Key notes: Being ran in conjunction with NASCAR weekend at nearby Kansas Speedway, the Malvern Bank East and West sister tours wrap up their 2026 season with Friday’s $5,000-to-win Championship Night at Lakeside Speedway. … Tad Pospisil of Norfolk, Neb., has four Malvern West Series victories at Lakeside, including last year’s $3,000 season finale … Blair Nothdurft of Renner, S.D., enters Friday with a slim two-point advantage over Pospisil in both the East and West Series standings. … Jake Nightingale of Hutchinson, Kan., topped July’s $3,000 Heartland Late Model Tour debut at Lakeside. … Justin Zeitner of Malvern, Iowa, is a two-time Malvern West winner there (2014, ’23), earning more than $5,000. … Jesse Sobbing of Malvern, Iowa, swept 2023’s Jayhawk Classic, worth more than $15,000 in Malvern East-West co-sanctioned action. … Hall of Famer Kyle Berck of Marquette, Neb., has two Malvern West victories (2018, ’22) there after earning a $3,000 Midwest LateModel Racing Association win in October 2012. … Pure stocks, econo mods and vintage are on the undercard. … Pits open at 5 p.m. and grandstands open at 6 with hot laps at 7. … Watch live on Lakeside Speedway TV.

Who to watch: Tad Pospisil of Norfolk, Neb., seeks his fifth career Malvern Bank-sponsored Series victory at Lakeside.

Points chase: East Series before Lakeside: 1. Blair Nothdurft (2,304); 2. Tad Pospisil (2,302); 3. Jesse Sobbing (2,222); 4. Jake Neal (2,214); 5. Jason Hahne (2,204). West Series before Lakeside: 1. Blair Nothdurft (1,916); 2. Tad Pospisil (1,914); 3. Jake Neal (1,888); 4. Jesse Sobbing (1,872); 5. Kyle Berck (1,842).

Expected entrants: Tad Pospisil, Blair Nothdurft, Jesse Sobbing, Justin Zeitner, Kyle Berck, Jason Hahne, Jake Neal, Bill Leighton Jr., Andrew Kosiski, Jake Nightingale, C.J. Horn, Jacob Hobscheidt, Charlie McKenna, Dylan Sillman, Corey Zeitner, Kale Kosiski, J.C. Wyman, Curt Schroeder, Darrel DeFrance, Jeff Tharp, Fred Remley, Paul Glendenning and others.