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P106 FEATURE I TURNER RACING HONDA TRANSALP FLAT TRACKER tations, to be honest with you." Lamb concurred, "We started the season trying lots of differ - ent things, shock positioning and different forks. We had a lot of sixths and sevenths, so we were doing better than we had before, but obviously, it was not where we wanted to be. Nothing got us where we wanted to be." "So, I bought a new chassis." The team contracted Michael Owen of J&M Racing Products to design and build a clean- sheet frame. Upon delivery, they then worked nonstop to transform it into a complete race bike ahead of the Short Track at Lucas Oil Speedway. Lowe said, "They got the frame on a Saturday down in Texas, and then Mike and Kenny spent four days with no sleep trying to build this bike to have it ready for Lucas." Lowe said, "For the most part, Lozano worked on the bikes throughout the week, and Kenny Coolbeth flew down to Texas to help work on it. Meanwhile, I did a lot of development through the first half of the year with the practice bike at my house, just trying stuff." While the strides forward were obvious, they still weren't anywhere near the team's inter - nal goals. Turner said, "Kenny was instrumental in [the improved results], Kenny and I working together with Trent and Mike Lo - zano. But I knew that the chas- sis we had just wasn't going to work. We kind of knew that at the beginning of the season, but it just took time to really get it designed. And up until we were able to get a new chassis together, we missed our expec - "Throughout the winter, we were testing race engines, and we were finding what works, what doesn't work, and what we can do," Lowe said. "Mike Lozano had to really work hard on engine packages to prepare us for the season. But we didn't really get to a lot of chassis and suspension development until the race season had started." At the same time, Lamb ap - proached Turner about merging their efforts for '25, bringing Turner Racing on board to run the day-to-day operations alongside their successful AFT Singles program. The early returns were a significant step up: six top 10s in the '25 season's opening seven races, including a trio of sixths. All the while, Lowe, Lozano, Coolbeth and company contin - ued their development efforts. The Springfield Mile win was also Lowe's career first.