In 2004, I attended Green Valley Speedway’s Bama Bash for the first time and watched Rick Eckert top a field of nearly 70 Super Late Models for a $15,000 payday. This past weekend I went back to the Bama Bash for the first time since then and watched Ronnie Johnson earn $10,000 for winning the same event that attracted only 40 entries.

After moving away from the race’s traditional daytime schedule, this year’s version of the Bama Bash produced a great feature race. I’ve only been to a MORE

After a week of beautiful weather and fine racing, here are the superlatives from Volusia Speedway Park's DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH:

Best driver: The two drivers who have proven over the years to be the sport’s top two drivers proved it again at Volusia. Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., each won two races and were hands down the best two drivers of the week. Picking the better of the two is a difficult task. Moyer won Volusia’s points title, MORE

I’ve been around racing for about as long as I can remember. During that time, I’ve heard plenty of drivers make some bold statements.

But during an interview Monday afternoon, Tyler Reddick said something that could possibly be the boldest statement I have ever heard from any driver.

The 15-year-old from Corning, Calif. — who at that point had never even won a Dirt Late Model feature — all but predicted that he was going to win a race by the end of Speedweeks. And he didn’t just say it MORE