I am repairing a Rally Race Car for the ARA National Champ of the two wheel drive light division after a minor fender bender. "Jolene" is a Lexus is350 that has been modified into a rally race car and is owned by River City Rally right here in our very own Chattanooga, Tennessee. Built right here in our hometown, this is the worlds first Lexus is350 Gravel Rally Car and the guys at RCR did an amazing job building everything from the roll cage down to the skid plate. With Caleb Dewind as crew chief, Richo Healey of the United Kingdom behind the wheel and beside him his navigator Michelle Miller of the USA, Jolene has brought home the First place prize in the 2024 ARA Two Wheel Drive Light Division! We are proud to be a part of this exciting journey and are looking forward to seeing the upcoming races! But since one national rally race championship is just not enough, The team is also leading the open two wheel drive championship in a second rally car and looks to be unstoppable at this point. Show the team some love in the comments and wish them the best of luck!

Repairing a rally race car is a first for me and i was surprised by how strong the roll cage actually was, even with 15 tons of hydraulic ram pressure that door post just did not want to move. This is a testament of the team's dedication to safety and the skills that it takes to build a safe rally race car. Since the door post was more twisted than it was smashed in, I ended up creating my own pulling clamps and using some old Toyota hinges to pull the door post out and align the rear door. The rocker was no issue as there was a jack point conveniently located where the impacted took place, i simply welded a tow hook to the end of the pin hole and used it to pull the frame out as much as i could before it started to tear. With the doors lined up and the rocker back on Jolene is ready to hit the gravel and kick butt in every future rally race she participates in.
00:00 The Crash
00:55 Intro
02:57 Frame Setup
04:36 Measuring The Frame
05:12 Fabricating Frame Pulling
06:16 Pulling Door Post
09:52 Doors Aligned
10:58 Pulling Rocker Frame

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