Key notes: The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Showtime Properties kicks off a doubleheader weekend with Friday’s 40-lap, $5,000-to-win Sammy Cooper Classic at Penton Raceway. … Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., swept February’s season opening Winter Freeze at Georgia’s Screven Motor Speedway, worth more than $35,000, but he is competing with the Lucas Oil Series this weekend at Golden Isles Speedway. … Austin Horton of Whitesburg, Ga., has earned $4,000 unsanctioned victories during the fall there in each of the last two seasons. … Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, Tenn., topped last year’s SAS stop, worth $7,000. … David Breazeale of Four Corners, Miss., outdueled Dylan Knowles for a $5,000 SAS victory there in July of 2024. … Mark Whitener of Middleburg, Fla., won last year’s $10,000 Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series inaugural visit to Penton, but he is also competing at Georgia’s Golden Isles Speedway. … 604 and 602 Crate Late Models headline a six-division undercard. … Gates open at 4 p.m. with a drivers’ meeting at 7:15 and hot laps to follow.

Who to watch: Tucker Anderson of Blairsville, Ga., chases his first Super Late Model win of the young season.

Points chase: Before Penton: 1. Brandon Overton (200); T2. Garrett Smith (196); T2. Daulton Wilson (196); T4. Casey Roberts (194); T4. Ryan Gustin (194); 6. Payton Freeman (192).

Expected entrants: Tucker Anderson, Payton Freeman, David Breazeale, Austin Horton, Billy Franklin, Casey Roberts, Dillon Tidmore, Dylan Knowles, Ronnie Johnson, Luke Morey, John Henderson, Kendall Franklin, Joe Denby, Michael Luna, Dillon Daves and others.

Next series race: March 7, North Georgia Speedway (Chatsworth, GA) $5,000