BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Recapping the 51st annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park with a list of superlatives from the five World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series features and two DIRTcar-sanctioned events contested at the D-shaped half-mile near Daytona Beach (complete Speedweeks coverage):

Best winning driver: Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., flirted with victory all week before finally breaking through in Saturday’s 40-lap finale when he earned $10,000 for his first WoO MORE

GIBSONTON, Fla. — Recapping the 46th annual Wrisco Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park with a list of superlatives from five Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at the third-mile oval near Tampa (complete Speedweeks coverage):

Best driver: Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., was the week’s most prolific winner, capturing three straight features — worth $7,000 on Wednesday and Thursday and $12,000 on Friday — to become the third driver in Winternationals history to claim three MORE

After much consideration, my brother and I have decided against competing in Saturday’s Winterfest at Duck River Raceway Park.

To be clear, I realize probably no one gives a damn if we race in the $2,000-to-win Crate Late Model event or not. I don’t think our social media feed is gonna be blowing up with people wondering if my brother Jim Gray is retiring from driving or if Robert Holman has decided to no longer field a race car.

Even though we did get out and about a little more last year — MORE

Recapping 10 days of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action with a list of superlatives from the seven Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series programs contested at Golden Isles Speedway near Brunswick, Ga., Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla., and All-Tech Raceway in Ellisville, Fla. (complete Georgia-Florida Speedweeks coverage):

Best driver: Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, who never finished worse than fourth in seven races while leading a tour-best 96 laps. Moran grabbed victories at Golden Isles on Jan. 27 MORE