5 Flags Speedway results from the 56th annual Snowball Derby
Asphalt late model drivers are in the grid in Pensacola, Florida. The half-mile of 5 Flags Speedway is set to host the Snowball Derby.
View Snowball Derby results below.
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Snowball Derby | Snowflake 100
Gio Ruggiero is getting a push to the pit lane before the green flag. The crew is scrambling to get it running.
Derek Thorn and Ty Majeski set the front row. 300 laps of short track racing are up next…
Snowball Derby
Race Report
Green flag, Thorn noses ahead via the inside lane into turn one. Three cars tangle in turn two, caution.
Green, Thorn clears Majeski before turn one. Bubba Pollard stay in the gas and works to the outside of Majeski, side by side for 2nd, Pollard wins that battle.
Ruggiero has joined the field but he’s several laps down after missing the start.
Lap 20, Conner Jones blows a left rear. He nearly spins but tags the outside wall, caution.
Lap 34, Jackson Boone slams the wall and the caution is out. Erik Jones tagged him in the left rear and Boone made hard contact with the outside wall.
Lap 80, Pollard works by Thorn and he takes the lead. That’s the first lead change of the day.
Lap 100, Stephen Nasse works under Thorn. Nasse takes 2nd away.
Competition caution
Lap 123, the caution is out. This is a competition caution.
The field heads to the pit lane for tires and adjustments. The field is frozen as these are controlled pit stops.
Green, Pollard and Nasse run side by side into turn one. Pollard gets loose on the inside off turn two. Nasse has momentum on the outside. They rub doors, Pollard wiggles and Nasse takes the lead away on the outside!
Lap 168, Ryan Preece pulls to the pit lane under green. He appears to be done with a mechanical issue.
Lap 180, Majeski has climbed to the bumper of Pollard. He dives inside and Majeski takes 2nd away.
Lap 200, Nasse leads byt Majeski has closed the gap to just two car lengths.
92 to go
92 to go, another competition caution is out.
Green, Majeski gets the jump on the outside lane. Majeski noses ahead into turn one and he leads off turn two!
62 to go, Nasse leans in the bumper of Majeski into turn three. Majeski chases it up the banking and Nasse returns to the lead. Pollard follows him through to take 2nd.
Majeski leans on the bumper of Pollard. Majeski reclaims 2nd.
25 to go, Luke Fenhaus is around with help from Erik Jones. The caution is out.
Teams head to the pit lane for another set of tires and adjustments.
Green, Noah Gragson gets turned at the launch! 10+ cars are collected and the red flag is out.
“I just messed up and didn’t get it in gear. That’s on me,” Noah Gragson says.
Green, Nasse and Majeski run even into turn one. Majeski clears him off turn two! Nasse leans on the bumper of Majeski into turn three but Majeski holds the lead.
16 to go
16 to go, Nasse looks inside of Majeski. Majeski shuts the door and Majeski is sideways! Side by side for the lead, they rub doors.
14 to go, Nasse and Majeski rub doors once more into turn one. Majeski nearly spins, they remain side by side.
12 to go, they remain side by side for the lead. More contact is made.
10 to go, Nasse leans into the door of Majeski in the braking zone of turn one. Nasse finally clears Majeski and Pollard takes over 2nd.
8 to go, Pollard leans on the bumper of Nasse off turn four!
Pollard looks inside of Nasse in turn one. Nasse cuts across his nose and Nasse is turned! Pollard is collected, they’re both parked in turn two! The caution is out.
Green, Ty Majeski and Gio Ruggiero run side by side into turn one. Majeski clears him off turn two.
5 to go, Majeski opens the gap.
Ty Majeski wins the Snowball Derby!
Snowball Derby Results
December 3, 2023
5 Flags Speedway
LCQ (Top 4 Transfer) : 1. 48-Preston Peltier[17]; 2. 35K-Carson Kvapil[3]; 3. 2B-John Bolen[11]; 4. 28W-Timothy Watson[8]; 5. 74-Ryan Moore[5]; 6. 112-Augie Grill[7]; 7. 9-Derek Kraus[2]; 8. 33F-Albert Francis[15]; 9. 58-John Aramendia[6]; 10. 33-Dustin Smith[10]; 11. 22S-Sammy Smith[1]; 12. 14-Carson Hocevar[9]; 13. 54S-Conner Sutton[4]; 14. 18B-Chase Burda[13]; 15. 27-Travis Rodewald[16]; 16. 35-Jake Garcia[12]; 17. (DNS) 32D-Stuart Dutton; 18. (DNS) 23V-Eddie VanMeter
Five Flags Speedway
Main Event
Results
1. Ty Majeski
2. Gio Ruggiero
3. Travis Braden
4. Cole Butcher
5. Matt Craig
6. Stephen Nasse
7. Derek Griffith
8. Luke Fenhaus
9. Jacob Gomes
10. William Sawalich
11. John Bolen
12. Haeden Plybon
13. Caden Kvapil
14. Johnny Sauter
15. Timothy Watson
16. Billy Vanmeter
17. Conner Jones
18. Ryan Moore
19. Bubba Pollard
20. Kole Raz
21. Jett Noland
22. William Byron
23. Noah Gragson
24. Treyten Lapcevich
25. Jake Finch
26. Derek Thorn
27. Jace Hansen
28. Hunter Robbins
29. Erik Jones
30. Michael Hinde
31. Ryan Preece
32. Michael House
33. Connor Okrzesik
34. Jackson Boone
35. Jeremy Doss
36. Preston Peltier
