POSTED 5/31/07 BEECH BEND PARK IS OPEN DAILY!

Beech Bend Park and Splash Lagoon are now open daily! Don't miss a single day of fun. The discounted season pass price of just $109.95 has been extended through the month of June. For one low price of $109.95 you get both parks--the rides in Beech Bend Park and the slides in Splash Lagoon, mininature golf at the Gold Rush Golf Course, Granny Jones' Petting Farm and live entertainment daily featuring the "Country Spirit" show and the Rick Arnold show. We're clean, friendly and affordable and you can spend your time on the rides, not standing in lines! Family fun just doesn't get any better. Parking is FREE, suncreen is FREE and tubes in the water park are FREE! What are you waiting for? Summer starts now! You can spend a day or spend a week with us at our campground. Over 500 camp sites with full hook-ups, bath houses, laundomat and complimentary WIFI. Don't have an RV or tent? No problem, you can rent an RV from us. Just call 270-781-7634 for reservations. We also have group rates and catered picnics. Whether you're planning a church outing, family reunion or company picnic, Beech Bend Park has the perfect facilities to make your event successful. We have both outdoor covered pavilions and indoor, air conditioned pavilions. Just give us a call at 270-781-7634 and let us plan your party.

POSTED 5/31/07 HOOSIER TIRES????

Beech Bend has changed our track tire. We are now to use Hoosiers. It was reported to me that #44 Phillip Akin in his sportsman car finished 5th Friday night -7.494 behind the leader #03 Rick Stamper. Then on Monday after mounting Hoosier tires, Phillip wins. William Johnson finished second to Phillip at -5.271 behind. Rick Stamper, winner Friday finished fourth -7.125 behind Phillip. Big turn around. I had several sources that said #22 Brian Cherry put on Hoosier tires and was at Beech Bend Tuesday night for testing and recorded several laps at 16:90's. Brian was the track record holder last year at 17:28, I think. So it looks like Brian will be the man to beat. Super Fast!!!! Good job Brian!

POSTED 5/30/07 THIS WEEKS FEATURED DRIVER

This week I am featuring the #96 Chevy driven by Kevin Dickens. Kevin is 26 years old. He is married, his wife is Tammy. Kevin & Tammy have three children, Kenneth, Kaytlan and Tiffany. They also have two grandchildren. Kevin has raced for 3 or 4 years. Kevin is the son of Ricky and Diane Dickens. He has one brother, Jason Dickens, a sister Tonya Naftel and brother-in-law Kyle Naftel. Kevin works for Gra-Tac Heating & Cooling. His sponsors for 2007 are, Wendy's, B&R Racers Supply, Buck Electric, Gra-Tac Heating & Cooling and Signs by ODELL. Racing stock cars runs deep in Kevin's family. Kevin's Dad, Ricky Dickens has raced for many years and won many races. His Dad, Ricky has won the figure-8 race two of the three races of this season, in his #28 car. His uncle Richard Dickens has drove in many figure-8 races. His cousin Richard "Doodle" Dickens has four in a row figure-8 championships. His Cousin Rita Dickens Cline races in the Modified Street class this year. Kevin may have other family that have raced, I'm not sure. Good Luck Kevin in 2007! Look for featured stories of other drivers each week.

POSTED 5/29/07 BILLY GRIDER MAY HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AT KENTUCKY MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Could this be Stock Car Driver Billy Grider? I took this picture at the big race this past Saturday in Sparta, KY. at the Kentucky Motor Speedway. If this is really Billy he has a new racing suit. You post, YES or NO as to if you think this could or could not be Billy Grider. By the way, Have you seen Jackass II ?

POSTED 5/29/07 CRASH IN THE FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8

This is a picture of Tony Peak #17 after he and Rick Simpson #109 crashed in the crossing during the front Runner Figure-8 on Monday 5-28-07. Both drivers were OK. By the way, Tony was leading the race. Steve Vincent in the #6 went ahead and picked up the win.

POSTED 5/29/07 HEARING THAT JR HENSON AND BILLY WILLIAMS OF TENNESSEE WILL BE RACING AT BEECH BEND AGAIN THIS YEAR

A source that I know and trust called me at home tonight with some news for my site. The source said that Jr. Henson and his wife Christy told him that Dallas told them it was okay to come back to watch the races. Then they both told my source that Dallas has now told them that they and Billy Williams could both come back and race again. They said that they would have their car here in a couple of weeks. Remember this is only one side of a story. I would like to invited Dallas to respond to this post if he reads it, because many drivers are concerned.

POSTED 5/29/07 STREET CLASS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Street Class, Curtis Butler in the #8c finds his self a win. Coming in 2nd was the #53 of Kyle Ivey, and 3rd was the #77 of Ricky Johnson. Congratulation Curtis Butler!

POSTED 5/29/07 FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8 RESULTS FROM MONDAY

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Front Runner Figure-8 Class, Steve Vincent in the #6 finds his self a win. Coming in 2nd was the #28 of Lee Alvey, 3rd was the #7 of Michael Anderson, 4th was the #06 of Josh Sartain, 5th was the #9 of Bill Carter, 6th was the #17 of Tony Peak, 7th was #109 of Rick Simpson, and 8th was #20 of Alan McFaddin. Congratulation Steve Vincent!

POSTED 5/29/07 SPORTSMAN CLASS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Sportsman Class, Phillip Akin in the #44 finds his self a win. Coming in 2nd was the #6 of William Johnson, 3rd was the #80 of Paul Watkins, 4th was the #03 of Rick Stamper, 5th was the #00 of Cory Presley, 6th was the #28 of Tim Ezell, 7th was #46 of Robert Cohron, 8th was #99 of Odell Turner, 9th was #35 of Willard Nelson, and 10th was #18 of Tad Phillips. Congratulation Phillip Akin!

POSTED 5/29/07 LATE MODEL RESULTS FROM MONDAY

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Late Model Class, Bo Miller in the #38 finds his self a win. Coming 2nd was the #05 of Tommy Climer, 3rd was the #12 of Sammy Sanders, 4th was the #6 of Chris Harmon, 5th was the #2 of Martin Belcher, 6th was the #14 of Davey Coble, 7th was #99 of Chad Willis, 8th was #12 of Tyler Townsend, 9th was #31 of Josh Byrns, 10th was #70 of Kevin Lamastus, 11th was #2 of Mike Pruitt, And 12th was #90 of Jason Edmonds. Congratulation Bo Miller!

POSTED 5/29/07 CONCERN ABOUT JR. HENSON COMING BACK!

Odell, I said I would be quiet after my last opinion, but I just had to have my say about this. I saw Junior Henson buttering up to Clay Jones @ Mondays race if they let him come back I hope everyone will load their cars and leave, and I am sure it probably is going to happen, that he will get to come back. Thanks, XXXXXXXXXX ( I replaced the name with X's. The author of this email did not ask me to leave their name off, and neither did they tell me to post the email. But I have been told by many different fans, and racers just about the same story. So I thought this email deserved to be published. Thanks for sending your concerned email. Odell)

POSTED 5/28/07 FRONT RUNNER RESULTS

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Front Runner Class, Steve Vincent in the #6 finds his self a win. Coming 2nd was the #17 of Tony Peak, 3rd was the #A1 of Mark Cummings, 4th was the #11 of Terry Duke, 5th was the #20 of Alan McFaddin, 6th was the #99 of Hunter Willis, 7th was #109 of Rick Simpson, 8th was #79 of Chris Logsdon, 9th was #19 of Roy Page, 10th was #9 of Shannon Carter, 11th was #11 of Matt Melton, 12th was #06 of Josh Sartain, 13th was #5 of Dakota Gibson, 14th was #7 of Michael Anderson, 15th was #82 of Billy Gregory, 16th was #00 of Ramsey Tex, 17th was #A1 of Paul Cummings, 18th was #28 of Blake Fields and 19th. was #28 of Lee Alvey. Congratulation Steve Vincent!

POSTED 5/28/07 RESULTS FROM THE SECOND FIGURE-8

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Figure-8 Class, Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver in the #34 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #6 of Wayne Green Sr, third was the #77 of Ricky Johnson, forth was the #96 of Kevin Dickens, fifth was the #M1 of Mike Mason, sixth was the #7 of J.J. Schweizer, seventh was #28 of Ricky Dickens, eighth was #21 Kyle Naftel, ninth was #53 Kyle Ivey, and tenth was #34 of Bobby Harrod. Congratulation Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver!

POSTED 5/28/07 RESULT OF FIRST FIGURE-8

Race Monday 5-28-07 Results for Figure-8 Class, Ricky Dickens in the #28 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #6 of Wayne Green Sr, third was the #34 of Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver, forth was the #M1 of Mike Mason, fifth was the #77 of Ricky Johnson, sixth was the #7 of J.J. Schweizer, seventh was #96 Kevin Dickens, eighth was #34 Bobby Harrod and ninth was #21 Kyle Naftel. Congratulation Ricky Dickens!

POSTED 5/27/07 RESULTS FROM FIGURE-8 CLASS

Race Friday 5-25-07 Results for Figure-8 Class, Ricky Dickens in the #28 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #34 of Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver, third was the #06 of Wayne Green Sr, forth was the #M1 of Mike Mason, fifth was the #7 of J.J. Schweizer, and sixth was the #96 of Kevin Dickens. Congratulation Ricky Dickens!

POSTED 5/27/07 RESULTS FROM MINI CUP FUTURE CLASS

Race Friday 5-25-07 Results for Mini Cup Future Class, Kyle Baugh in the #66 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #15 of Brett Robinson, third was the #17 of Joseph Greening, forth was the #06 of Mason Mingus, fifth was the #02 of Kevin Henderson, sixth was the #05 of Cody Fredricks, and seventh was the #77 of Blake Isenburg. Congratulation Kyle Baugh!

POSTED 5/27/07 RESULTS FROM FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8

Race Friday 5-25-07 Results for Front Runner Figure-8 Class, Tony Peak in the #17 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #11 of Terry Duke, third was the #28 of Lee Alvey, forth was the #109 of Rick Simpson, fifth was the #9 of Bill Carter, sixth was the #7 of Michael Anderson, seventh was the #A1 of Mark Cummings, and eighth was the #20 of Alan McFadd. Congratulation Tony Peak!

POSTED 5/27/07 RESULTS FROM SPORTSMAN CLASS

Race Friday 5-25-07 Results for Sportsman Class, Rick Stamper in the #03 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #80 of Paul Watkins, third was the #6 of William Johnson, forth was the #22 of Brian Cherry, fifth was the #44 of Phillip Akin, sixth was the #41 of Michael King, seventh was the #46 of Robert Cohron, eighth was the #99 of Odell Turner, ninth was the #69 of Aaron Yakobovich, and tenth was the #87 of Jeff Bush. Congratulation Rick Stamper!

POSTED 5/27/07 RESULT FROM BABY GRAND PRO CLASS

Race Friday 5-25-07 Results for Baby Grand Pro Class, Eldon Isenburg in the #77 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #25 of Ronnie Binkley, third was the #22 of Pete Neimeir, forth was the #09 of Jacob France, fifth was the #06 of Frank Dye, sixth was the #5 of Bruce Mingus, seventh was the #3 of Preston White, eighth was the #83 of Dillon Harper, ninth was the # 19 of Mary Daniels, and tenth was the #84 of Doc Buzzard. Congratulation Eldon Isenburg!

POSTED 5/27/07 RESULT OF THE LATE MODEL CLASS

Race Friday 5-25-07 Results for Late Model Class, Bo Miller in the #38 finds his self a win. Coming second was the #05 of Tommy Climer, third was the #6 of Chris Harmon, forth was the #2 of Martin Belcher, fifth was the #4 of Roland Isaacs, sixth was the #99 of Chad Willis, seventh was the #2 of Mike Pruitt, eighth was the #28 of Steve Ashley, ninth was the #90 of Jason Edmonds, tenth was the #31 of Josh Byrns, eleventh was #25 of Mark Oliver, Twelfth was #12 of Sammy Sanders. Congratulation Bo Miller!