BARBERVILLE, Fla. — Recapping the 43rd annual DIRTcar Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment with a list of superlatives from six nights of UMP DIRTcar and World of Outlaws Late Model Series action at Volusia Speedway Park:

Best driver: Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., had four top-five finishes and was the only previous DIRTcar Nationals winner to find victory lane during a stunning week of Volusia upsets.

Best non-winning driver: Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., who raced only MORE

GIBSONTON, Fla. — Recapping the 38th Winternationals at East Bay Raceway with a list of superlatives from six Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at the third-mile oval, which hosted the tour’s first-ever event on live television:

Best driver: No doubt Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., the winningest Winternationals driver who stretched his victory total to 23 with a pair of victories despite competing in four features. He also notched a second-place finish and ran at least as high as MORE

Whiling away the highway hours between races often means hashing out possibilities for changes in Dirt Late Model racing we’d like to see. Most of them go no farther than the dashboard, but occasionally a rental car full of DirtonDirt.com staffers hit on something worth exploring.

This is one of those times, particularly with East Bay Raceway Park’s 38th annual Winternationals upon us this week.

After the first full weekend of Georgia-Florida Speedweeks action, our Sunday night conversation MORE