Key notes: The Repairable Vehicles.com Tri-State Late Model Series concludes its season opening weekend with Saturday’s $3,000-to-win stop at Off Road Speedway. … Justin Zeitner of Malvern, Iowa, led the final 17 laps of Friday’s 30-lap season opener at Park Jefferson Speedway in Jefferson, S.D., worth $1,500. Zeitner notched his 21st career Tri-State victory and first since last Sept. 13 at Worthington (Minn.) Speedway. … Tad Pospisil of Norfolk, Neb., led 12 of the opening 13 laps of Friday’s opener before giving way to Zeitner and retiring from second on the 20th lap. Pospisil is a five-time feature winner in the last six years at his home track, including the last Tri-State Series event there on April 24, 2021, earning more than $13,000 over that span. … Bill Leighton Jr. of La Vista, Neb., is a three-time Malvern West Series winner at Off Road, earning more than $6,500 in the last 10 years there. … Jake Neal of Omaha, Neb., won a $3,000 Malvern West stop there in June of 2022. … Stock cars, sport mods, hobby stocks, sport compacts and Crown Vics are on the undercard. … Pits open at 3 p.m. and grandstands open at 4:30 with hot laps at 6. … Watch live on Dirt Crown TV.

Who to watch: Justin Zeitner of Malvern, Iowa, seeks the Tri-State Series weekend sweep after winning Friday at Park Jefferson.

Points chase: Before Off Road: 1. Justin Zeitner (150); 2. Trevor Anderson (142); 3. J.T. Wasmund (135); 4. Cory Dumpert (130); 5. Corey Zeitner (125).

Expected entrants: Justin Zeitner, Tad Pospisil, Shane Edginton, Bill Leighton Jr., Andrew Kosiski, Corey Zeitner, Shane DeMey, Gary Brown Jr., Trevor Anderson, Dylan Sillman, J.T. Wasmund, Amelia Eisenschenk, Jacob Hobscheidt, Brian Kosiski, Ben Sukup, Cody Thompson, Chris Palsrok, Morgan Ward Grosz, Lane Brenden, Mike Benson, Duke Erickson, Cory Dumpert, Curt Kranz and others.

Next series race: May 15, Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, IA) $1,500