Key notes: The World of Outlaws Real American Beer Late Model Series rolls into Mississippi Thunder Speedway for its annual Dairyland Showdown. … The three-day show begins with 30-lap, $10,000-to-win prelims on Thursday and Friday before Saturday’s event-record 75-lap, $75,000-to-win finale, the richest payday of the season so far. … Ryan Gustin slipped by Bobby Pierce in the closing laps to bag last year’s $25,000 top prize. … Pierce enters Thursday with an 82-point advantage over Nick Hoffman in the early season standings. … Hoffman topped last year’s $25,000 Dairyland opener. … Dustin Sorensen won last June’s $3,000 Dirt Kings Tour stop. … Jake Timm of Winona, Minn., has two Dirt Kings wins there (2022, ’23), worth more than $10,000. … Modifieds are on the undercard nightly. … Pits open at 2 p.m. and grandstands open at 5, with hot laps at 6, daily. … Watch live on DIRTVision.

Who to watch: Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., eyes his second megapurse after winning Saturday’s $50,000 Alabama Gang 100 at Talladega.

Points chase: WoO before Thursday: 1. Bobby Pierce (1,598); 2. Nick Hoffman (1,516); 3. Ryan Gustin (1,508); 4. Drake Troutman (1,478); 5. Max Blair (1,434); 6. Ethan Dotson (1,430); 7. Cody Overton (1,424); 8. Brian Shirley (1,418); 9. Tim McCreadie (1,410); 10. Tanner English (1,400).

Expected entrants: Among drivers expected to join the top 10 in series standings: Dustin Sorensen, Ashton Winger, Jake Timm, Kyle Bronson, Dennis Erb Jr., Jimmy Owens, Tyler Bruening, Nick Anvelink, Sammy Mars, Pat Doar, Chad Mahder, Brent Larson, Tristan Chamberlain, Jake Redetzke, James Giossi, Austin Smith and more.

Current weather: Broken Clouds Rain, 52°F

Next series race: May 2, Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Fountain City, WI) $10,000