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

Being a part-time insomniac sucks. It’s already bad enough that we in the racing business have crazy bedtimes, but throwing in the inability to sleep even when you’re tired makes this kinda life even more difficult. I rarely go to bed before 1 a.m., therefore I’m rarely out of bed before 9 a.m.

I used to think that people who knew I was still in bed at 9 or 10 a.m. would think I was lazy, but I’ve moved on from that. When my wife goes to bed at 9 p.m. and sleeps until 7 a.m., getting 10 MORE

Admittedly, Vado, N.M., is far from a tourist destination. Nestled between the southern New Mexico city of Las Cruces and the west Texas city of El Paso, Vado is a town of about 3,000 residents. It's safe to say there are more dairy cows there in the Doña Ana County area than people.

When the promoters of the Wild West Shootout first announced they’d be moving the long-running southwestern event from Arizona to New Mexico, I thought little of it at first. I mean, the racing itself is paramount MORE