



Jeff Lyden
Team: HardOnIt Simulation Motorsports
Number: #39
Sponsor: Piggly Wiggly / Nestle Quik
Hometown: Tomah, WI
Birth year: 1965
- I am part-owner of Lyden Auto Body, Inc. which has been our family business since 1987. Before that, I was a “nuke” serving onboard the USS Enterprise in the US Navy. I received my nuclear training at the S5G plant in Idaho and Nuclear Power School in Florida.
I grew up in Wisconsin watching Dick Trickle and Larry Detjens.
I became a huge fan of Ernie Irvan once he came on the scene and NASCAR hasn’t been the same for me since his retirement.I have been sim racing on and off for quite a while. I first started with the Hawaii online and then moved over to Nascar Racing 2003. I found a league (American Sim Racing League) where I actually won a season before the league switched over to iRacing. I joined iRacing years later. Eventually finding the OBRL and realizing how good everyone is (or maybe how bad I am). But I love being here with you guys as it doesn’t matter where I finish as long as I am still having fun and I don’t screw up another driver’s race. The OBRL is well set up and administered with the best racers I have been able to compete against. The racers are also very respectful and helpful.
When I am not working or sim racing I like to spend my time with my wife, Wendy, and our 2 cats…yes, I am that cat person. I have 2 college aged daughters who play hockey so I spend time either catching their games online or sometimes in person. And if there is still a sliver of time left I will probably be found on a golf course.