Looking back on the 37th annual Dart Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park that featured six races for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at the third-mile oval just outside of Tampa:

Best driver: Don O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., who posted five finishes of third or better in earning $5,000 for claiming the week-long Dart Winternationals points title. O'Neal, whose lone victory of the week came in Friday's Lucas Oil Series points opener, was eighth in Wednesday's event in his only finish MORE

Silly Season has started early this year. Before the 2012 season even finished, let alone cooled off, major realignments of teams and drivers for 2013 have already taken place. Chief among them, of course, is Clint Bowyer Racing's announcement Wednesday that the Clemmons, N.C.-based team will absorb the Barry Wright Race Cars house car program and driver Steve Francis, leaving Jonathan Davenport without a ride after a just single season with Bowyer's team.

While unexpected, the move isn't a huge MORE

Quite often I'm asked in some way or another what racetrack is my favorite or which race I most look forward to covering. It may seem like a cliche, but my answer is always "all of them." Admittedly, I don't count every racetrack in American as my favorite, and yes, there are a few that I would be just fine with never seeing again in my life. But in all honesty, I don't have a favorite racetrack or race.

There are, however, a number of tracks and events that I tend to get more excited about MORE