Dan Lowther #63 Terry Lydell #75 Are In Front Racing SuperStock Race Cars

To the In Front Racing team it means long nights at the shop, huge changes to suspension, a little welding, a little grinding and a sever automotive weight loss program.  All of those things plus over 5 hours at the track practice night, it looks like things are looking up for Terry and the # 75 Super Stock.  The crew along with some very valuable help from Rob and Ryan Mill and some advice from Paul Young, made several changes to the set up.  These changes paid off huge Saturday.

 The temperatures of the track surface made for some very loose conditions during both practice sessions.  Stagger changes were made to both the # 63 and # 75 in hopes that the cars would tighten up a little bit.

 During qualifying, the changes and new right side tires paid off for Terry.  He FINALLY broke into the 14 second time bracket by posting a lap time of 14.990 during his second lap around the 1/4 mile Meridian Speedway.  This time held on thru the rest of the qualifying earning Terry the 5th quickest qualifying time of the night.  Dan, with carburetor problems, came across the line 6th quick.

Dan started the A heat on the front row, inside while Terry started out side of him.  At the drop of the flag, Dan and Terry took off from the field.  Terry dropped to the inside behind Dan and ran there for almost all 8 laps.  A poor decision on Terry's part caused a bad entry into trun one.  This made the car push and allowed the 3rd place car to drive underneath, taking the position away.  Dan won the A heat and Terry followed in 3rd.

 Dan's good luck continued with him thru the main event.  He started 3rd row, outside.  Terry was 4th row inside.  With 2 laps Terry was involved in a minor incident with another car causing a flat front right tire on the # 75 and a yellow flag on the track.   45 seconds in the pits to change the tire and Terry was back out but had to move to the rear of the field for causing the yellow.  Another yellow flag came out when a 4 car pile up occured in turn 2.  Both Dan and Terry avoided contact.  The 30 lap mainevent ended with Dan sitting in 2nd place and Terry in 7th.

 Be sure to join In Front Racing this weekend, Aug 9th. at Meridian Speedway!  Dan will be driving the # 63 late model.  Terry will be back out in the # 75 late model (super stock) trying to secure a position in the top 10.  The # 75 street stock will be back in action this Saturday night too.  Terry will be running two cars in two divisions.

Call it what you want, but there is no doubt that it was nothing less than PERFECTION!

Congratulations to Dan Lowther # 63 Super Stock for showing the entire Super Stock division and the large crowd how to win not just one race, but all three.

Dan was the last car to qualify Saturday night and turned the 4th quickest time in the class, earning his front row position in the trophy dash. 

Dan took half a car length lead and drove hard to keep it. Charlie Hamm Jr. pushed hard from his 3rd place, outside row starting position but Dan was able to hold him off for the victory.

Terry qualified 6th quick, earning his position in the A heat but he man to watch was lined up right behind him, Dan in the # 63 car. Terry jumped out to an early lead bringing Dan along into second. 

Terry was fighting an very ill handling car and it wasn't long until his lead was gone. Following a pretty impressive spin that covered the entire back straight and the beginning of turn 3, Terry brought out the yellow flag and Dan took over the lead. 

A few short laps later, Dan took the checkers for the second time in the same night.

The main event found the 63 car lined up right behind the 75 car again, this time on the outside row. When the green flag dropped the outside row began to move forward. Dan was able to get the nose of his car under Terry's ill handling car.

With Terry in the outside grove and getting freight trained backwards, Dan marched forward. When the first and only caution came out, for debris, not Terry's acrobatics, Dan had already worked his way into the lead.

When the green flag flew, Dan took off to extend his lead. Several laps later, Charlie Hamm Jr. moved into 2nd and began a run toward Dan.

On lap 35 Dan crossed under the checkered flag for the third time in the same night taking home top honors for the division.

With those honors came 3 trophies; one for the trophy dash, one for the main event win and most importantly one for the Dee Forrey Memorial main event win. .

The Super Stock division is off until August 2nd but Dan will be towing the late model down to Twin Falls this coming Saturday.

Terry's son starts his Hunter's Safety class this week and Terry will be with him this coming Saturday at the rifle range.

Good luck to Dan in Twin and to Ben in Hunter's Safety!

After a long break, Dan and Terry along with the rest of the Super Stock division will be back in action this Saturday night at Meridian Speedway battling for the Dee Forrey Memorial Trophy!  This is the second year the Super Stock will be racing in memory of one of their own.  Dee Forrey had raced in the super stock division for many, many years but lost a hard fought battle with cancer several years ago.  As a tribute to Dee and his devotion and love for stock car racing, a memorial trophy was built in his name and a race set aside to honor him. 

Dee, you continue to be missed and fondly remembered! 

Terry took a few weeks off, caught some fish, did some camping and even managed to get a little sunburn.  Dan on the other hand.... Well he has been racing!  Dan has been turning some pretty serious laps after resurrecting the late model by putting in a crate motor.  Dan most recently raced over the 4th of July weekend, both Friday night and Saturday.  He represented the In Front Team very well  by taking 3rd in the A heat Friday and 7th in the main.  Saturday night's checkered flag found him crossing the finish line in 8th place.  Congratulations on a great weekend Dan!

 Make sure you come out to Meridian Speedway this Saturday and join us as we honor a great Super Stock driver and a fantastic friend!  We'll see you Saturday at the Dee Forrey Memorial Race. 

Qualifying starts at 5PM, races start at 6.

Diamond Cup Weekend 

In Front Team finishes 2-3 in Friday's Race  Dan came in in the # 2 position with Terry pushing hard at him at 3rd place

Saturday, another Rain out.

My apologies to the young fans  that visited Dan & Terry in the pits on Friday, the first night of the 2008 Diamond cup races.  I promised them their picture would be on the website yesterday.  We got busy preparing for Saturday night race and it did not get done.

The In Front team appreciates the fan support and really enjoy meeting with them after the races.  Especially the young fans.  Both Dan and Terry have young ones of their own and know how excited the younger fans are about meeting them and seeing the race cars up close.