{"id":2681,"date":"2020-10-18T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2023-05-03T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T20:07:45","slug":"rebel-rock-goes-from-last-to-podium-at-road-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/18\/rebel-rock-goes-from-last-to-podium-at-road-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Rock Goes From Last to Podium at Road Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRASELTON, Ga. (18\u00a0October 2020) \u2013 After a massive team effort,\u00a0Rebel<\/span>\u00a0Rock<\/span>\u00a0Racing<\/span>\u00a0went from the back of the pack to the podium in Friday\u2019s Fox Factory 120, showing the form that took the team to victory at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta less than two months ago.<\/p>\n

Aiming for a second consecutive victory at the Georgia circuit, Frank DePew and Robin Liddell combined to go from the back of the pack to emerge with a third-place finish for the No. 71 Urban Grid Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R.<\/p>\n

The podium result followed a team setback in Thursday\u2019s qualifying, when the\u00a0Rebel<\/span>\u00a0Rock<\/span>\u00a0Racing<\/span>\u00a0Camaro pulled off track with smoke pouring from the back of the car. The team, which had rallied to prepare the car ahead of the weekend, quickly diagnosed the issue and had the car ready to\u00a0race<\/span>\u00a0on Friday. But unfortunately that meant that DePew had to start at the back of the 22-car GS grid.<\/p>\n

DePew had a standout opening stint, going from 22nd to 12th before his pit stop, when he turned the car over to Liddell.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of credit to Frank,\u201d Liddell said. \u201cHe did a super job at the beginning, he stayed out of trouble, and gained a load of positions\u00a0shortly after a\u00a0restart. It was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI got the penalty (for bringing out a red flag during qualifying), and they wiped out my two best laps,\u201d DePew said. \u201cI knew that I was quicker than the cars in front of me, so I just had to be patiently\u00a0aggressive\u00a0and not get into trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liddell took over and quickly moved up to second. Then, a yellow flag waved for the third time. Following a final pit stop with with 27 minutes remaining, Liddell returned to the\u00a0race<\/span>\u00a0in fifth\u00a0as a number of cars slightly behind Liddell and the leader were able to get into the pits prior to the pits closing and they jumped ahead of\u00a0Rebel<\/span>\u00a0Rock<\/span>.<\/p>\n

While the pace promised a push to the front, another lengthy yellow led to a shootout with just six minutes remaining. Liddell got up to third, but ran out of time to fight for the lead. At the finish, he placed third, 0.982-seconds behind the winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really looking forward to this\u00a0race<\/span>, because we had a really good car when we won here in September,\u201d Liddell said. \u201cI think we ran a really good\u00a0race<\/span>. We were just unlucky with one incident when we couldn\u2019t make it to the pits before it went yellow. That allowed those guys (the top finishers) to pit and jump ahead of us. Honestly, without that, I think we had a god chance of winning. In the end, we fought hard to finish on the podium, and we\u2019ve got to be happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really happy that we had a result, but I really don\u2019t think it was the result we deserved,\u201d DePew said. \u201cUnfortunately with all the yellow flags, Robin didn\u2019t have a chance to get higher up in the field earlier on in the\u00a0race<\/span>. But I\u2019m excited that we were able to score a podium finish after essentially starting last.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liddell had plenty of good take-aways from the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car performed really well all weekend, and I think we\u2019re on point as a team right now with the pit stops and the strategy,\u201d said Liddell, who doubles in the role of team manager. \u201cEverybody did a really good job getting the car turned around from Mid-Ohio (where they were eliminated due to an accident during opening practice), getting the spare car ready, so we\u2019ve got to be happy coming to the next\u00a0race<\/span>\u00a0and getting on the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two\u00a0races<\/span>\u00a0remain on the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge schedule.\u00a0Rebel<\/span>\u00a0Rock<\/span>\u00a0Racing<\/span>\u00a0has two weeks to prepare for the next round, the Hyundai Monterey Sports Car Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday, Oct. 31. The season comes to a close on Friday, Nov. 13, with the Alan Jay Automotive Network 120 at Sebring International Raceway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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