Key notes: Originally scheduled as the weekend finale before Saturday’s race at Mansfield (Ohio) Speedway was postponed by rain, West Virginia Motor Speedway hosts Sunday’s 40-lap, $10,000-to-win Mark Balzano Memorial for Valvoline American Late Model Iron-Man Series competitors. … The event honors Balzano of Parkersburg, W.Va., the elder brother of Hall of Fame driver Mike Balazano; Mark had a brief, but successful driving career in the earlier 1980s before tragically losing his life on Nov. 23, 1982, at the age of 22. … It’s the first Iron-Man Series race at WVMS since Devin Moran of Dresden, Ohio, swept the track’s Racefest weekend on Oct. 9-10, 2021, earning more than $20,000. … The Mike & Becky Hurley-owned facility shuttered after 2023’s Mountaineer opener and was reshaped into the high-banked 3/8-mile oval form that it currently holds. … Tyler Carpenter of Parkersburg, W.Va., has two unsanctioned victories there since the track reopened in its smaller layout, including April 11’s $5,000 payday. … Caiden Black of New Concord, Ohio, won April 11’s Iron-Man season opener at Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio, worth $5,000. … Mason Zeigler of Chalk Hill, Pa., is fresh off Saturday’s $5,080 victory in Saturday’s ULMS-sanctioned Earl Hill Memorial Topless 50 at nearby Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, W.Va. … Cash bonuses will be awarded to the three highest finishing drivers utilizing a steel block or CT525 engine (1. $150; 2. $100; 3. $50). … 604 Crate Late Models ($1,000-to-win) and sport mods are on the undercard. … Gates open at 1 p.m. with hot laps at 4. … Watch live on FloRacing.

Who to watch: Tyler Carpenter of Parkersburg, W.Va., chases his third straight Super Late Model victory at the newly resized 3/8-mile WVMS layout.

Points chase: Before WVMS: 1. Caiden Black (80); 2. Adam Stricker (75); 3. Rod Conley (70); 4. R.J. Conley (65); 5. Kyle Moore (60).

Expected entrants: Mason Zeigler, Tyler Carpenter, Max Blair, Ryan Montgomery, Carson Ferguson, Zack Dohm, Colten Burdette, R.J. Conley, K.C. Burdette, Rod Conley, Seth Daniels, Freddie Carpenter, Kyle Hardy, Benji Hicks, Caiden Black, Bryan Bernheisel, Brock Pinkerous, Tyler Bare, Eddie Carrier Jr., Luke Morey, Todd Brennan, Jon Lee, Levi Yetter, Rob Anderzack and more.

Current weather: Clear, 50°F

Next series race: May 9, Atomic Speedway (Alma, OH) $5,000