First the Tequila Patron Toyota Camry team was missing its driver at Sonoma and Seattle: Alexis DeJoria was recovering from a broken pelvis.

Now, at the final two races of the season, DeJoria will be missing the right hand of her right-hand man, crew chief Tommy DeLago. He’ll be recovering from surgery this next week for a torn bicep (a similar injury for which DeLago’s co-crew chief, Glen Huszar, underwent surgery last year after hurting himself while picking up a piece of equipment).

DeLago’s injury came not at the racetrack but rather two weeks ago at a bowling alley.

“I didn’t have my own ball, and I was trying to palm it. It was too heavy, and I’m too old,” DeLago, 47, said. “It just snapped my bicep tendon off the bone. Tuesday I’m going to go have surgery.  For two weeks I’ve been practicing how to use my left hand. It’s awkward.”

He said he’ll have his arm immobilized in a brace for six weeks.” But it doesn’t sound like it’s too terrible of a recovery. I’ll go back [to the doctor] every week, and they’ll keep changing the brace so I get a little more range of motion in six weeks. It’s not too bad.”

He got a headstart on the left-handed practice: “I finished bowling that night left-handed,” DeLago said, lamenting his sub-100 score.