{"id":3360,"date":"2021-07-02T17:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2023-05-03T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T20:06:23","slug":"rebel-rock-racing-to-recover-for-watkins-glen-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/02\/rebel-rock-racing-to-recover-for-watkins-glen-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Rock Racing to Recover for Watkins Glen Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (2\u00a0July\u00a02021)<\/strong> \u2013 Rebel Rock Racing planned to spend a relaxing four days in the scenic Finger Lakes Region while preparing for Friday\u2019s Sahlen\u2019s 120 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge event at Watkins Glen International.<\/p>\n

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However, those plans quickly changed when the No. 71 Urban Grid Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R was badly damaged in an accident early in Saturday\u2019s Tioga Downs 240 at the circuit. Suddenly, it became the \u201cRace to Recovery\u201d to have a car ready for drivers Frank DePew and Robin Liddell for the second race at the historic 3.4-mile venue in seven days.<\/p>\n

DePew crashed in Turn 8 on the seventh lap of Saturday\u2019s race. Running a little wide exiting the turn, trouble came quickly when he steered to avoid a temporary sponsor sign that had been placed in the runoff area just prior to the race. The Camaro then slid across the track and crashed head-on into a tire barrier. The hit ruptured the oil tank and tore up everything in front of the engine.<\/p>\n

The team initially feared that the car was not fixable at the track, and so they started making plans to collect the spare car from their workshop in Florida. However, Mike Flynn, owner of Irish Mike\u2019s Racing, happened to be at the Glen due to his team competing in a support race. Located in Orlando near the Rebel Rock Shop, Irish Mike\u2019s does the team\u2019s body repairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were incredibly lucky that Mike was still at the track and came over to look at our damaged car,\u201d said Liddell. \u201c He knows our Camaros well and whilst he was initially a little skeptical about the repair he went to work on it and performed some magic with just a few hand tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMike is hands down the best chassis repair guy in the business. Watching him bend and bash the twisted chassis leg into shape was really impressive and within several hours we knew that we could rebuild the damaged car, rather than have to drive the spare car up from Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebel Rock is grateful to have borrowed a couple of parts from TGM, which also runs a Camaro in the series, but had all the other pieces on the team hauler.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther than that, we had everything we needed, we have to be pretty self-sufficient, and given the quick turnaround between races, we had already discussed contingency plans in case something like this happened.\u201d said DePew.<\/p>\n

The whole Rebel Rock Racing team did a superb job of rebuilding the car and were still able to enjoy one day off to enjoy the local sights \u2013 whilst being ready to go for opening practice on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The lone practice session for the Sahlen\u2019s 120 will be Thursday at 3:35 p.m. ET, followed by qualifying at 8:15 p.m. The two-hour race takes the green flag 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Media Contact:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMaddie Komar
\nmaddie@sundaymanagement.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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