BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Recapping the 45th annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway park with a list of superlatives from three World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series and three UMP DIRTcar-sanctioned events at the half-mile oval near Daytona Beach (complete Speedweeks coverage):

Best driver: No contest — it was Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., who capped one of the best Georgia-Florida Speedweeks efforts a driver has ever enjoyed (seven victories) with a standout performance at MORE

GIBSONTON, Fla. — Recapping the 40th annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway with a list of superlatives from six Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at the third-mile oval near Tampa (complete Speedweeks coverage):

Best driver: A split decision between Lucas Oil Series rivals Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., who resumed their 2015 status as the national tour’s top two drivers. After both drivers parked their own equipment for MORE

Darrell Lanigan is a guy who’s known to enjoy some casino gambling when he has some rare free time, so he seemed like a good person to put some odds on the likelihood of a driver earning the huge bonus money associated with the Keyser’s Quarter-Million Challenge during the Jan. 9-17 Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars at USA Raceway in Tucson, Ariz. | Complete Tucson coverage | Order pay-per-view video

Does the 45-year-old Dirt Late Model star MORE