POSTED 3-22-10 A POST FROM ODELL THE EDITOR OF THIS SITE

Hello to all the viewers of this site.  I started this local racing news and rumors blog about four years ago.  The reason I started this site was because I love racing of all kinds.  I do not get paid anything for doing this site.  I only want to promote tracks such as Beech Bend Raceway, Music City Raceway, Highland Rim, Kentucky Motor Speedway, and etc.  Another reason was to promote drivers that are local, but are not Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson and etc.  Then there is the fans.  I try to keep them up to date with racing news and rumors behind the scene.  I am not looking for a pat on the back by writing this.  However, just want to share some information on how this all works.  I spend many hours typing, putting photos and etc. on this site.  I also travel to many tracks and races to get information for all of you.  I have ask all drivers, car owners, track owners, track vendors, track photographers, and fans to send me your news.  I try very hard to be fair and balanced.  I know that everyone has opinions and they are welcome.  I get hundreds of email complaining of the comments.  I also get many emails of thanks.  Remember, not everyone will see eye to eye.  The million dollar question is, how to I decide which comment to post or not post?  This site can't always be perfect!  Hey, it's racing and at the track it's not always perfect.  Honestly, sometimes I just want to throw my hands up and quit this site.  Then I receive an email of encouragement.  Just the other day, I deleted some comments but for some reason they got put on my site.  I didn't see them until I started getting other comments.  So in closing let me say this.  You don't have to like Odell Turner and that is OK.  I would rather that everyone like me.  However, I am going to keep this site going for the hundreds or thousands that do like it.  You can still post comments that disagree with others, but for you that cry about Beech Bend or other tracks being so bad I will NOT keep putting that on here, so save your time.  Call me a puppet or whatever, but I am tired of you running down the sport that I love.  Simply to say to you, stop going to them tracks or getting on this site if you hate it so bad.  I cannot please everyone with the way I run this site.  In closing, let me say this.  I think I have helped many of you with lettering, photo's, parts and etc.  I try to be a good guy, but don't like to get ran over either.  If I have offended any of you please except my apology.  Thanks for stopping by the site, see you at a race track soon.  Odell Turner - Local Racing News and Rumors by ODELL