Key notes: Volunteer Speedway hosts Thursday’s 50-lap, $20,000-to-win FloRacing Night in America. … It’s the eighth round of the 2026 FloRacing season and a driver’s best eight finishes count towards the season-long points fund. … Volunteer was recently rumored to be sold and no longer operate as a racetrack following Thursday’s event, though those rumors have not been confirmed; the track's future appears clouded, at best. … Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., won September’s Scott Bloomquist Memorial Scorcher for a $12,018 payday on the Southern All Star Series. … Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., is fresh off winning Sunday’s Dirt Track World Championship at West Virginia Motor Speedway in Mineral Wells, worth more than $100,000. … Points leader Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., seeks his second national touring series championship of the season after clinching his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series title. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., was a two-time winner in April’s inaugural Gauntlet event at Volunteer, including the $30,000 finale. Davenport topped last fall’s $20,000 FloRacing Series visit. … Jake O’Neil of Tucson, Ariz., earned his first career Schaeffer’s Southern Nationals victory there on July 13, collecting $7,552. … Street stocks and Crown Vics are on the undercard. … Pits open at 2 p.m. and grandstands open at 4 with hot laps at 6:30. … Watch live on FloRacing.

Who to watch: Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., seeks his second straight major victory at Volunteer.

Points chase: Before Volunteer: 1. Brandon Sheppard (549); 2. Hudson O’Neal (528); 3. Devin Moran (510); 4. Bobby Pierce (471); 5. Nick Hoffman (441); 6. Tyler Erb (387); 7. Ricky Thornton Jr. (366); 8. Kyle Bronson (327); 9. Dennis Erb Jr. (296); 10. Dan Ebert (293).

Expected entrants: Among drivers expected to join the top 10 in series standings: Dale McDowell, Chris Madden, Brandon Overton, Jonathan Davenport, Mike Marlar, Ryan Gustin, Chris Ferguson, Jimmy Owens, Zack Mitchell, Jake O’Neil, Camaron Marlar, Casey Roberts, Kaede Loudy, Brenden Smith, Austin Neely, Brody Smith and more.

Next series race: November 13, Senoia Raceway (Senoia, GA) $20,000