POSTED 7/31/07 BEECH BEND PARK RIDE SPECIAL!

Celebrate Back to School at Beech Bend Park! Buy one Unlimited Rides Armband at the regular price, and Get Another One Free! Just bring this newletter to any Beech Bend Park ticket window to receive your free Unlimited Rides Armband. Offer valid any operating day in August, 2007. Beech Bend Park and Splash Lagoon is open daily through August 12, 2007 and open weekends only after that through September 30th. Please go to our website at http://e2ma.net/go/677369285/569177/19584605/goto:http://www.beechbend.com/ for operating hours and days. Beech Bend Park is #1 for family fun and we're close to home. More than forty rides including the award winning Kentucky Rumbler, Splash Lagoon Water Park, Gold Rush Golf, Granny Jones' Petting Farm and live entertainment daily all for one low price. Call 270-781-7634 for additional information. Summer's not over yet! Come play with us at Beech Bend Park!

POSTED 7/30/07 FRIENDS AT SANTA FE FOR RACE NIGHT FUN

Pictured left to Right is Tammy Turner, her Dad is me (Odell Turner and Driver of the #99 Sportsman car and author of this blog site.) and Angie Dickens, wife of Figure-8 driver #85 Doodle Dickens. Looks like they are having fun at Santa Fe. This is Tammy's first night out at Santa Fe on Monday's stock car night.

POSTED 7/30/07 RACECARMAMMA#58 AT SANTA FE

Hey, look who was at Santa Fe tonight! Yes it is Janet Burden, AKA racecarmamma#58 and her son. Janet started the Santa Fe stock car night and her and her husband Rick (formerly the driver of the Santa Fe late model stock car) still come out most ever Monday night. Keep them comments coming racecarmamma#58

POSTED 7/30/07 EVERYONE GOES TO SANTA FE

LOOK! It's Calvin!!! Man can Calvin tell some race stories, what a blast. Calvin has drove stock car's at Beech Bend and is a fan.

POSTED 7/30/07 THIS GROUP LOOKS SERIOUS!

Pictured (L to R) are, Angie Dickens, Doodle Dickens figure-8 driver and Jerry Cohron car owner of the #46 sportsman car. They look like they are really serious. I bet they are talking about how to make their cars go faster. Again, another group having fun at Santa Fe.

POSTED 7/30/07 FUN AT SANTA FE WITH SPORTSMAN DRIVER

Pictured here at Santa Fe on Race night is Sportsman Driver Robert Cohron #46. Having fun is what it is all about. By the way Robert led several laps and ran really good. Good Luck Robert!

POSTED 7/30/07 SANTE FE TONIGHT, BE THERE!

SANTE FE TONIGHT, EAT, DRINK, TALK RACIN' AND WATCH THE RACES ON THE BIG SCREEN TV. SEE YOU THERE. 6:30P.M.

POSTED 7/29/07 EMAIL FROM TJ AT HIGHLAND RIM SPEEDWAY WITH A NEWS UPDATE!

Hey Odell it is Tj from the Rim will you please post this for me Thanks: The Staff of Highland Rim Speedway is dedicating the night of August 4th 2007 to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Also that night the Late Models will run 100 laps. Highland Rim Speedway will be accepting donations for the Hospital. We have already spoken to several drivers and officials and they will be donating their money for that night to this good cause. For you that don't know it Highland Rim's clown (CHECKERS) donates every penny he makes from the track to the hospital. Good Job Checkers!!! Lets make this a positive night and help out the Children and the medical advances that need to happen for the Hospital. The competition director (TJ) at the speedway had this to say, " I have had a experience with a child in the Children's Hospital for almost a month after he was born. The people and the Technology of the Hospital were awesome. If it was not for them my son might not of been here in my arms. My son had to have open heart surgery. These nurses and doctors are the best in the whole wide world and will not leave until the job is done. If any of you have ever experienced this you know what I am talking about. It is cool to walk into the hospital and see all of the companies that donate there money. There are a lot of families that cannot afford these high bills ,but these children we are talking about could possibly be the future of this track. I Challenge everyone to donate, I know I will that night." If you want to donate to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital on race night. Stop by the Office at the track or Call them at 643-8725. You can even email Tj at riminspector@yahoo.com

POSTED 7/28/07 NEWS UPDATE ABOUT SANTA FE STOCK CAR FUN NIGHT

Odell Just inform everyone we will have Santa Fe Monday and I will be showing July 20,2007 and Figure 8 from SOKY Fair Monday and Thursday. Hope to see you all there. Thanks Bobbie

POSTED 7/27/07 BEECH BEND RACEWAY CALLS THE STOCKCAR RACES DUE TO RAIN

Another rainy night at Beech Bend Raceway. Mother Nature just isn't playing fair with us racers this year. See you next week.

POSTED 7/26/07 THE #34 CAR IS GETTING WORK DONE TO IT.

I talked to Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver and he said that they have worked on the #34 car and that Owner Eric "Bubbio" Johnson is doing his part. They sound like the #34 will be running for the win Friday night. Good Luck Zoomie!

POSTED 7/26/07 THE WINGS ARE OFF THE #28 FIGURE-8 CAR

The big question is, will the wing being off slow the car? or make it faster? you may have your opinion but we shall see Friday night. THE NEW WINGLESS WONDER!

POSTED 7/25/07 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MODIFIED STREET DRIVER RITA CLINE #69

I was told by a little bird (Robert, her husband) that Rita Cline aka: Redneck Woman and driver of the #69 chevy modified street car is having a birthday tomorrow (Thursday 7/26/07) and she will be 30 years old. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITA! Hope you have a wonderful day. See you at the track. (Post your comments to wish Rita a Happy Birthday)

POSTED 7/21/07 SANTA FE CANCELLED THIS MONDAY NIGHT

THIS IS A EMAIL FROM BOBBIE & JOEY STANCIL Joey and I have talked about it and we are going to cancel this Monday night due to fair. Let everyone know that we will have both races and figure 8 from fair next Monday night. Thanks Bobbie

POSTED 7/21/07 RICKY DICKENS #28 GETS A RAW DEAL AT BEECH BEND

Ricky told me that Beech Bend officials told him that he had to remove his wings by next Friday. First let me say I have no money or no ties to this car. But I think that Beech Bend should look at this decision and change their minds. This car had wings when Jerry Newkirk #10 from Louisville owned and drove the car and he was allowed to race it, by the way he didn't wins as many races as Ricky has, so is it wings or driver? And Ricky has been allowed to race them wings over half the 2007 season with only nine races left you tell him to remove them? Change the rules in the middle of the season? I know this post may not help get them wings left on the car, but I hope maybe it will. Please look at my poll question and vote. Ricky and all the Dickens have raced the eight for years and is this anyway to treat faithful drivers. PLEASE DALLAS & BEECH BEND LET THE WINGS STAY THIS YEAR.

POSTED 7/21/07 PRESTON WHITE #3 HAS GOOD SHOWING!

Preston White #3 Baby Grand Jr Pro Class had his win taken away last week after beating #29 Mary Daniels. The riv limiter was to be set at 8500 and Preston's was at 9000. The crew for White said it was a over site and not done on purpose. But this week Preston redeems his self with a very impressive second place finish and gaining points on points leader #29 Mary Daniels who must have had trouble and finished last.

POSTED 7/21/07 LATE MODEL CLASS WAS ROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT

Tommy Climer #05 of Murfreesboro, TN. is pictured here on the scales after the late model race in which Tommy finished 3rd. It was a wild night. You can see in post earlier on this site of winner Bo Miller with his car torn up. Tommy is the son of Late Model great James Climer who drove the famous #55. Tommy has made a name for his self as a great driver too.

POSTED 7/21/07 DANIEL YOUNG HAS MORE BAD LUCK!

Daniel, in my opinion is one of the most improved driver at Beech Bend. Daniel has run in second place time and time again, but seems to also have something go bad. Daniel and his #9 chevy was hauling the mail Friday night and was going to the front putting the heat on #44 Tony Rothe when with just one lap left the #10 Joey Stancil and another get together and Joey Spins leaving nowhere for Daniel to go and he hits Joey pretty much at speed. Daniel keep your head up buddy a win is just around the corner.

POSTED 7/21/07 BEECH BEND RACEWAY'S FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8 CAR'S HAVE A BAD WRECK!

Folks I have been involved in stock car racing for years, my Dad drove some back in the 60's at Beech Bend and My wife and I have been at Beech Bend for years as the track photographer for Beech Bend and I have raced Front Runners,Bombers, Street Stock, Modified Street, Sportsman and Figure-8 but I have never seen a stock car wreck this bad. The blue and red car is the #17 of Front Runner Figure-8 points leader Tony Peak. The White car is that of #109 Rick Simpson of Portland, TN. The word in the pits was that Rick had said Tony spun him out during the Front Runner race (Round, not the eight) and that he (Rick) was going to finish it in the figure-8 race. So as the race was being ran Rick slowed and then when Tony was going through the X (crossing) toward turn one of the eight (Turn four of circle track) Rick was in turn two of the eight and you could hear the #109 of Rick floor the gas pedal and sure enough they hit in the X. Rick did the hitting with the front end of his car which has all the weight with the motor, transmission and all being in the front end of a front wheel drive car. Rick hit Tony in the passenger side about the door toward the rear and the blow actually cut Tony's car into. The rear of Tony's car went several yards toward turn three of the eight and toward the wall on the side of the fans in the stand. The half Tony was sitting in was close to the X and Tony was still in it, while Rick's car went toward the flag stand. Tony never moved inside the car as far as we could see. We later talked to the EMT's and was told he was knocked out for a while. They (the track crew) had to use two trucks (wrecker) to get Tony's car off the track. Tony did have some bruising on his neck and shoulder but said he was OK. Both Tony and Rick had a few words to each other in the pits and both said they would be back next Friday. I for one think the man up stairs was watching over Tony this night. I know that some of you out there have some harsh words for posting but remember keep it nice. I will delete anything I feel shouldn't be posted. Good luck Tony!

POSTED 7/21/07 MORE PHOTO'S OF TONY PEAK WRECK

In these shots you can see that Tony got hit in the passenger side rear. Can you believe he walked away? Wow!!!!

POSTED 7/21/07 MORE PICTURES OF THE #17 TONY PEAK WRECK

The top photo is a shot I took from the back of Tony's #17 to the right of that photo is the door and hardly no floor pan, only a seat. The second photo is the back half of the #17 as the car was cut into.

POSTED 7/21/07 MORE PICTURES OF THE TONY PEAK WRECK!

Just another couple pictures of Tony Peak #17 and his wrecked Front Runner Figure-8 car. This picture of Tony was taken just minutes after the bad wreck. Tony, I for one am very glad you are OK. Thanks for letting our site take your picture. I know you fans are glad to see you in the picture too.

POSTED 7/21/07 MODIFIED STREET POINTS UPDATE

This Modified Street class is turning out to be a real barn burner. With Tony Rothe #44 and Anthony Russell and his #48 Chevy swapping back and forth with the points lead. After last night (7/20/07) Tony and his #44 Chevy take the lead back. Guy's keep up the good racing! And good luck to you both.

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS OF THE FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8 FROM 7/20/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Winner of the Front Runner Figure-8 was #A1 of Mark Cummings. Good Job, Mark! the rest of the field as they finished are, 2. #20 Alan McFaddin 3. #6 Josh Sartain 4. #17 Tony Peak 5. #109 Rick Simpson

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS OF THE BABY GRAND PRO FROM 7/20/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Winner of the Baby Grand Pro class is #9 Jacob France pictured here. Great job, Jacob! the rest of the field finishes as follows, 2. #77 Eldon Isenburg 3. #25 Ronnie Binkley 4. #8 Chris Willis 5. #6 Frank Dye 6. #11 Jamie Holmes 7. #6 Mason Mingus 8. #3 Preston White 9. #84 Doc Buzzard 10. #5 Bruce Mingus 11. #39 Randy Lewis 12. #19 Mary Daniels

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS OF LATE MODEL'S 7/20/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Bo Miller gets a quick drink after winning the late model race. Good Job Bo! As you can see in the other picture it wasn't a easy race with several car's having damage. Here is the results from second on back. 2. #31 Josh Byrns 3. #05 Tommy Climer 4. #28 Steve Ashley 5. #99 Chad Willis 6. #90 Jason Edmonds 7. #14 Davey Coble 8. #12 Sammy Sanders 9. #2 Mike Pruitt.

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS FROM MODIFIED STREET CLASS 7/20/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Pictured here is the Winner of the Modified Street Class #44 Tony Rothe. Good Job Tony! the rest of the field as they finish. 2. #18 Jimmy Borders 3. #15 Davis Baird 4. #48 Anthony Russell 5. #9 Daniel Young 6. #2 Jimmy Glass 7. #32 Larry McGrew, Jr. 8. #10 Joey Stancil 9. #69 Rita Cline 10. #17 David Uhls 11. #13 Randal Wells 12. #77 Ricky Johnson 13. #96 Kevin Dickens #96 14. #40 Danny Montgomery 15. #76 Johnathan Mann

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS FROM MINI CUP FUTURE CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY 7/20/07

1. Mason Mingus #6 2. Blake Isenberg #77 3. Joseph Greening #17 4. Kevin Henderson #4 5. Cody Fredrick #5 6. Andrew Lawrence #0 7. Jonathan McBride #19

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS FROM THE OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED ON 7/20/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Pictured here is the winner of the open wheel modified class #01 Scott Gay, good job Scott! the rest of the field finishes as follows, 2. #5 Ricky Sanford 3. #98 Roy Dorris 4. #69 Larry Searcy 5. #61 Richard Hargrove 6. #707 Jimmy Schutt 7. #45 Brian Cherry

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS FROM BABY GRAND JR PRO CLASS ON 7/20/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Pictured here is #9 Kenneth Mayfield winner of the Baby Grand Jr Pro Class. Congratulation Kenneth! The rest of the fields finish. 2. #3 Preston White 3. #6 Mason Mingus 4. #08 Chris Willis 5. #77 Blake Isenburg 6. #19 Mary Daniels

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS FROM 7/20/07 OF THE FRONT RUNNER CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Pictured here is this weeks winner of the Front Runner Class. Mark Cummings #A1, Good Job Mark! here is the rest of the finishing order. 2. #99 Hunter Willis 3. #20 Alan McFaddin 4. #55 Brian Harbor 5. #6 Josh Sartain 6. #17 Tony Peak 7. #11 Matt Melton 8. #8 Jimmy Linville 9. #109 Rick Simpson

POSTED 7/21/07 RESULTS FROM SPORTSMAN CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY FRIDAY NIGHT 7/20/07

One of the finest guys of the sportsman class gets his first win this year. Jay Parrish in his #79 Chevy pulls off a classy win. Congratulations Jay! Here is the rest of the fields finishing order. 2. #80 Paul Watkins 3. #22 Brian Cherry 4. #30 Billy Grider 5. #44 Phillip Akin 6. #46 Robert Cohron 7. #99 Odell Turner 8. #69 Aaron Yakobovich 9. #6 William Johnson

POSTED 7/20/07 RESULTS FROM FIGURE-8 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Pictured here is Figure-8 Winner #28 Ricky Dickens. The remaining finishing order 2. #34 Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver 3. #77 Ricky Johnson 4. #M1 Mike Mason 5. #7 Tommy Lawrence 6. #7 J.J. Schweizer 7. #96 Kevin Dickens 8. #38 Bobby Harrod 9. #60 Wayne Green, Jr. 10. #6 Wayne Green, Sr.

POSTED 7/19/07 OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED'S TO RACE AT BEECH BEND THIS FRIDAY

Open Wheel's to take to the track at Beech Bend this Friday. These car put on a good show. My question is, will Brian Cherry race the open wheel car this Friday? I think he should, he did a fine job last time. If anyone knows about Brian please post it.

POSTED 7/19/07 PLEASE HELP ME KEEP THIS SITE RESPECTABLE!

Please, I ask as nice as I can, to please stop posting profanity and rude, nasty comments. This is a site for fun. It is not for sexual content. If you want to look at XXX sites please do so, but keep it off my site. And look guys, can't you express yourself without them little four letter words. Very few of you post things like that, but you that do are making it hard for the good folks to enjoy. If you keep doing this and you can, I will either go back to you having to sign up, so I will know who is doing this or I will turn this over to GOOGLE.COM (BLOGGER) and let them trace your computer's IP number. So PLEASE stop! I love doing this site and think 99% of you enjoy it too. So in advance, I am thanking you for your cooperation. (This is not to scare you from making any post, feel free to post your feelings, just keep it clean)

POSTED 7/17/07 THANKS TO ALL YOU READERS!

TONIGHT THIS SITE BROKE 10,000 HITS SINCE APRIL 2007! OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE VIEW RACING INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND OTHER RACERS. TELL YOUR FRIENDS, SPONSOR'S AND FAMILY ABOUT THIS SITE. AGAIN, THANKS. ODELL

POSTED 7/16/07 SANTA FE RACE NIGHT BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER FOR FUN!

This is Anthony Russell's Crew man with his mom at Santa Fe race night. Looks like they are having fun! If you have never been out on Monday Night, you should.

POSTED 7/16/07 A NIGHT OUT AT SANTA FE TO EAT AND WATCH THE RACES FROM BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Left to Right: Lisa of the #48 Anthony Russell Racing and Bobbie of the #10 Joey Stancil Racing (J&B Racing) WHAT DO YOU THINK THESE GIRLS ARE UP TOO?

POSTED 7/16/07 SPORTSMAN DRIVER #99 AND WIFE HAVE 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Odell & Margaret Turner will celebrate thier 25th Wedding Anniversary on July 17, 2007. We have three children, Tifaine Costelow and her husband Jason. Jason Turner and wife Bethany. and Tammy Turner. We have five grandchildren. Because I am the author of this site let me take this time to say to my loving wife, thanks for a wonderful 25 years. I love you more than words can say! Love Odell

POSTED 7/16/07 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RICHARD "DOODLE" DICKENS DRIVER OF THE FIGURE-8

Richard "Doodle" Dickens will be celebrating his 31st Birthday on July 17th 2007. Doodle Happy Birthday from this blogging site and all your fans! Please post a Happy Birthday Message to Doodle. Again, Happy Birthday and hope you have a great one. Odell & Margaret

POSTED 7/16/07 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LATE MODEL DRIVER #12 SAMMY SANDERS

Sammy Sanders will be celebrating his Birthday on July 17th 2007. Happy Birthday Sammy, from this blogging site and all your fans! Please leave Sammy a post wishing him a happy Birthday. Have a good one Sammy, Odell & Margaret

POSTED 7/16/07 CONGRATULATIONS TO BUBBIO AND JERRI LYNN

Congratulations to Bubbio and Jerri Lynn on the Wedding, Sunday July 15, 2007. Margaret and I and all the readers from our blogging site wish you both many happy years together.

POSTED 7/14/07 SPORTSMAN DRIVER BRIAN CHERRY #22 DISQUALIFIED FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THE FEATURE RACE

Brian Cherry driver of the #22 Chevy Sportsman car finished third but was disqualified after the race at post inspection for being 20 lbs. too light. That moved sportsman drivers, Kevin Lamastus #21, Robert Cohron #46, Odell Turner #99, Billy Grider #30 and Aaron Yakobovich #69 all up one spot in money, place and points.

POSTED 7/14/07 FIGURE-8 DRIVER WAYNE GREEN SR. WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME!

Early in the figure-8 race Mike Mason spins out in the middle of turns three and four with several cars barrelling in on Mike and one was Wayne Green Sr. with no place to go. Just simply bad luck for Wayne!

POSTED 7/14/07 MIKE MASON AND DENNIS "ZOOMIE" OLIVER FIGHT WITH THIER CAR'S IN THE FUGURE-8

I was told before the race that Mike was saying all week that come Friday night he was going to take Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver out. That was hear say and don't know it to be true but fron what happen it must have been the gospel. Late in the figure-8 race Mike goes hard into turn one of the eight and runs over the #34 Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver. Then Zoomie fires the car back up and goes fast and hard into turn three of the eight and smashes Mike Mason #M1 into the outside wall. Both cars are torn up bad, but Mike fires his up and drives off the track. Zoomie's car was towed off. So is this over? Will mike be back next Friday? Will Zoomie be back next Friday? PICTURED: TOP PHOTO IS MIKE MASON'S #M1 BOTTOM PHOTO IS DENNIS "ZOOMIE" OLIVER DRIVER OF THE #34 AND ERIC "BUBBIO" JOHNSON IS THE CAR OWNER OF THE #34.

POSTED 7/14/07 BILLY GRIDER WRECKS HIS NEW CAR IN THE SPORTSMAN RACE

First let me say, Billy I hate that you wrecked your car. Billy Grider #30 sportsman car was on the track Friday night for the second race in that new car. Billy qualified second fastest at a 17:13, that is great for only the second night out. But then he wrecked in the back straight away. I was in this race and did not see what happen. I was told that Billy and William Johnson #6 raced really hard with Willie bumping Billy in some turns (I was told that Willie was not too rough but only racing bumps) then Willie got under Billy coming off turn two and then Billy got in the gas hard and his car broke lose and turn in to Willie and then it shot into the wall. Billy laughed and told me after the race that he just ran out of talent, I don't believe that, I think he just had too big of a shoe! (Ha-Ha) and a super fast car. As most of you know I think the world of Billy Grider and hate it for him, also I am a friend to William "Willie" Johnson and in no way saying that he was at fault. If anyone has more to add to this story please post. I may not have it all right. Good Luck Billy if you need any help or anything call me.

POSTED 7/14/07 PRESTON WHITE WINS AND THEN IT WAS ON AT THE TECH SHED

After the Baby Grand Jr Pro class there were a difference of opinions at the tech shed. David Daniels owner of the #19 car and Mary Daniels father was really voicing his opinion loudly at Bobby White about something on the car of Preston White #3 the winner of the feature race. I do not know what David was mad about, but did see Bobby teching the cars and looking under the firewall of each car and before Bobby looked under Preston's car he ask David to look as he did so he would know Bobby didn't change anything. As they looked David jumped up and said rather loudly, see it's wrong, it's 9000 (I think that is what he said) and then it just kept on with words being passed back and forth. Also Marty White was upset as well (Marty is Preston's uncle). Then there was a small altercation between Bobby and David. I don't know really what happen but it appeared that David was saying that Preston had more horse power than his daughter. I will say this it looked to me like Preston just out drove Mary in that race and I am not taking sides but Preston drove a great race and really in my opinion won it in the turns and that isn't anything to do with horse power, it is handling. Remember this is only my opinion and from my spot in the stands may differ from yours. Please respond by making your comments.

POSTED 7/14/07 BO MILLER WINS AGAIN!

Bo Miller wins again! I am hearing a lot of negative comments about Bo Miller both on my site and at the track. Some think Bo is cheating with some sort of traction device. And lots of people have made comments about Bo being very cocky and having a very bad personality. Bo got his win last night (7/13/07) after #12 Sammy Sanders led twenty plus laps. Bo bumped Sammy in some of the turns and then with just a few laps left he hit the rear of #12 in the exit of turn #4 and got Sammy side ways, up and out of the groove and then made the pass. Do you the fan think this was a good racing move or is Bo just a race track bully? And should the track officials do something to any car that stinks up the show, like add weight until the show is fun to watch? No one in the stands wants to watch the same car win time and time again. I listened to the crowd last night and when Bo pulled into victory lane and got out, I heard NO clapping of hands for him. Does this mean everyone hates Bo? No, but it is no fun see him win every race. It is kinda like wrestling, it seems scripted. Plus look at the car count, no Louisville cars, why? Maybe because you can't win at Beech Bend?

POSTED 7/14/07 FIGURE-8 RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Figure-8 results. 1. Ricky "THE WING MAN" Dickens #28 2. J.J. Schweizer #7 3. Tommy Lawrence #07 4. Ricky Johnson #77 5. Bobby Harrod #38 6. Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver 7. Mike Mason #M1 8. Jimmy Glass #2 9. Kevin Dickens #96

POSTED 7/14/07 LATE MODEL RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Late Model results. 1. Bo Miller #38 2. Sammy Sanders #12 3. Chad Willis #99 4. Steve Ashley #28 5. Roland Isaacs #4 6. Mike Pruitt #2

POSTED 7/14/07 SPORTSMAN CLASS RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Sportsman Results. 1. Phillip Akins #44 2. William Johnson #6 3. Kevin Lamastus #21 4. Robert Cohron #46 5. Odell Turner #99 6. Billy Grider #30 7. Aaron Yakobovich #69 8. Brian Cherry #22

POSTED 7/14/07 BABY GRAND JR PRO RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Baby Grand Jr Pro Results. 1. Preston White #3 2. Mary Daniels #19 3. Chris Willis #8 4. Mason Mingus #5 5. Blake Isenburg #77

POSTED 7/14/07 FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8 RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Front Runner Figure-8 Results. 1. Alan McFaddin #20 2. Steve Vincent #6 3. Rick Simpson #109 4. Tony Peak #17 5. Mark Cummings #A1 6. Josh Sartain #6 7. Tommy Hoover #13

POSTED 7/14/07 BABY GRAND PRO CLASS RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Baby Grand Pro Class Result. 1.Ronnie Binkley #25 2. Bruce Mingus #5 3. Doc Buzzard #84 4. Jacob France #9 5. Eldon Isenburg #77 6. Chris Willis #8 7. Preston White #3 8. Randy Lewis #39 9. Mary Daniels #19 10. Pete Neimier #22

POSTED 7/14/07 MODIFIED STREET RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Modified Street results. 1.Anthony Russell #48 2. Tony Rothe #44 3. Daniel Young #9 4. Jimmy Borders #18 5. Larry McGrew #32 6. Davis Baird #15 7. Joey Stancil #10 8. David Uhls #17 9. Mark Thompson #67 10. Rita Cline #69 11. Randal Wells #13 12. Jimmy Glass #2 13. Johnathan Mann #76 14. Ricky Johnson #77

POSTED 7/14/07 FRONT RUNNER RESULTS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Mark Cummings #A1 2. Hunter Willis #99 3. Paul Cummings #A1 4. Steve Vincent #6 5. Rick Simpson #109 6. Tony Peak #17 7. Jim Lambreth #20 8. Josh Sartain #6 9. Tommy McGinnis #88 10. David Gaskin#1 11. John Ford #5 12. Matt Melton #11 13. Larry Lathan #58 14. Dakota Gibson #5 15. Terry Hudson #13

POSTED 7/14/07 RESULTS FOR MINI CUP CLASS FROM 7/13/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Results of Mini Cup Class. 1. Mason Mingus #6 2. Blake Isenberg #77 3. Cody Fredricks #5 4. Andrew Lawrencw #0 5. Kevin Henderson #04

POSTED 7/8/07 RACERS & CREW MAN CAN PLAY GOLF?

Is Odell Turner of Turner Racing the Bo Miller of Golf? Odell played Matt Spinks and Adam Brooks crew man of Grider Racing and Brad Spinks the B in B&R Racers Supply. Needless to say I won!!!! Is there any other racers or crew men that would like to play? I would list the scores but don't want to embarrass anyone (Ha-Ha). It was a lot of fun, I haven't played in a few years. Enjoyed it guys, lets do it again.

POSTED 7/7/07 TURNER RACING #99 NEW SPORTSMAN CAR

Turner Racing #99 with Driver Odell Turner brought out his new car. The sponsor's are Rafferty's Restaurant & Bar, Chucks Liquor Outlets, Flea Land, Bilbrey's Upholstery, Thompson's Trophy Center, Jerry's Mufflers and Tires and SIGNS by ODELL.

POSTED 7/7/07 GRIDER RACING BRINGS NEW CAR OUT FOR SPORTSMAN CLASS

Grider Racing #30 with Driver Billy Grider and his crew have brought out their new car. This team has Rally's Hamburger, Rivertown Moving & Storage, Precious Memories DVD, Spinks Lawn Care, Phelps Lawn Care and SIGN by ODELL. Good looking car, and good luck Billy!

POSTED 7/6/07 THE PEPSI 100 TWIN 50 LAP RACE TOP 10 MONEY EARNER'S

The Pepsi 100 Twin 50 lap race pay out and finishes overall are: (1) Tie with Tommy Climer #5 with a 1st place and a 15th and Bo Miller with a 1st place and a 15th and both took home $950.00 each. (3) Sammy Sanders #12 with a 2nd and a 5th taking home $$850.00. (4)Tie with Donald Byrns #31 and Mark Oliver #25 with Mark finishing 4th and 5th and Donald a 3rd and 6th and both taking home $750.00 each. (6) Chad Willis #99 with a 2nd and 8th taking home $700.00 (7) Chris Harmon #6 with a 3rd and a 16th taking home $600.00 (8) Tie with Roger Parker #53 with a 6th and a 7th and Davey Coble with a 4th and a 14th both taking home $550.00 (10) Martin Belcher #2 with a 7th and a 14th taking home $400.00. That is the top ten money finishers. We had 19 Late Models to start the first race.

POSTED 7/6/07 SALEM SPEEDWAY'S 18TH ANNUAL FIRECRACKER 200 AT SALEM, IN. TURNS OUT GOOD FOR LOCAL DRIVER, JAY PARRISH

I am hearing that our local racer, Jay Parrish #79 finished 11th out of over 50 cars in the 18th Annual Firecracker 200 at Salem Speedway, Salem, IN. Good job Jay! You represented Bowling Green well.

POSTED 7/5/07 ITEMS FOR SALE

FOR SALE: I have a single axle car trailer that my son used to haul his front Runner car for three years $175.00 obo I have a car trailer that I hauled my sportsman car and front Runner with, it is dual axle and 16 foot long 761/2 inches wide and steel floor. asking $600.00 obo I have a Chevy Corsica would make good Front Runner for Beech Bend or the Figure-8 at the Southern Kentucky Fair, Needs some work. $150.00 obo Email me at kyjava1997@aol.com or call Odell @ 270-843-1563 for more information

POSTED 7/5/07 LEADERS IN THE POINTS AT BEECH BEND AS OF 7/3/07

If I figured right Tony Rothe #44 took the points lead away from #48 Anthony Russell in the Modified Street Class. Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver is still the points leader in the figure-8. Mark Cummings in the A1 remains the points leader in the Front Runner Class. Tony Peak #17 takes the points lead in Front Runner Figure-8. Phillip Akin #44 holds on to the points lead in the sportsman class. This is not official.

POSTED 7/4/07 THANKS TO B & R RACERS SUPPLY

I have wrote about many drivers and tracks, but I would like to blog about two people that very rarely get credit for helping us racers. This story is about B&R Racers Supply. The two men behind B&R are Brad Spinks and Rick Falcone. I have known these two guys for over twenty years. Brad drove a stock car and did a fine job back in the days. Brad is married to Becky (Phelps). They have one son, Matthew Spinks. Matt is a crew man on the number #30 sportsman car of Grider Racing. Brad works for the Bowling Green City School System where he is in management. Rick is married to Barbara (Phelps). They have one son, Scott. Scott is married to Crystal and they have a daughter, Makayla. Scott also helps on the sportsman car of Phillip Akin #44. Rick manages Toohey's Auto Parts. Brad and Rick started selling parts soon after White Bros. Oval Track Supply sold out. Some of you reading this may say that they don't need any thanks because they make money off us drivers. Duh! Auto Zone, Toohey's, Advance, O'Reilly's and catalog mail orders don't? These guys are at the track every single race. It is a job for them and I know they get tired. I for one have broken a part and didn't have to run to town. I only walked across the pits to buy a screw, bolt, fluids and etc... Plus they give me advise on what I need for my car. Thank you guys and your families for supporting stock car racing. Racers please leave your comments for Brad and Rick along with your name and car number. Again, Thanks, Odell Turner, Sportsman Car #99

POSTED 7/4/07 MIKE MASON AND DENNIS "ZOOMIE" OLIVER HIT IN THE FIGURE-8!

The figure-8 race was not that wild for most fans last night. But if you watched close you would have seen a couple of cars bump into each other. I did not see everything that a source told me that happened. I did see Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver #34 get into #M1 Mike Mason. Mike got lose and Zoomie took over second from mike. I don't know if Mike had hit Zoomie before to cause Zoomie to retaliate. I don't think Zoomie did it on purpose unless Mike did something first. But I do not know. Maybe the two drivers will post on here what they know happened. I know that there was some action in the pits after the race. Lots of words flying and a few fist. Remember if you post comments DO NOT USE FOUR LETTER WORDS AND KEEP IT CLEAN! I will delete anything I think is not proper.

POSTED 7/4/07 THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

I will be fifty years old this year, have raced for several years off and on. I learned two things last night at the races. First, let me say I don't know much about setting up or building a stock car. I don't know how to build an engine. I do know how to do a lot of little things to a car. One thing is for sure, I love driving a stock car as much as anyone. I have a lot of friends and family that has help me, and I appreciate that very much. This season I have to thank my sponsor's for their help. I have had many of you drivers that have said I should be doing good with all them sponsor's but honestly the money I got from sponsor's this year was good but when it comes to racing in the sportsman class and spending thousand's of dollars I like many of you am short handed. I worked so hard to get my new car out at the track as many of you fellow racer's have also done. All the little things that kept going wrong as you guys know about. The season started April 6, and I was not ready so I used my back up car. Then on July 2, I had the new car ready to go to the track to test only to find out my car was too wide to fit on the trailer. The next day I bought another trailer and then got home and get ready to back up the the garage to load the car and my van will not start. I finally get to the track for the July 3rd race with no practice and take the new car out to qualify and make about seven laps, not getting up to speed but running really good. I was so happy with the handle of the car and knew I had more gas peddle left. On the seven lap, I go off in turn three and the engine sounds like a hand grenade going off. Yes, my new engine just broke. So here is the two things I learned last night. I had that sick feeling that you fellow drivers get when you blow and it was bad. I was so sick. But the thing I was most proud to have learned was that after I blew up and loaded my car up there were guys over at the trailer to help push it on and many, many fellow racers and fans came up to me and said they hated it for me and offered to help in any way. This is not a feel sorry for Odell post, I just wanted to share something I learned. From now on I hate to see anyone blow or wreck their car. Been there done that. And last, with all the smart remarks that people put on this site I can still be proud to be a racer at Beech Bend Raceway. Last night you drivers and fans made me realize that we are a small racing family. Thanks to you all for your support.

POSTED 7/4/07 LOCAL DRIVER MAKES A GOOD SHOW IN OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED

I race with Brian Cherry in the Sportsman class each week and it is hard to pull for him with him winning a lot and I am having a hard time just keeping up. But as a writer on this blog and after blowing my engine Tuesday night I became a fan in the stand. Saying that brings me to this story. I would like to say personally to Brain, good job! You drove the wheels off that Open Wheel Modified. I for one was pulling for you to win it. Even with the spin, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Again, good job Brian!

POSTED 7/4/07 RESULTS FROM LAST POLL

The last poll ask which driver you think might win both Pepsi 100 twin 50 lap races. Sammy Sanders was the top voted driver. Bo Miller had second most votes.

POSTED 7/4/07 PEPSI 100 (SECOND 50 LAP RACE) RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1 Bo Miller #38 2. Sammy Sanders #12 3. Chris Harmon #6 4. Davey Coble #14 5. Mark Oliver #25 6. Donald Byrns #31 7. Roger Parker #53 8. Chad Willis #99 9. Jerrod Foley #4 10. TW Fisher #16 11. Keith Montgomery #40 12. Daniel Young #112 13. Mike Pruitt #2 14. Martin Belcher #2 15. Tommy Climer #05 16. Shawn Smith #86 17. Roy Petrey, Jr. #45

POSTED 7/4/07 PEPSI 1OO LATE MODEL (FIRST 50 LAP RACE) RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Tommy Climer #05 2. Chad Willis #99 3. Donald Byrns #31 4. Mark Oliver #25 5. Sammy Sanders #12 6. Roger Parker #53 7. Martin Belcher #2 8. Tony Willis #98 9. Jerrod Foley #4 10. Roy Petrey, Jr. #45 11. T.W. Fisher #16 12. Keith Montgomery #40 13. Shawn Smith #86 14. Davey Coble #14 15. Bo Miller #38 16. Chris Harmon #6 17. Jason Edmonds #90 18. Mike Pruitt #2 19. Daniel Young #112

POSTED 7/4/07 OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Ricky Sanford #5 2. Roy Dorris #98 3. Jimmy Schutt #707 4. Scott Gay #1 5. Richard Hargrove #61 6. Larry Searcy #69 7. Brian Cherry #45 8. Trent Turner #70 9. Bo Hall #10 Arty Hall #11 11. Tim Lawson #27

POSTED 7/4/07 MODIFIED STREET RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Tony Rothe #44 2. Clint Ivey #52 3. Joey Stancil #10 4. Jimmy Broders #18 5. Larry McGrew, Jr. #32 6. Davis Baird #15 7. Jimmy Glass #2 8. Randal Wells #13 9. David Uhls #17 10. Rita Cline #69 11. Tommy Lawrence #7 12. David Cox #85 13. Steven Brown #29 14. Anthony Russell #48

POSTED 7/4/07 FRONT RUNNER RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Mark Cummings #A1 2. Paul Cummings #A1 3. Alan McFaddin #20 4. Terry Duke #11 5. Anthony Miller #12 6. Hunter Willis #99 7. Steve Vincent #6 8. Jimmy Jacobs #95 9. Tony Peak #17 10. Josh Sartain #06 11. James Mehaffey #6 12. Michael Rittenberry #10 13. Michael Anderson #7 14. Michael Kaylor #83X 15. Keith Kaylor #16 16. Tex Ramsey #0 17. Brad Koughev #13 18. Joe Wall 19. Matt Melton #11 20. Jimmy Linville #8 21. Dakota Gibson #5 22. Lee Alvey #28

POSTED 7/4/07 FIGURE-8 RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Ricky Dickens #28 2. Dennis Oliver #34 3. Mike Mason #M1 4. J.J. Schweizer #7 5. Ricky Johnson #77 6. Richard "Doodle" Dickens, Jr #85 7. Tommy Lawrence #07 8. Wayne Green, Jr. #60 9. Terry Russell #3 10. Kyle Naftel #21 11. David Zellers #38

POSTED 7/4/07 FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8 RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Mark Cummings #A1 2. Tony Peak #17 3. Terry Duke #11 4. Steve Vincent #6 5. Alan McFaddin #20 6. Michael Anderson #7 7. Lee Alvey #28 8. Josh Sartain #06 9. Joe Wall #20 10. Michael Rittenberry #10 11. James Coles #21 12. Keith Kaylor #16

POSTED 7/4/07 SPORTSMAN CLASS RESULTS FROM 7/3/07 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

1. Brian Cherry #22 2. Kevin Lamastus #21 3. William Johnson #6 4. Phillip Akin #44 5. Paul Watkins #80 6. Jay Parrish #79 7. Billy Grider #30 8. Chris Willard #83 9. Aaron Yakobovich #69 10. Willard Nelson #35