VADO, N.M. — Recapping the 19th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts with superlatives from five Super Late Model programs contested at Vado Speedway Park (complete Wild West Shootout coverage):

Best driver: Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., who became the winningest driver in miniseries history while tallying four victories for the second straight year at Vado, increasing his career victory total at the track to 10.

Best feature: The Jan. 5 MORE

Editor's note: DirtonDirt.com managing editor Todd Turner (pictured left) of Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 10 was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. This is his acceptance speech:

When I was a kid in the early 1970s watching cars go around in circles while devouring every auto racing story in the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, I never could have imagined a career as a short-track motorsports journalist. To say it was a dream wouldn’t be accurate — it wasn’t in the MORE

ROSSBURG, Ohio — Predictions for Saturday’s six Dream XXX heat races at Eldora Speedway, where the 100-lap feature pays $100,030-to-win and a division-record $6,000-to-start. Senior writer Kevin Kovac’s transfer predictions are included (complete Dream coverage):