PENSACOLA, Florida (December 8, 2019) — After fighting mother nature all day in an effort to get the cars on track, the 52nd Annual Snowball Derby has been postponed to Monday, December 9, 2019. A light mist began to fall on Five Flags Speedway around mid-day. From then on, a repeating cycle of misting, sprinkles…
PENSACOLA, Florida (December 8, 2019) — “This is the best win I’ve ever had in my life for sure.” That’s what you’d expect a newly crowned Snowball Derby champion to say. John Heil is just that. After a grueling 50 lap race littered with multiple multi-car crashes it was the Texan who muscled his way…
PENSACOLA, Florida (December 8, 2019) — Saturday night’s 21st running of the Snowflake 100 was a battle fought just shy of the three quarter mark. After passing pole sitter Augie Grill on lap 65, California’s Derek Thorn pulled away and maintained a lead resulting in victory; a perfect primer for the 52nd Snowball Derby pole…
Had you looked me in the face Thursday morning and said a handful of the names that didn’t time in last night wouldn’t do so, I would’ve laughed and asked how much late model racing you’ve watched. But with only 30 drivers clocking in on time, there was a chance that if a big name…
For the third time in his career Augie Grill will be taking a Snowball Derby Modified victory back north to Hayden, Alabama. Grill, who is a two time Snowball Derby champion out dueled a handful of modified aces to snag his third Modified Derby win. Grill took the lead from pole sitter Jim Walls around…
PENSACOLA, Florida (December 7, 2019) — Derek Thorn took advantage of the Florida weather tendencies to strike hard with and blistering lap that placed him on the pole for the 52nd Snowball Derby. All was well at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida for the majority of the day. Late in the afternoon, however, Florida…
UPDATE: PixelatedSPEED has learned that the top three finishers in the Pro Truck feature have been Disqualified. This advances fourth place Jarrett Parker up to the win after a very long night in the tech shed. We have also learned that Michael Moody has been disqualified from the Pure Stock feature, advancing Jerry Goff into…
PENSACOLA, Florida (December 6, 2019) — Thursday was practice day at the 52nd Snowball Derby, and while there were no major incidents on track, the action was fast and fierce as Jesse Dutilly, and Cole Butcher were the fastest cats in town, topping the Super Late Model charts. Dutilly, fastest overall on the day, was…
PENSACOLA, Florida (December 3, 2019) — We’re just a day away from team haulers officially pulling onto the grounds at Five Flags Speedway but we thought now is as good of a time as any to pontificate on who we believe is going to be leaving Pensacola on Sunday night with the next Tom Dawson…
PENSACOLA, Florida (December 2, 2019) — Over the last 20 years, this preliminary event has grown to become the mack-daddy of Pro Late Model races. Going into its 21st running, the Allen Turner Snowflake 100 once again has a star-studded lineup of drivers entered to do battle on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Five Flags…