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wants to win the Springfield Mile.
Tears and joy, mainly tears. That
was my childhood dream that
just got fulfilled."
Echoing Turner, Lowe said,
"Winning Springfield was a
childhood dream of mine. At the
beginning of the season, I didn't
think anything like this would be
close to possible. To do this in
my rookie season? It means so
much to me. This was something
we only dared to dream about."
Turner said, "We just showed,
going into next season, we're go
-
ing to be one of the contenders."
While, as is typical for this
time
of year, there are still agree-
ments to be made and contracts
to
be signed, there is little con-
cern that the gang won't be back
together
in 2026.
"If we get the money we
need to really do it right, we feel
like we can make a run for the
championship. We're negotiat-
ing with Honda right now, and
the team is staying
together.
We've got another frame com-
ing in next week, so we'll have
a second
bike, and Lozano has
lots of ideas for the motors.
There are a lot of positives go-
ing for this effort."
Turner
was even more defini-
tive. "One hundred percent, it's
already baked. And
the great
thing is, Honda is excited, and
it's been a long time since
they've been excited about the
Twins class.
"It's all a good deal. Trent's
coming back. Kenny's coming
back. Mike is coming back. And
on our end, we're doing it again.
"I mean, how can you finish
the season like that and not
come back?"
CN
was pretty emotional. Before the
race, I had told Kenny, 'Hey, just
so you know, if I win, I'm smok-
ing the tire off this thing. I'm
doing a
burnout.' And he said,
'You do you.'"
Lamb added, "We were so
excited. Everybody was so
excited. And the fact that it was
Honda's first win in 27 years?
Even better."
Turner said, "Springfield is my
favorite track just because it was
my father's favorite track, and he
passed away last October. It just
means a lot to me. The Spring
-
field Mile is our Daytona 500.
As
a kid growing up, everybody
as a rookie premier-class race
winner.
But as titanic as it was from
an individual respect, it repre-
sented something even greater
to
the sport, Honda's first twin-
cylinder premier-class victory
of the millennium, and its first
at Springfield as an official
factory-backed effort since
Bubba Shobert did the deed way
back in 1987. Turner and Lamb's
original dream of putting the
red-white-and-blue back atop
the podium had been made real.
Lowe said, "I'm glad that I
had a victory lap for that one
because I kind of needed it. It
