The Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series kicks off on July 12 at West Virginia’s Beckley Motor Speedway, which means some of Late Model racing’s best will do battle across the southeast for 12 races in 16 days. Before the Southern Nationals Series gets underway, let’s get you caught up with everything you need to know.

BECKLEY, W.Va. (July 15) — Cory Hedgecock milled around the Beckley Motor Speedway pit area late Friday night following his opportune Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals victory when a bystander reminded the Tennessean that it had been since May 7 he last triumphed in a Super Late Model.