Key notes: The Schaeffer’s Spring Nationals kicks off a holiday weekend doubleheader with Sunday’s 53-lap, $10,053-to-win Memorial Day Special at Duck River Raceway Park. … The weekend was originally scheduled to open at North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, Ga., before rain postponed the Biddle Ridley Memorial to Thursday, June 18. … Sam Seawright of Rainsville, Ala., is fresh off May 16’s $5,000 victory at Duck River in Southern All Star Series action and enters Sunday with 11 career specials dating back to the fall of 2019, earning more than $61,500 there over that span. … Christian Hanger of Winchester, Tenn., has four major wins there since 2022’s season-opening Winterfest event, collecting more than $14,000 since then. … Jadon Frame of Winchester, Tenn., inherited a $6,000 victory there in the fall of 2024 after Hanger was disqualified in postrace tech. … Oakley Johns of Hohenwald, Tenn., topped 2024’s Gobbler event, worth $6,000. … Garrett Smith of Madison, Ga., has all but clinched his second straight Spring Nationals title. … Nashville recording artist Austin Burke will sing the national anthem. … 602 Crate Late Models ($1,200-to-win) headline a nine-division undercard. … Pits open at 1 p.m. and grandstands open at 4 with hot laps at 5:30. … Watch live on FloRacing. … Practice was Saturday night.

Who to watch: Sam Seawright of Rainsville, Ala., seeks his second win this season at Duck River and third overall victory.

Points chase: Before Duck River: 1. Garrett Smith (1,548); 2. Brandon Overton (924); 3. Benji Hicks (916); 4. Kaede Loudy (912); 5. Jack Franklin (894).

Expected entrants: Sam Seawright, Dale McDowell, Zack Mitchell, Garrett Smith, Jadon Frame, Kyle Strickler, Oakley Johns, Christian Hanger, Dillon Tidmore, Tucker Anderson, Kaede Loudy, Benji Hicks, Jason Riggs, J.T. Seawright, Chase Oliver, Cruz Skinner, Grayson Brewer, Heath Hindman, Alex Vance, Jack Franklin, Brayden Skinner, Dillon Daves, Will Hicks and more.

Next series race: May 25, Sugar Creek Raceway (Blue Ridge, GA) $5,053