The week of the Fourth of July was arguably the busiest race week of the season and after what seemed like a bazillion races, frankly, I was glad it was behind us. I was, however, glad that we managed to get through the week largely unaffected by Mother Nature. It’s about time.

As I began to doze off to sleep early Sunday morning to the sound of raindrops pelting the aluminum roof on my house, the first thought I had — or maybe the last thought depending on how you look at it — was that MORE

Rainouts suck. There I said it. Fans suffer, promoters suffer and drivers suffer.

Unfortunately, there’s been plenty of rain to go around this season. After attending 15 DIRTcar Summer Nationals races over the last two seasons with only one rainout, I thought for sure I’d be able to buck the trend this year and once again zip through a week unscathed. Boy was I wrong. I had four rainouts in seven races during my scheduled run from Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway on June 18 through Clarksville MORE

ROSSBURG, Ohio — While reflecting on Dream XXV at historic Eldora Speedway, I decided to take a by-the-numbers look at what will surely be thought an instant classic, with a few random numbers tossed in about my trip from Tennessee to Ohio for the first crown jewel race of the season (complete Dream coverage):

0.056: Seconds in finishing margin between Dream winner Brandon Sheppard and runner-up Dale McDowell.

1: Rogue rain shower that brushed Eldora’s turn one just before a restart in MORE