Key notes: Originally scheduled as a two-day event before being reduced to a one-day show because of Saturday’s unfavorable weather forecast, Jamestown Speedway hosts Friday’s $2,500-to-win 52nd annual Stock Car Stampede. … This year’s edition was scheduled to pay $4,000-to-win, before being reduced because the event was condensed. … Don Shaw of Ham Lake, Minn., won last year’s $4,000 Stock Car Stampede. … Cole Schill of Hawley, Minn., is a two-time event winner after collecting $4,000 paydays in 2019 and ’20. … Chase Gelling of Aberdeen, S.D., won 2021’s $4,000 Stock Car Stampede at Jamestown. … Brad Seng of Grand Forks, N.D., topped 2020’s $1,200 NLRA tour stop there. … Modifieds headline an eight-division undercard. … Pits open at noon and grandstands open at 3 p.m., with racing at 7. … Watch live on Dacotah Speedway TV.

Who to watch: Cole Schill of Hawley, Minn., seeks his third Stock Car Stampede event victory in the last five years at Jamestown Speedway after topping the $4,000-to-win event in 2019 and ’20.

Points chase: WISSOTA National Points before Friday: 1. Tyler Peterson (2,226); 2. Chad Becker (2,216); 3. Kevin Burdick (2,157); 4. Pat Doar (2,145); 5. Kyle Peterlin (2,102).

Expected entrants: Cole Schill, Ryan Mikkelson, Don Shaw, Chad Becker, Tyler Peterson, Dustin Strand, Brad Seng, Rusty Kollman, Chase Gelling, Jason Strand, John Seng, Mitch Johnson, Amelia Eisenschenk, Blake Anderson, Kevin Roberston, Ben Mickelson, Nick Minske, Erik Robertson, Paul Mueller, Laine Schwehr, Terry Nelson and others.