5 WEEKEND AFTER-THOUGHTS: Volusia

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1.  Volusia continued to be THE track to hit during Speedweeks with the highest car counts and, seemingly, the best racing.  Side-by-side battles and drivers rallying from midpack are almost the norm at the half-mile oval these days.  When this happens, the fans are the real winners.

2.  If you're a Late Model fan and you didn't stick around to watch Brett Hearn's run in Saturday night's Big Block Modified finale, you missed what was probably the best show of the week.  Hearn's pit stop for a flat with just 15 laps remaining left most folks thinking he was done for the night.  Instead, the veteran stormed back through the field and took the point as the white flag waved to capture the win.  

3.  The drivers who MOST impressed me at Volusia:  Eric Wells, Stormy Scott, and Mason Zeigler.

4.  The drivers who LEAST impressed me at Volusia:  Jimmy Mars, Chub Frank, and Gregg Satterlee.

5.  Finally, if you didn't get a chance to see it, the DirtonDirt live broadcast was an absolute smash.  I'm talking, 100% total out-of-the-ballpark homerun.  A huge hat-tip to those folks for putting together the best live internet broadcast I have ever seen.  Job well done, fellas.