Heading into Wednesday’s World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series event at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., Jonathan Davenport had a chance to join some elite company. Well, because Davenport is a World 100 winner and a champion on a national touring series, he actually had a chance to join some of the same old foes he's already been mingling with, but in yet another unique category.

The Blairsville, Ga., driver had already won three races during the 2018 Georgia-Florida MORE

If Arizona’s January miniseries could be considered the Cactus League of Dirt Late Model Racing, then Georgia-Florida Speedweeks is as close to the Grapefruit League as we’re gonna get. We don’t have a preseason, but more and more as of late, teams are doing all they can to get track time before the season-long grind begins.

As we get ready to head South in anticipation of another Georgia-Florida Speedweeks — Super Late Model action kicks off with the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series MORE