Wednesday, June 13, 2007

POSTED 6/13/07 RICHARD "DOODLE" DICKENS AND ERIC "BUBBIO" JOHNSON ORDEAL!

Let me start by saying that Doodle and Bubbio are both friends of mine. For you that was not at Beech Bend test night, last night (Tuesday 6/12) to bring you up to speed with the gossip and story. This is what I either saw or was told, it may not all be right. I saw Doodle hit Bubbio and Bubbio hit the ground. Bubbio appeared to be knocked out. I saw his head hit the blacktop very hard. I was told that Doodle hit him from behind first, however I did not see that. I also was told that Bubbio and Ricky Dickens was having a few words, then Doodle hit Bubbio. I was not there and don't know. I was standing a few feet away. I did hear Doodle and Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver have some hard words for each other. Bubbio had a knot and cut with blood on the back of his head and I and other's tried to get him to go to the hospital to be checked out, but he didn't. I thought a lot about this last night and today, as to post or not. I have had calls about this ordeal. After a lot of thought, decided to make my comments. Racers and Fans let me share this with you. I start this site because I love stock car racing and wanted to help promote racing and YOU the driver along with your sponsor's. Get more people to come to Beech Bend, Highland Rim and etc.. to watch YOU race. I DO NOT PROMOTE things like this, but report news as it happens off and on the track. I know that fans come to watch cars race and also love to see a driver or two get into it with one another. But there has to be a line to be drawn. I hope Doodle and Bubbio don't get mad at me for this story and hope that the comments you all post are sensible. Last let me share this story, which by the way is true. Back a few years ago a racer and very good friend of mine, got mad at a man that he competed with each week. They had words then it came to fist fling. My friend Joe hit this guy and he fell to the ground (Much like Bubbio did) and he hit his head. The blow from the fist didn't do that much damage but the unexpected blacktop almost killed the man, long story short, Joe the racer got 5 years in jail. DO YOU WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO YOU? I think not! We as racers need to learn to stop take a deep breath and count to 10 before we react. It takes a bigger man to walk away than to succumb to fighting! I am disappointed in you guys, but are still your friend. Let's make racing and enjoy it. Yours truly, Odell Turner (Blogger, Racer and Fan)

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

NOW THAT IS JUST CRAZY!

Anonymous said...

i am sure that there is more to this than what meets the eye. i am not saying that what is written is true or false, i was not there. i do know that doodle is not as bad a person as this portrays him to be. there is a reason why bubbio packed a black eye a few weeks ago and now this. maybe he is the common demoninator? the ol sayin "cant we all just get along" isnt that easy. i just hate that this happened

Anonymous said...

from bubbio i will tell you the whole story of the matter ricky thinks that i am the reason that he got disqualified friday night and he took my bussiness name off of his car and i ask him why and he told me so he could get a sponsor that would pay money and i got my feelings hurt and he was getting ready to leave and i walked over to his van window and told him that i wanted my carb. and intake that i had given him back for his air unit that he had given me and he said that the carb. was no longer on his car and i ask him why he had a problem with me and he said because i was supposed to have gotten them to weight his car friday night when he got disqualifed and god above knows that the last person on earth that i would do something like that to would be ricky because when i was a kid ricky and diane my aunt was like a mom and dad to me. i didn't know that they were going to weigh cars friday night because when tony rothe came to weight my car monday night i was 40lbs. light.and the rest of the story i have no ideal why doodle ran up behind me while me and ricky were arguing and hit me in the back of the head i had no ideal he was behind me because i thought that me and doodle were good friends i even offered to let doodle wheel my car in the 8 this yeaer that's how much i thought of doodle and he told me he didn't know what he was going to do at that point so when me and wildman parted ways i ask dennis zoomie oliver to drive my car because i have been watching him race since 1988.and to end the story if you call hitting a man in the back of the head whipping his ass then i guess i got my ass whipped tuesday night but i will take a rematch anytime

Anonymous said...

DOODLE WONT FIGHT ANYBODY THAT HE THINKS WILL FIGHT BACK

Anonymous said...

bubbio.. if your car was 40 pounds light ,, why didnt u get disqualified like ricky did??????????????????????????

Anonymous said...

from bubbio i ask bobby tuesday if i was supposed to have weighted my car after they found ricky light and he said no if you want to know any more than that you will have to ask someone at the track

TWISTED DAVE said...

I'm not on here taking sides on this matter cause I was not there, I just want to voice my opinion on this matter.
I have known Doodle for several years and I will everyone on here that he is not the kind of person that will come and hit someone from behind. Sorry people, say what you want, but I know BETTER!!
If you remember from a few weeks ago, Doodle was one of the guys trying to seperate Bubboi, Steve, Wayne Sr, and Mike when a argument started in the pits over a car and a few other stupid reasons. There were some punches and Bubbio did recieve a slight hit to his eye, but did anyone see Do throw a punch?? Hell NO!! From what I seen that Bubbio is a loaded cannon with a short fuse waiting for the first spark to go bang!
I will be the first to say that NOBODY at BBR is perferct and things will happen, but lets get the full details on what really happened from the ones that were there and quit assuming and making up things to get more trouble stirred up. Lets leave the DRAMA on tv, and lets have some good, clean fun on the track! I'm sorry if this makes anyone mad, but this is just my point of view!!

RACE CAR MAMA said...

JUST LOVE READING ALL THE NEWS AT BBR. I'M LIKE TWISTED DAVE, THERE HAD TO BE A REASON THAT DOODLE HIT BUBBIO. AND I ALSO AGREE THAT IF RICKY GOT DISQUALIFIED FOR WEIGHT THAN BUBBIO SHOULD HAVE TOO. IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE THEIR FAVORITES AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY WIN NO MATTER WHAT. WHERE IS THE COMPETITION ANYMORE. THAT WAS THE FUN. REMEMBER ALL THE STREET CARS WE HAD. WELL, SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO WIN, NOT THE SAME ALL THE TIME. THATS THE PART THAT THAT GETS THE HEART PUMPING WHEN YOU HAVE CARS SIDE BY SIDE AND RIGHT BEHIND EACH OTHER. YOU HATE TO SEE ONE CAR RUN AWAY AT EVERY RACE AND SO DO THE SPECTATORS. IF YOU WANT MORE CARS AND PEOPLE CHECK THE CARS THAT RACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LEGAL. WHEN ONE CAR CAN GO HALF TRACK AHEAD, IT'S NOT THE DRIVER, IT'S THE CAR. C U AT THE TRACK

Anonymous said...

From Ricky

Everything that Bubbio explained in his comment is true until the point of Doodle hitting him in the back of the head. I was leaving the track when Bubbio came to the drivers side window and wanted his carb and intake back after I traded an ac for them. He was angry that I removed Johnson's Lawn Care from my car. We began to have some words over the situation. I told Bubbio to leave the pit area that I didn't want to discuss it one or more times. He chose to stay and continue arguing over it. I opened that van door to get out and Doodle grabbed Bubbio and pushed him and told him he needed to go on. Bubbio said something or started to say something and Doodle hit him. After that I just tried to calm Doodle down. I have no reason to take sides with anyone one driver or car owner out there because I am kin to too many. Both Doodle and Bubbio are my nephews, Rita Cline is my neice, Brain Cherry is my cousin, Kevin Dickens is my son and Kyle Naftel is my son-in-law. I want there to be peace as much as anybody. I don't like what happened and I don't agree with the situation but it is over and done with now. What else can you do? At this point, forget about it and go racing. I am.

Anonymous said...

Iam Bubbios girlfriend if you were not there you can not asume what went on if your last name is not DICKENS to RICKY in that family the JOHNSON name means nothing to him.When Doodle saw Bubbio and Ricky arguing he ran up behind Bubbio and hit him in the back of the head.When you have two family members on opposite sides you want to try to get along with both of them.

Anonymous said...

WE HAD PEOPLE THAT SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND THE GUY IN THE X10 CAR SAID HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF HIS CAR WHEN DOODLE GRABBED BUBBIO AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD THEN HE GRABBED HIM BY THE NECK AND THEN HE HIT HIM IN THE FACE AND BUBBIO HIT THE GROUND.RICKY GET OUT OF THE VAN UNTIL DOODLE HIT BUBBIO.WHEN ZOOMIE GOT OVER THERE AND TOLD THEM TO GET AWAY FROM THE BOY.AND YOU KNOW FAMILY WILL SH## ON YOU FIRST.

Anonymous said...

FROM RICKY

I APOLIGIZE. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT I AM ALSO KIN TO BOBBY LINVILLE, HE IS MY NEWPHEW. HE OWNS WAYNE GREEN SR.'S CAR AND TERRY RUSSELL, ALSO MY NEPHEW.

ANG85 said...

I WAS NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS BECAUSE I WAS NOT THERE EVEN THOUGH IT DOES INVOLVE MY HUSBAND. I CAN NOT SPEAK ON DOODLE'S BEHALF OR ANYONE ELSES. I WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. I AM ONLY GOING TO GIVE MY OPINION AND THEN I AM DONE WITH THIS WHOLE ORDEAL. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THE STORY AND YOU ARE GOING TO DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSION, WHICH IS FINE. I WILL TELL BUBBIO AND JERRI LYNN THIS MUCH (OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER). EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR MIND AND GIVE THEIR OPINION BUT SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER TO KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF. THERE HAS BEEN EVENTS TAKE PLACE THAT WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS BUBBIO HAS MADE TO PEOPLE MAKE HIM LOOK GUILTY WHETHER HE IS OR NOT. I AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND POINT THE FINGER TOTALLY AT BUBBIO BECAUSE I DO NOT AGREE WITH DOODLE HITTING HIM. BUT IT HAPPENED! WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? I ALSO DO NOT AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT BUBBIO LEFT DECLARING A "REMATCH". ODELL ASKED THAT OUR COMMENTS BE SENIBLE AND TO ME THAT WAS NOT VERY SENSIBLE. A COMMENT AS THAT IS ONLY ASKING FOR MORE TROUBLE AND ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE. BUBBIO CALLED DOODLE YESTERDAY AND ASKED THAT HE CALL HIM. DOODLE WAS GOING TO CALL BUT NOT WHILE WORKING. BUT BEFORE DOODLE COULD EVEN GET HOME AND TAKE THE TIME TO CALL HE SEEN WHAT BUBBIO WROTE AND HE INTIALLY GOT MAD. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN YOU GET MAD, YOU SAY AND DO THINGS THAT YOU LATER REGRET. YOU, ME AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS DONE IT. DOODLE WENT AGAINST HIS BETTER JUDGEMENT, I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT. BUT AT THIS POINT IF YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE COMMENTS, SAY THIS OR THAT, DO THIS, DO THAT...THEN THAT IS ALL ON YOU. YOU ARE ONLY PROVING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. ODELL WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID IT TAKES A MAN TO WALK AWAY AND NOT TURN TO FIGHTING AND I HAVE PREACHED THAT TO DOODLE MANY TIMES. WHETHER YOU SEE IT OR NOT, HE HAS WALKED AWAY MANY TIMES. AND HE MIGHT NOT WANT ME TO SAY THIS BUT HE IS WALKING AWAY NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHERS, BEING BUBBIO OR WHOEVER, IS ABLE TO DO THE SAME. I AM NOT GIVING ANY TYPE OF APOLOGY ON DOODLE'S BEHALF OR AM I ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS. IT HAPPENED, THERE IS NO TURNING BACK TIME...JUST FORGET ABOUT IT AND GO ON.

Anonymous said...

IAM A FAN OF THE 8 AND IF YOU ARE NOT THE ONE GETTING HIT OR HURT HOW CAN YOU JUST FORGET IT WHEN YOU ARE

ANG85 said...

IN RESPONSE TO THE LAST COMMENT:
I LOVE RACING JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE AT BBR. I UNDERSTAND THAT BUBBIO GOT HIT AND HURT. I SAY "FORGET IT" BECAUSE HOW ELSE IS IT GONNA GO AWAY? WELL, I KNOW IT WON'T GO AWAY BUT THE DAMAGE IS DONE. THERE IS NO SENSE IN CAUSING MORE BY GETTING ON HERE OR THE PHONE OR RUNNING TO A FRIEND AND TALKING ABOUT IT. THE ONLY ONES THAT NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT IS THE ONES INVOLVED. IF THOSE PARTIES ARE NOT WILLING TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER THEN THAT'S FINE. NO ONE SHOULD TRY TO TALK FOR THEM.

RACE CAR MAMA said...

I AGREE WITH ANGIE. THIS WAS A BAD MOVE ON ALL PARTIES, BUT IT'S OVER. LET IT BE. BUBBIO AND RICKY GO A LONG WAY BACK AND BUBBIO SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO RICKY AWAY FROM THE TRACK AFTER HE SAW HIS NAME WAS OFF. HE KNEW DEEP DOWN THE REASON SO HE SHOULDN,T HAVE ASK FOR PARTS BACK. IF IT HAD BEEN HANDLED AWAY FROM BBR THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THINGS OUT. AND FOR ANYONE WITH KIN RACING OR AT THE TRACK YOUR GOING TO STEP IN WHEN YOU SEE SOME ARGUING. WE ALL HAVE DONE IT SO DON'T SAY YOU WOULDN'T. LET'S JUST ALL GO BACK TO RACING AND TRY TO GET ALONG.

Anonymous said...

comments have been posted by bubbio, rick, bubbios wife, doodles wife, and a few anonymous that wasnt there. i just wonder why doodle has not told his side yet, and what did bubbio say to doodle to make him hit him. that is the main part of the story. WHY DID DOODLE HIT BUBBIO AND WHAT WERE THEY FIGHTEN ABOUT?

ANG85 said...

DOODLE DOES NOT WORK IN AN OFFICE OR HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER DURING THE DAY OR AT HOME. THEREFORE DOODLE HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE SITUATION. I DO NOT FEEL THAT HE HAS TOO! GETTING ON HERE WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE (I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A SMART WAY OR ANYTHING). THE ONLY ONE THAT HE NEEDS TO TALK TO WOULD BE BUBBIO. I AM NOT IN ANY POSITION TO SAY WHY THE FIGHT STARTED OR WHAT IT WAS OVER. I WAS NOT THERE. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT HIS SIDE OF THE "STORY" IS. WHEN HE GETS A CHANCE I AM SURE HE WILL POST.

Anonymous said...

IS IT B/C BUBBIO'S A LITTLE GUY THAT EVERYONE WANT'S TO PUNCH HIM?BUBBIO STAND YOUR GROUND DONT BACK DOWN BUT DONT START NO STUFF EITHER.UNTIL YOU STAND UP FOR YOURSELF THERES ALWAYS GONNA BE WAYNE'S AND DOODLE'S MESSIN W/YOU!!

Anonymous said...

HE IS A CHICKEN THAT IS WHY THEY CALL HIM BUBIO

Anonymous said...

DO YOU NOT GET MAD SOMETIMES AND WANT TO PUNCH SOMEONE???

I AM SURE THAT SIZE DID NOT MATTER, IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY DID IT ONLY B/C HE IS A SMALL PERSON. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HE DID SOMETHING TO MAKE THEM MAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS IN EITHER CASE AND IT IS NOT ANY OF MY BUSINESS. I THINK ALOT OF BOTH DOODLE AND BUBBIO. I HOPE THEY WORKOUT THE DIFFERENCES.

IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CALL BUBBIO NAMES NOR IS IT NECESSARY TO LABEL DOODLE AND WAYNE "BAD PEOPLE". WE AS "FANS" NEED TO STOP INSTAGATING WITH OUR BELITTLING COMMENTS.

Anonymous said...

I DONT THINK DOODLE SHOULD HAVE HAD HIS NOSE IN ANYBODIES BUISNESS THE REASON HE QUIT RACING WAS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT OUT RUN THE 28 I SAW THE FIGHT AND JUST WANT TO KNOW IF DOODLE IS GOING TO RACE ANYMORE AFTER WHAT ZOOMIE TOLD HIM OR WILL DOODLE PUT HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND HIDE

ANG85 said...

FROM DOODLE

IT MAYBE TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON BUT I WILL BE BACK AT BBR AND I WILL NOT TUCK MY TAIL AND HIDE FROM NOBODY. THE FACT THAT THE 28 WAS WINNING RACES HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME QUITING. I HAVE ONLY RACED 1 RACE THIS SEASON AND DID FINISH 2ND. I WAS NOT ENJOYING RACING ANY LONGER. IT WAS NOT FUN TO ME ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CARS.

ANG85 said...

FROM DOODLE

YOU WANTED MY COMMENTS SO HERE YOU HAVE THEM. WHILE ALL OF YOU ARE STILL WORRYING OVER WHAT HAPPENED AND MAKING THE COMMENTS THAT YOU ARE ABOUT ME AND BUBBIO, IT IS FUNNY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE STORY. I HAVE TALKED TO BUBBIO AND ALL DIFFERENCES ARE BEHIND HIM AND ME. I DID NOT LIKE THAT I DID WHAT I DID. I FEEL BAD FOR IT HAPPENING AND I HONESTLY CAN NOT SAY WHAT SPARKED ME. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NO EXCUSE BUT SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENS. THE MAIN PART OF THE STORY NOW IS THAT BUBBIO AND I ARE NOT MAD AT ONE ANOTHER AND WE WERE WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND DISCUSS WHAT ALL HAPPENED AND WE DONE IT IN A SENSIBLE MANNER. THEREFORE, I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANYMORE SAID ABOUT THIS. THE ONES THAT WERE INVOLVED SETTLED THEIR OWN DISPUTE WITHOUT ANYONE'S HELP. AT THIS POINT IT IS OVER AND DONE WITH. AND AS FOR ME AND ZOOMIE...THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM BETWEEN US. I WILL SPEAK TO HIM AND RACE AGAINST HIM ANYDAY. SO, EVERYONE GO TO THE RACES AND RACE WITHOUT CONFLICT. GOOD LUCK TO ALL RACERS AT BBR.

Anonymous said...

from bubbio i just want to let all of you know that me and doodle talked this afternoon like two grown men about what happened tuesday night and doodle told me that he was sorry about what happened and both of us agreed that we were too good of friends to let something like this miss up a friendship this goes to show you that real friends can have disagrements and still be friends