What won the race: Chad Zobrist of Highland, Ill., earned $1,500 by capturing Friday night's Midwest Big 10 Series opener at Belle-Clair Speedway.

Key notes: Zobrist on March 26 won the first half of an early season twinbill by taking the Lucky 40 at his hometown Highland Speedway. ... Zobrist has 10 track titles among three tracks over 20 years of Late Model racing. ... Matt Weidner won the dash, but his feature run ended when his car got into the backstretch wall and rolled once. In a visit to the hospital, he was found to have a broken right thumb, compound fractures in two or three vertebrae (another MRI is scheduled for Monday) and a deep tissue bruise by the kidneys.

Winner's sponsors: Zobrist's Rocket Chassis is sponsored by Central Rubber Extrusions, Beck's Hogg Dairy Farm, Gerstner Plumbing, B-Wet, B-Dry, Rinderer Farms, Gelly Excavating, Breese Fine Furniture, Jans Uniforms, Randy Korte Consulting, Fears Fence and Zobrist Metalworks.

Car count: 25

Dash winner: Matt Weidner

Heat race winners: Chad Zobrist, Michael Kloos, Matt Weidner,  ,  ,  ,  ,  

Next series race: April 22, Lincoln Speedway (Lincoln, IL) $1,200