That strength carried over to
the first of the day's three Mission
Triple Challenge main events,
where Lowe finished as runner-up
to James Ott by 0.131 of a sec
-
ond in that initial 10-lapper.
"I
wasn't too worried when
James won the first one. I knew
we were there."
He bettered that result in
the 15-lap main event, edging
Bauman by
0.038 of a second for
the win.
Lowe said, "To win that sec-
ond one? I was pretty emotional.
When I
took the checkered flag,
I was thinking about all the work
that was put in, the frustration of
us not being where we wanted to
be, and the time we put in to fig
-
ure out how to fix that. Why can't
we make it to
the front? So to get
looked like a problem for the
opposition as soon as the bike
hit the track.
Turner said, "I was standing
on top of the hauler watching,
and from the third lap of prac
-
tice, I saw our corner speed. I
was like, 'Oh,
they're in trouble.
They are in trouble.'"
Lowe laid down the fastest
lap in that opening session. He
backed it up with the second-
best time in the first qualifying
and then resumed his position
atop the leaderboard in the sec
-
ond and final qualifying session.
(Far left) Bubba Shobert (pictured)
won three consecutive titles
(1985, '86, '87) riding the Honda
RS750. (Above) Cycle News got a
close-up look at Shobert's RS750
in 1984. (Left) The Turner Racing
Honda TransAlp made its debut
at the 2024 season-ending Lake
Ozark Short Track, and the result
was spectacular.
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