9Magazine is reporting that Rebel Rock Racing - a motorsport / entertainment fusion entity headed by producer Jim Jonsin - will field an entry for the 2012 American Le Mans season in the GTC class with none other than Bucky Lasek as one of their drivers. Bucky is no stranger to the performance automotive world (at least not to us) and it is with great excitement that we learned about this latest foray into the racing world. The ALMS is in need of fresh blood and a strong commitment from this sort of young, energetic and capable (rich) type of team is just what the motorsport world, and sports car racing in particular, needs to succeed and grow in the future. We will watch this new team with a close eye over the coming months to see how things develop; it could turn out to be quite interesting.
Naturally it is of particular interest to see Bucky entering into a professional racing series. He emerged from the Baltimore skate scene of which we were also a part of, and it was not uncommon to see him him out and about at various VW car shows back in the early-mid 90s with his Corrado. I think the last time I personally ran into him and chatted for a bit was just before he moved out west to concentrate on his professional skateboarding career; the rest of course is history.
For more check out:
Rebel Rock Racing / and on Twitter / Jim Jonsin Twitter
Bucky Lasek / and on Twitter
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