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DeltaWing race engineer Catherine Crawford fighting after brain tumor

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Panoz DeltaWing Racing race engineer Catherine Crawford is fighting following emergency surgery for a brain tumor, her family confirmed via a statement.

The statement reads as follows:

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On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, our daughter Catherine, Engineering Manager at Crawford Composites and Lead Engineer at DeltaWing Racing, underwent emergency surgery in Rome, Italy for a brain tumor.

Catherine and her husband Russ were on a business-pleasure trip to Italy when she suffered a severe headache and more serious symptoms were immediately evident. The surgeons have praised Russ for his swift action in getting Catherine to hospital – something that positively affected the outcome.

Our family is here in Rome at present supporting Russ and Catherine. We acknowledge that the road to recovery will be a long one but the surgeons are encouraged by the progress Catherine has displayed already.

We want to thank all who have expressed their support and love and at this time we respectfully request privacy.

Sincerely,

Max and Jan Crawford

Crawford Composites

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DeltaWing team manager Tim Keene has also added the following statement: “It goes without saying that we were all devastated by the news, as we are a very tightknit family, just as everyone is in the entire racing community. Catherine is such a strong and feisty woman, and I have all the confidence in the world that she’ll overcome this and come back to us all stronger than ever. We will continue on in the upcoming races, but her presence will always be with us as she makes her recovery.”

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There have already been a number of well wishes extended to the veteran engineer from the racing community on social media, and these are but a sampling. See below:

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