We’re down to the end. Just one race remains for the zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stocks and Pro Late Models, and it’s this weekend at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway. Four championships will be decided across two races between the drivers and owners championships, with tight races for both the Late Model Stock drivers title and the Pro Late Model owners title.

So, let’s take a look at what needs to happen to determine these championships on Saturday afternoon in the North Carolina foothills.

We’ll start off with the drivers championship for the Late Model Stock Car division, which currently sees Landen Lewis leading Connor Hall by 12 points as both drivers chase their first CARS Tour championship. Kade Brown is also technically still mathematically eligible, but he sits a distant 34 points back of Lewis and will be eliminated once the green flag waves if the current number of entries remains at 26 cars.

As a quick refresher on how the CARS Tour points system works, the most points a driver can score in a race weekend is 48 points. 44 points are awarded for a race win. A single bonus point is awarded for leading a lap. Another bonus point is available for leading the most laps. The hard charger also receives a bonus point. The pole winner receives two bonus points, and the second-place qualifier receives one bonus point as well.

With that said, Landen Lewis has to finish sixth or better regardless of what Connor Hall does to clinch his first CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car championship. That means that if Hall scores maximum points this weekend and Lewis does not score a single bonus point, Lewis would win the championship by finishing sixth at worst thanks to owning the tiebreaker for most wins on the season (Lewis has four wins to Hall’s two entering this weekend).

If Lewis wins the pole but fails to lead a lap, he can finish eighth and still win the championship. If Lewis wins the pole but does lead a lap, he can finish ninth and still claim the title.

Lewis has to feel confident entering this final weekend due to his performance at North Wilkesboro Speedway back in May when he scored the maximum 48 possible points after winning the pole and leading all 100 laps on the way to his second victory of the season. A maximum points effort is not needed out of his Kevin Harvick Inc. team, but it would put a true stamp on the season if they pulled that off a second time to win the championship.

The owners’ points battle in the Late Model Stock Car division is much simpler than the drivers championship is to explain as whichever team the winning driver races for will also be crowned champion. If Lewis holds on, KHI wins their first CARS Tour owners championship. If Hall pulls off the comeback, JR Motorsports will win the owners championship for the fourth time.

The Pro Late Model drivers championship is just about as simple as the LMSC owners battle. All rookie driver Ben Maier has to do is show up and qualify for Saturday’s 100-lap finale. Once he does that, he will be crowned the Pro Late Model champion, joining Luke Fenhaus, Caden Kvapil, and Kaden Honeycutt as champions of the division since it began in 2022.

Maier enters this final weekend with a 45-point lead over Brandon Lopez. Maier and his Setzer Racing and Development team have been the model of consistency. They’ve scored six top-five finishes and nine top-10 finishes in 12 starts, the most of any driver in either category. The only thing Maier has yet to do in his rookie season is visit victory lane, but he has a solid chance of that this weekend as the team he’s driving for did take the elevator ride at North Wilkesboro a year ago with Tristan McKee.

Perhaps the wildest championship battle this weekend is the Pro Late Model owners title as three different teams have the chance to claim that championship. Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 leads Setzer Racing and Development by just four points, while the No. 47 of Bryson Lopez Racing lurks 17 points back.

The owner points system works the exact same way as the driver points do, which means that Maier needs to make up at least five points on the Rick Ware Racing No. 51 to win the championship. Four points would result in a tie, and the tiebreaker of most wins on the season would go to Rick Ware Racing.

This weekend, the Rick Ware Racing entry will be driven by Luke Baldwin. Baldwin has driven the No. 51 to victory lane twice this season at Orange County Speedway and at Anderson Motor Speedway, while Carson Ware also scored a victory for that team at Ace Speedway back in May.

Should Rick Ware Racing hold on and win the championship, that would mark the second year in a row that the Pro Late Model owners champion was a different team from the drivers champion. Last year Spencer Davis and his team won the owners title while coming up just short to Kaden Honeycutt for the drivers title. Honeycutt drove for two different teams throughout his championship season, though he closed out the year driving the Bryson Lopez No. 47.

So, how will it all play out? We’ll just have to watch and see throughout the weekend.

Qualifying for both the Late Model Stock Car and Pro Late Model divisions, as well as the SMART Modified Tour, will take place on Friday evening beginning at 5:15 p.m. ET. FloRacing’s broadcast of qualifying will begin at 5 p.m. ET.

Racing for the season finale will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday with the Pro Late Models kicking off the tripleheader from North Wilkesboro Speedway. FloRacing’s race day coverage will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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