscetomy of the L5-S1. The surgery has tentatively been scheduled on April 1st. The recovery time can be 4-8 weeks. After that he will be reevaluated.

"All winter I was looking forward to the start of the season, now I have to wait to see if I will be allowed to race again," remarked De St. Jean. "The plan was to build a second car to race as many local events as possible, and run the Saturn in the CRA."

At this time Canusa Racing is preparing a second car to be driven by Greg's wife, Karen.

"As far as the CRA is concerned, we will play it by ear. I won't let her attempt a track like Winchester until I feel she can handle it."

For now Karen will get as many laps as possible at as many different tracks as we can get to. Once she is up to speed and running clean lines, then we can make the trip down. For now the focus is getting her used to racing at full speed. Right now, Greg is focused on a full recovery and a hopeful return to the car. If things work out great, a target has been set around mid May.

"Hopefully I can make it back in time for the Baer Field events. We will just have to wait and see. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again at all the tracks."