Key notes: The Coltman Farms Racing Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series invades Cherokee Speedway for Sunday’s 40-lap, $7,500-to-win eighth annual Mike Duvall Memorial. … The event honors Duvall, of Cowpens, S.C., the first ballot National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame racer whose resumé includes a World 100 victory and National Dirt Racing Association title among many other accolades; Duvall died on Sept. 12, 2017, at the age of 68. … Zack Mitchell of Enoree, S.C., has eight career Cherokee specials since 2013, including last fall’s $35,000 Blue-Gray 100 triumph. … Chris Ferguson of Mount Holly, N.C., has more than 15 major wins there, including July’s $15,000 Hunt the Front Series victory. … Gray Parton of Rutherfordton, N.C., led the final 24 laps of Aug. 15’s Stick Elliott Memorial at Cherokee for his second career Carolina Clash victory. … Trent Ivey of Union, S.C., won 2023’s Duvall Memorial and 2024’s Blue-Gray 100 at Cherokee, worth more than $25,000. … Ross Bailes of Clover, S.C., has 17 major wins there since 2011, combining for nearly $120,000, but no wins since July 2024. … Cherokee will honor its 2026 Hall of Fame inductees: Ronnie Hamrick, Kevin Tessner, Kelly Hamrick and Tack Brown. … Pure stocks, renegade sportsman, thunder bombers, Crown Vics and extreme 4s are on the undercard. … Times were moved ahead with the threat of wet weather; gates open at 2 p.m. with the Hall of Fame ceremony at 3 and hot laps at 5.

Who to watch: Zack Mitchell of Enoree, S.C., eyes his ninth career Cherokee special and first win there since last year’s Blue-Gray triumph.

Points chase: Before Cherokee: 1. Ben Watkins (986); 2. Jeremy Steele (769); 3. Steve Banal (578); 4. Christian Thomas (461); 5. Beckham Malone (404).

Expected entrants: Zack Mitchell, Ben Watkins, Chris Ferguson, Gray Parton, Trent Ivey, Ross Bailes, Ethan Wilson, Christian Thomas, Jeremy Steele, Layton Sullivan, Beckham Malone, Donovan Jackson, Willie Milliken, Brent Robinson, Kale Green, Landen Zakalowski, Eli Johnson, Carl Vaughan, Ronnie Long, Johnathon Ward and others.

Next series race: September 12, Lake View Motor Speedway (Nichols, SC) $12,000