Oak Level Raceway owner Bo Miller addressed his ban of Jeff Parsons and his wife Shannon from the track after Parsons won at the track in the Super Street division on Saturday night.

Parsons shared in a post to Facebook that he was banned from the track after his wife along with their 18-month old child as well as members of his crew were allowed to watch the race from the infield. Parsons wrote, “I wasn’t gonna make a post, but after what was said about my wife today after she took up for herself, i feel the need to share our experience from oak level raceway. Yesterday I was starting on the pole of the race, and she had rowdy in the stroller, cause we all know what’s it like to keep up with a 18 month old if he ain’t strapped in something. So she asked the track official from turn 1 if she could go across to the pits and watch from the infield and he said yes so she didn’t have to carry the stroller and rowdy up the stairs to the stands. So her and the other crew guys went to the infield and was standing out of the way, well here comes the track owner cussing at them telling them they couldn’t be down there something about he spent $300,000 on grandstands blah blah.”

“So after the race was over we was doing an interview and Shannon commented that we wouldn’t be back and as he was walking back to his side by side he said well F U don’t come back. I didn’t know the whole story or exactly what was said but i just said hey man you can’t talk to people like that as i was getting in the car and he said don’t worry about going to tech I’ll mail y’all a check on Monday to go ahead and leave,” he continued. “So as we were loading some guy brought us cash which was cool and said we needed to go ahead and leave.”

He then concluded sharing he has no intention of returning to the track, “Idk this guy minus what I’ve seen on facebook but i can tell you he keeps talking to people that way, they might as well plant all the trees he cut down back at that place cause they won’t be any cars there to watch. During the drivers meeting he went off like he was coaching a nfl team in the superbowl yelling and carrying on. So good luck to anybody that chooses to support this place, that has a lot of potential to be something great. But lip dropping and thinking you can talk to people like that and saying somebody’s wife has a big mouth, I’ll definitely not go back to this facility.”

In response to the post, the track wrote in a comment, “Jeff, I hate it that we’re gonna miss out on your presence🤣Just remember your band will be lifted the day. Y’all have divorce papers in hand. Thank you for your kind review.”

The track also commented, “Also keep in mind……if you feel it ok to have a baby in a stroller, in the middle of a race track, during a race……you are INSANE. End of the day since the parent was not responsible enough for the health, safety and welfare of a child, me and my team were. What in the world would make you think that is ok? Im sorry her feelings were hurt, but not as sorry as i would have been if that child was hurt due to her negligence as a mother. And if anyone on here has a problem with any of that……the your not welcome back to our tracks as well.”

“Again thank you all for your support to this matter. And no im not a candy maker so i dont sugar coat a damn thing,” the track added. “And if you think just because you give me some money for a ticket or a entry fee or any of the above and im gonna tolerate reckless endangerment of a child to keep you from coming on face book and making up some shit about me then you ARE crazy. Sorry but if you cannot make good decisions we dont mind helping. Especially when it comes to children. So yes. She was told to leave and we stopped our racing until they left. We will not TOLERATE any ignorance or stupidity her at OLR. This sport is dangerous enough.”

Parsons’ wife Shannon responded, “Oh please give it a rest. If I thought for a second where I was standing was dangerous for my child I would not have been standing there. Last time I was there all kinds of people and kids were in the pits SORRY your track crew literally told me I could go down there. If you would’ve came down there and asked me to go back up to the stands without yelling at us and being a smart ass this would’ve never happened. It’s not what you say it’s how you say it and you obviously don’t know how to talk to people.”

The track replied, “o i gave it a rest mam. Nice job as a parent. I pray for you mam.”

In another response, the track said it should’ve called Child Protective Services on the Parsons, “need to start calling CPS on them!”

In a video uploaded to the track’s Facebook, Miller more fully addressed the situation, “For the last two weeks at Oak Level Raceway our infield has been closed. We have construction going on down there and construction equipment. We are building up our infield. We’ve got holes out there and things we’re taking care of to try and make it a safer place for people to be. But at this point in time, it’s not. So we have not allowed anybody in our infield.”

“So I look up on Saturday night and I see a lady down in our infield with a baby in a stroller. I don’t know how she got there. I don’t care. About a minute after that I see one of my officials and he’s walking her across the track and he’s got his finger pointed out. Dillon Clements, one of my best buddies. And he has his finger pointed at this lady and he is telling her in a very loud way that she can’t be there,” he continued. “I immediately start yelling at Dillon, “Dillon, put your finger down. Don’t point at that lady.’ And I walk over there and I said, ‘Ma’am, we don’t have anybody in the infield yadda, yadda, yadda.’ Didn’t think nothing else about it. I didn’t even chime in, ‘Ma’am, you’ve got a baby in a stroller. Are you for real right now? You’ve got a baby in a stroller in the middle of a race track.’ I didn’t even giver her that part. I just said, ‘You can’t be in here. The infield’s not open.’ Well, immediately, the other people in her little entourage are like, ‘Dattadattada. And it’s okay, well, Where we can flag? Where can we pit? Where can we do this?’ Whatever. I don’t care where you do it. The infield’s closed.”

“I don’t know if my track official that was running the crossover allowed them to come through there. We talked at the beginning of the night and he was told that nobody was coming across the track other than race cars. So I don’t know where that happened or how that happened. I’ll communicate that with him,” he added.

“So then we continue on with the night. Of course, this lady’s husband wins the race. I don’t even know who the guy is. Jeff Parsons. Apparently, he’s somebody around here, but he ain’t nobody to me. And I don’t mean it in a bad way. It ain’t like he was Scott Bloomquist or anybody like that. And we’re interviewing this guy and I thanked the guy for coming because I heard about him. I heard about Jeff Parsons and I thanked the guy for coming. And out of the corner of my ear I’m getting dog cussed by some woman behind me. And I’m like, ‘What on earth is going on?’ And so I turn around and I ask this lady, ‘What did she say?’ And she’s running that mouth at me. And you’re not going to sit there and you’re not going to cuss at me. You’re not going to cuss at any of our officials. We’re not going to tolerate that behavior. But, furthermore, she’s made at us because she was told she couldn’t be in the infield of our track. Furthermore, she had a child in a stroller in the infield of our track.”

“Your $12 ticket nor your $25 pit pass does not entitle you to use derogatory language, to threaten or cuss anybody there on that premise or our officials. And at the point in time you decide to such you will be told to get off our property and that was what they were told to do,” he said. “And that goes for me. That goes to our flagman. I had to call a lady yesterday because I was told she cussed out our flagman. That goes to my race directors. That goes to my people. And ultimately, guys, this is my point. Our fans and our participants. They are our own worst enemy because someone will sit there and dog cuss you for their own well-being. So we had an official have a miscommunication in our flag stand and it affected the outcome of the race. I agree 100%. I watched the video 100 times. I didn’t make the call. I’m the track owner. So I let our race director make the call. Was there some issue there? Yea, I watched the video. We’ve actually got it on video, right. But I have to support our officials and we have to make better decisions next time. But that doesn’t mean that we deserve to get sworn at or cussed. And that doesn’t mean we are going to allow that to happen. And at the end of the day that’s kinda what and where we are as a society.”

“I told that lady. I said, ‘Ma’am, it’s people like you that have really ruined this world and ruined the world of dirt late model and dirt track racing in general. Because these tracks get tired of hearing that. Nobody wants to sit there and have to deal with that,” he shared. “So now I’m getting bashed on Facebook and I’m fine with that. I’m absolutely fine with that. I will be the villain in this lady’s story. But here’s something I will not be the villain of. When I come home every night to my family and my children, and my grandbaby, I’ve done everything in my power to protect them at all times. Everything because they are my world. My wife is my world. On Friday night, my wife needed me. And if you were there at our test-and-tune you saw me roll out of that track like thunder. And I snatched her up and we rolled to the hospital because we were thinking she was having a heart attack. That’s just how I am.”

“And when you’re in my track and I’ve told you guys this live 1 million times by the time you hit Raceway Drive, you are on my property. And you’re my responsibility. And I don’t take that lightly. If you can keep yourself safe, furthermore, if you can’t keep your own children safe then my crew will help you do that. And there is no place on this world where I’m ever going to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to safety for anybody’s kid or any person while they’re on our property because racing is a dangerous sport. You can just look at what’s happened this year alone. So I’m not going to have to call Shawn at Viper and my insurance and say, ‘Because I didn’t want to hurt Jeff Parsons’ wife’s feelings I let her sit down in our infield and her baby got run over because Lewis got pissed off on the track and come through the pits at 100 mph showing off, spinning tires.’ That’s not going to happen, y’all. That’s not going to happen.”

“And if that hurts your feelings, if that triggers you then Oak Level Raceway isn’t where you need to be,” he said. “And if that inspires you to have to swear or threaten our officials and then Oak Level Raceway isn’t the place for you to be. We are not these race tracks that you’re just going to come up here and talk to or whatever. It’s that simple, y’all. And, again, I don’t mean this to be ugly. The enjoyment I get from Oak Level Raceway is being able to give back to our community. I enjoy getting on my motor grader. I enjoy playing on my excavator and all the toys up there, but y’all have gotten me to the point where I don’t even want to have any more races up there. And I don’t have to have any more races up there, guys. I really don’t. So if y’all want to keep pushing and shoving then yeah, I’ll just sit up there and play with it all day long. It don’t matter to me.”

He then reiterated, “But at the end of the day when you come on our property if you can’t be responsible for yourself, me and my officials are going to have to watch out and be responsible for you. Because we are not going to go home and say, ‘We should’ve told that lady to get that baby off that track. She didn’t. Something happened and now we’ve got to live with it.’ Could you imagine having to deal with that? Can you even imagine? I can’t.”

“And I’m going to tell you what Dillon did the other day wasn’t incorrect. I just didn’t really have an appreciation for the way he was walking her across the track and pointing. But what he was saying needed to be said. Point blank,” Miller said.

He later declared, “Jeff Parsons, you are banned due to the behavior and words that your crew used towards me and my team per our rules found on the Oak Level Raceway page. I’ve explained to you when you’re ban will be lifted. At such time we will have that consideration. You can give that to me in writing. But until then I don’t care if you’re Mr. Whoever. You ain’t Mr. Nobody at Oak Level Raceway. So you’re not welcome back. And anybody else that can’t control their kids or themselves you’re not welcome back either. I don’t care if you come back. We have to do better. We have to do better as a society. We have to do better for our children. If we can’t make good decisions on our own, how can we make good decisions for our kids? We have a responsibility to protect each other when we’re at that race track. I have a responsibility to protect everyone when I’m at that race track. So when you’re there you have to respond and be responsibility for the 2 or 3 people that are with you. When we have 1500 people there I have to be responsible for everybody that’s there. I have to be responsible for everything that’s going on there.”

Towards the end of the video, he also denied that claim that he and his official cussed at Shannon Parsons, “My official didn’t swear at that lady nor did I. Now, when that lady started cussing at me, I did tell her she could get her [crap] and get the hell up out of there. And I did stop our race ’til my people got him. We gave him his winnings. We got him loaded up and got him out of there. ‘Cause I didn’t have time to listen to that woman’s mouth nor did I care to hear anything else she had to say.”

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