POSTED 8-30-07 SPECIAL SPORTSMAN RACE FOR SUNDAY'S RACE DAY!

SPORTSMAN RACE? I have been told that we will have twin 25's on Sunday in the sportsman class. I was told that Quick Fuel will be the sponsor. I was also told that it would be double money and double points. This has not been confirmed by track owner, Dallas Jones. I guess we will see.

POSTED 8-30-07 DOODLE RACING AT SALEM SPEEDWAY AT THE HALLOWEEN 200 IN OCTOBER

I did get an email from Doodle and Angie. They said Doodle will race at Salem Speedway in the Halloween 200 in Salem, IN. Margaret and I always go to this event and so do many other Bowling Green racer's and fan's. Good Luck Doodle! See you there.

POSTED 8-30-07 NO RACES LAST WEEK AND NO NEWS!

Some have ask, why haven't I made any post lately? Two reason's, first we had no races last Friday. no races, no news! I did receive an email that I will put on after I post this. The second reason for no post is, my real job has kept me very busy and even out of town. Sorry, but keep looking and keep me posted with racing news. Thanks, Odell

POSTED 8-18-07 MARK OLIVER #25 LATE MODEL GETS DISQUALIFIED

Late Model car of Mark Oliver finished third but was disqualified for his left side being too low to the ground. Mark had a left front shock that was very low and then slowly begin to raise as the car set there. Bobby White the track inspector could not get the gauge under Mark's car. Better luck next week Mark, don't forget to change that shock!

POSTED 8-18-07 RICKY DICKENS SHOWS HIS KINDNESS

Left to Right are Me (Odell) and Ricky Dickens. Ricky won the figure-8 race Friday night and then he shocked me. Ricky gave me his winning trophy. I consider Ricky to be a good friend of mine but never dreamed of him sharing his trophy with me. I have never had anyone to do that for me. My daughter Tammy has had a couple drivers to give her a trophy when she was a little girl but I had never had that pleasure. I race stock cars and have won a few trophies of my own, but this one will be one of my favorite ones. For some of you fans that only know Ricky as the blue winged car that races in the figure-8 there is more to him than that. He is a real man. He has worked for Grac-Tac Heating and Cooling for years and a family man. Ricky doesn't bother anyone and just keeps his mouth shut and races. Thanks Ricky and I wish you the best this year. Good luck to you and all the figure-8 guys.

POSTED 8-18-07 OUR KIDS ARE SOMETIMES OUR BIGGEST FANS

I have wrote a lot of stories on this site but this one is what it is all about in my opinion. I have shared with you stories of winners, cars, tracks, and etc... This picture is of sportsman driver Paul Watkins and his son. My wife stands on the walk over and tapes me (Odell #99) and Paul races in my class, as she tapes, Paul's son stands up there too and watches his Dad race. My wife tells me every night how cute he is and how he yells for his dad to win. I had never really met him so when I took Paul's picture I saw him standing in the pits close to his dad and ask if this was his son, it was, and so I took this picture. I remember when I raced years ago and Paul's Dad, Johnny was a driver and a very good one at that. Paul was like his son he was the little kid running around in the pits. So the saying the apple doesn't fall far from the tree is true I guess. I believe that no matter how many people are fans of Paul this little boy will always be Paul's biggest fan. Paul you should be very proud. There is nothing like family. To you folks reading this site I just wanted to post this story to said not all races are bad people and there is more to a racer than just a stock car. My oldest daughter who doesn't go to the races told me that her son (my grandson) was playing baseball this year and Paul was a coach on the other team and she told me that he really did a good job and had a lot of fun with the kids. Good Job Paul! In short speaking as a fellow racer, yes we get mad at other racer from time to time and show our self, but it is because a good racer has that fire in his belly and is a very competitive person but when it is said and done we are family men and women, coach's, bosses, factory workers, your painter, heat & cool man, a blood donor and etc. Just plain old good moral people in our community. Paul thanks for your part in our community and at Beech Bend Raceway.

POSTED 8-18-07 PRESTON WHITE HAS BAD LUCK AND SOME GOOD NEW TO SHARE

Preston White #3 had some bad luck Friday night. From my view point it looked look he was caught up in somebody esle's mess. It looked like the #5 just kept the throttle down and carried Preston into the wall. I was told by a source that Preston has moved from Baby Grand Jr to Baby Grand Pro. And Preston told me last night that he has a sportsman car for the 2008 season. Good luck Preston!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS FROM OPEN WHEELS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Ricky Sanford #5 takes the win and makes it look like a stroll down the freeway. 2. #98 Roy Dorris 3. #707 Jimmy Schutt 4. #69 Larry Searcy 5. #45 Brian Cherry Good Job Ricky!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS FROM FRONT RUNNER CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Mark Cummings #A1 in a new car takes the win. 2. #A1 Paul Cummings 3. #99 Chad Willis 4.#11 Matt Melton 5.#5 Dakota Gibson 6. #55 Brian Harbor 7. #77 Michael Whitlow 8. #39 Jimmy Shrum 9.#33 Terry Gill 10.#7 Michael Anderson 11.#17 Tony Peak 12. #28 Lee Alvey Good Job Mark!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS FROM BABY GRAND PRO AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Jacob France #9 wins. 2. #25 Ronnie Binkley 3. #8 Chris Willis 4. #6 Frank Dye 5. #6 Mason Mingus 6. #84 Doc Buzzard 7. #39 Randy Lewis 8. # 19 Mary Daniels 9. #3 Preston White 10. #5 Bruce Mingus 11. #77 Eldon Isenburg 12. #22 Pete Neimeir Good Job Jacob!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS OF LATE MODEL CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Bo Miller makes it look easy as he collects another win. 2. #99 Chad Willis 3. #12 Sammy Sanders 4. #2 Martin Belcher 5. #31 Josh Byrns 6. #28 Steve Ashley 7. #2 Mike Pruitt 8. #90 Jason Edmonds 9. #25 Mark Oliver Good Job Bo!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS FROM MODIFIED STREET CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Keith Montgomery #40 comes back to the modified street class and qualifies the fastest time and takes an impressive win. 2. #48 Anthony Russell 3. #44 Tony Rothe 4. #9 Daniel Young 5. #32 Larry McGrew, Jr. 6. #10 Joey Stancil 7. #15 Davis Baird 8. #2 Jimmy Glass 9. #17 David Uhls 10. #69 Rita Cline 11. #13 Randal Wells 12. #77 Ricky Johnson Good Job Keith!

POSTED 8-18-08 RESULTS FROM MINI CUP FUTURE AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Kevin Henderson #4 grabs the win. 2. #77 Blake Isenberg 3. #00 Andrew Lawrence 4. #6 Mason Mingus 5. #5 Cody Fredricks 6. #19 Johnathan McBride 7. #44 Rodney Mitchell Good Job Kevin!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS FROM FRONT RUNNER FIGURE-8 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Tony Peak takes the Front Runner figure-8 win again! 2. #06 Josh Sartain 3. #28 Lee Alvey 4. #33 Terry Gill 5. #7 Michael Anderson 6. #A1 Mark Cummings 7. #11 Matt Melton Good Job Tony!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS FROM FIGURE-8 AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Ricky "Wingless" Dickens #28 takes the figure-8 win. 2. Wayne "The Kid" Green, Jr. #60 3. J.J. "Plum Crazy" Schweizer #7 4. Ricky "Get-ur-done" Johnson #77 5. Kevin "Little Wings" Dickens #96 6. Tommy "Bad Boy" Lawrence #7 7. Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver 8. Mike "One Arm" Mason 9. Richard "Doodle" Dickens, Jr. #85 Good Job Ricky!

POSTED 8-18-07 RESULTS OF LEGEND CLASS AT BEECH BEND

Rob Sanders #00 grabs the win in legends class. 2. Kevin Rollins #93 3. James Fowlkes #86 4. David Moyes III #03 5. Logan Ruffin #76 6. Tyler Cordell #48 7. Brandon Summers #61 8. Giles Martin #31 9. Josh Berry #91 10. Kenny Summers #95 11. Wade Slatton #101 12. Greg Spencer #09 Good Job Rob!

8-17-07 PAUL WATKINS WIN SPORTSMAN CLASS AT BEECH BEND RACEWAY

Sportsman driver Paul Watkins #80 wins! 2. #44 Phillip Akin 3. #22 Brian Cherry 4. #87 Jeff Bush 5. #69 Aaron Yakobovich 6. #46 Robert Cohron 7. #99 Odell Turner Good Job Paul

POSTED 8-16-07 EMAIL FROM RACE FAN ABOUT A BIG ANNUAL FIGURE-8 SHOW

This is the email as I received it. My question is would you the racer and fan like to see this and would you help? example talk to business owners to see if they would donate money. I think Dallas reads this site from time to time so if you are serious please leave your comment. Richard is not the only one that has ask me to post something about this race. So speak up! Do u think we could pull this off Odell. I have been watching bbr for 25 yrs. We need a annually event like this. Bbr has a big place, and alot of good people that would enjoy this race. My name is Richard Phelps my number is 270-XXX-XXXX. I help Hammerhead (Anthony Russell) or just e mail i would love to help on this project from sponsor to what ever. Let put BBR on the map

POSTED 8-15-07 EMAIL FROM RICHARD PHELPS

Hammerhead (Anthony Russell) will be making his 1st every apperance at Ryan's. Thursday night the racecar will be there too. He will be there for the radio show at 7:00 pm

POSTED 8-14-07 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY'S RAYMOND "UNCONSIOUS" JOHNSON RACING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT BEECH BEND IN THE FIGURE-8

A source of mine has told me that a Louisville figure-8 car owner says that his car and driver will race at Beech Bend Raceway this Friday night. The owner said his drivers name is Raymond "unconscious" Johnson. For you that don't know Raymond "unconscious" Johnson, I think his nickname kinda says it all. Come looking for a great figure-8 race this Friday night with points leader Ricky "Wingless" Dickens, Five time figure-8 champion Richard "Doodle" Dickens making his return, Dennis "Zoomie" Oliver back after being gone for several years, Hard Charging Wayne "Bad to the Bone" Green, Sr., Hot driving rookie of the eight Wayne "The Kid" Green, Jr., Alway's fun to watch J.J. "Plum Crazy"Schweizer, Mike "One Hand" Mason, Ricky "Get ur done" Johnson, Kevin "Little Wings" Dickens, Tommy "Bad Boy" Lawrence, Bobby "Bozo" Herrod and as mentioned above visiting driver Raymond "Unconscious" Johnson out of Louisville, Ky. Don't miss it!