Key notes: The 22nd Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals continues with Saturday’s 40-lap, $7,553-to-win stop at Cochran Motor Speedway. … Screven Motor Speedway was originally slated to host its annual Rebel Yell event before it rained out and Cochran was tapped as its replacement. … It’s the fourth of nine series races scheduled over the next eight days after Friday’s $7,553-to-win stop at nearby Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway rained out after hot laps. … The Southern Nationals offers more than $300,000 in total purse money, a $23,000 loyalty program paid to the top-five point earners, with $10,053 being awarded to this year’s champion and $1,000 to rookie of the year. … Cody Overton of Evans, Ga., led the final 19 laps of Thursday’s third round at Modoc (S.C.) Speedway, worth $7,542 in the Ken Knight Memorial. … Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., won June 12’s Robin Wynn Memorial at Cochran, worth $5,121 on the Southern All Star Series, after also winning a $10,000 unsanctioned payday there in the fall of 2014. … Wil Herrington of Hawkinsville, Ga., has four Cochran specials since 2014, including April 18’s Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series visit, combining for more than $33,000 over that span. … Jordy Nipper of Gray, Ga., collected a $10,000 SAS victory there in the fall of 2023. … Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., has three SAS wins in the last 10 years there, worth more than $16,500. … 602 Crate Late Models ($1,200-to-win), street stocks, factory stocks and two divisions of Crown Vics are on the undercard. … Gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 7:15. … Watch live on FloRacing.

Who to watch: Cody Overton of Evans, Ga., seeks his second straight Southern Nationals victory after winning Thursday at Modoc.

Points chase: Before Cochran: 1. Zack Mitchell (574); 2. Donald McIntosh (572); 3. Joseph Joiner (564); 4. Garrett Smith (562); 5. Allen Styck (548).

Expected entrants: Cody Overton, Ethan Dotson, Zack Mitchell, Garrett Smith, Dalton Cook, Joseph Joiner, Shane Clanton, Wil Herrington, Donald McIntosh, Michael Page, Benji Hicks, Kaede Loudy, Beckham Malone, Jordy Nipper, Caleb Gay, Matt Dooley, Allen Styck, Stacy Boles, Todd Morrow, Bubba Roling, J.R. Moseley, Landen Zakalowski, Kale Green, Jake Knowles, Daniel Boles, Mathew Porter and others.

Current weather: Few Clouds, 79°F

Next series race: July 19, Toccoa Raceway (Toccoa, GA) $10,071