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for the class, and finished second in points. Although successful, there were some mishaps along the way. All good teams have a learning curve and Gillen’s crew was no different. But despite a few stumbles during
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the first season out with a whole new car and purpose, Gillen persevered, and became quite a tough competitor. “Our first time out testing the car was at Indianapolis to get ready for the first
Nostalgia True Street race. Testing went well and the car stayed together. Towing the car back to the trailer to load up for the night, though, we made a sharp left hand turn towards our trailer and because we had
some slack in the tow strap, the car rolled into the rear tire of the 4-wheeler. “The ATV tire ripped through the VFN fiberglass nose of the Camaro like a saw blade!” exclaimed Gillen. Lacking in time
but not on creativity, with the combination of some duct tape and rivets, the nose was presentable enough to make the first race. Besides, pretty doesn’t necessarily win races, right? Their very first
race with the OSCA after getting the car completed the Gillens showed up untested on the first generation Mickey Thompson 275 radial tire—which was actually their first time ever on a radial tire! “On our first
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