BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Recapping the 52nd annual Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park with a list of superlatives from the three World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series features and three DIRTcar-sanctioned programs contested at the half-mile oval near Daytona Beach (complete Speedweeks coverage):

Best driver: Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y. No one was stronger from start-to-finish every night than the 48-year-old star, who won twice (Tuesday’s 25-lapper for MORE

GIBSONTON, Fla. — Recapping the 47th annual Wieland 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: Hudson O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., certified himself as the new star driver of the Rocket Chassis house car, ending the week with back-to-back victories on Thursday (worth $10,000) and Friday ($12,000) that represented his first checkered flags MORE

What’s in a name? Well, if the name is Longhorn or Rocket, these days it means a lot. The two are arguably the most in-demand chassis brands used — at the moment at least — in Dirt Late Model racing. Just by sheer numbers alone, no one has put more race cars on the track over the past decade than those two manufacturers.

Personally, I wish we never had to worry about what driver was piloting what chassis brand on any given night. While most guys stick with a certain brand for a decent MORE

Whether or not you count the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series visit to Volusia Speedway Park for the fourth annual Sunshine Nationals as the official beginning of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks matters none. Speedweeks has begun and those two races at Volusia last week (a third race was rained out and won’t be rescheduled) certainly count. They count in the records. The points count. And the paychecks count.

No one got off to a better start than Dresden, Ohio’s Devin Moran, whose two MORE

VADO, N.M. — Recapping the 17th annual Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts with a list of superlatives from the six Super Late programs that were contested at Vado Speedway Park (complete Wild West Shootout coverage):

Best driver: Fresh off his historic $2 million season, Jonathan Davenport kept his money train rolling by winning the first three nights of the Wild West Shootout. He backed it up with a runner-up finish on Jan. 13 and a fourth on Jan. 14, before closing things MORE