THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE
By Jack Taylor
11/1/02 Early on, in the infancy of Midwest Dirt Track Facts. com, a senior citizen and his understanding spouse made the decision to embark upon a journey to the world of cyberspace and the dotcom age with a website consisting of dirt track racing news dedicated to the thousands of Midwest drivers and fans, many of whom we have had the ultimate pleasure of meeting and calling them friends over the years
The adventure, although the road has been rocky, similar to a bad asphalt racetrack in need of some patching occasionally, has been a rewarding ride. 1999 was the year of birth when, after returning home following an evening of racing at Benton County Speedway in Central Indiana, the clock began to register some bad signals and surgery was needed to put the ticker back into some kind of sequence pointed towards the future.
The days of covering racing for the print media were replaced with a gift from our daughter, Kathy, and our grandson, Adam. Those two, with Adam holding the expertise in computers, guided me into an unknown area of racing news by setting up a website and allowing me to continue with my race reporting.
Countless hours devoted by my family allowed me to build the website into an established and respected site to visit as fans helped to project it to the acknowledged place it holds to this day.
About a year ago, I asked a friend to join me and help get the site into the new ages, knowing his racing expertise would add stimulation to a fluttering timeclock. His help, through many hours, has prompted me to turn over the reins and allow him to become the sole proprietor of Midwest Dirt Track Facts. Dan Stewart, aka 1Racenut on 4M, will officially be the man in charge as of December 1st, 2002, and I truly know that the quality of the website will continue in the racing years to come.
If we were to thank any of our friends in the racing community, we would surely leave out many important deserving people, so the message is we salute you and are better to have known you all.
2001 APPRECIATION AWARD FOR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE SPORT OF DIRT TRACK RACING PRESENTED TO JACK AND CAROLYN TAYLOR AT VERMILION COUNTY SPEEDWAY IN DANVILLE, IL PHOTO BY DUANE VOGEL
Midwest Dirt Track Facts.com has a reputation for providing race fans with information and Dan will continue to spend endless hours at the electronic keyboard serving you.
Carolyn and I will continue our support of our local tracks and maintain the website for Vermilion County Speedway in Danville. And Dan says he may let me write a story once in a while. Thank you all and keep Midwest Dirt Track Facts on your favorite list.
Jack and Carolyn Taylor