Key notes: The Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series kicks off a Peach State doubleheader with Friday’s 40-lap, $8,000-to-win Southern Showcase prelim at Swainsboro Raceway. … It’s the first Hunt the Front Series race there since Dalton Cook of Smiths Station, Ala., won $20,000 on June 1, 2024. … Points leader Ashton Winger of Hampton, Ga., has won five of the last nine tour events. Winger grabbed a $5,000 Hunt the Front payday there in October 2023. … Cody Overton of Evans, Ga., topped July’s Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals stop at Swainsboro, worth $7,553. … Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., is a four-time major event winner since 2009 there, combining to collect more than $24,000 over that span. … 602 Crate Late Models ($1,200-to-win), street stocks, factory stocks and two divisions of Crown Vics contest heat races in Friday’s opener before Saturday’s consolations and features. … Gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 8, nightly. … Watch live on Hunt the Front TV.

Who to watch: Ashton Winger of Hampton, Ga., seeks his sixth Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series victory of the season.

Points chase: Before Swainsboro Friday: 1. Ashton Winger (946); 2. Dalton Cook (868); 3. Joseph Joiner (846); 4. Jadon Frame (834); 5. Sam Seawright (756).

Expected entrants: Ashton Winger, Dalton Cook, Sam Seawright, Cody Overton, Joseph Joiner, Zack Mitchell, Trent Ivey, Josh Putnam, Casey Roberts, Jadon Frame, Kaede Loudy, Jake O’Neil, Luke Morey, Beckham Malone, Caleb Gay, Mario Gresham, Dillard Hatchett, Matt Dooley, Austin Smith, Jason Lively and others.

Next series race: September 26, Swainsboro Raceway (Swainsboro, GA) $12,000