On the first weekend of December, racers from all forms of racing series gathered in the panhandle of Florida at Five Flag Speedway in Pensacola for the annual Snowball Derby.  Among the list of over 50 drivers were a number of drivers from all three of the racing series in NASCAR.

On Sunday afternoon 36 of the over 50 drivers who came to race took to the track for 300 laps of hard racing around the half mile track in Late Model cars.

Derek Thorn and Xfinity Series driver Josh Berry led the racers from the front row.   Thorn takes the lead on lap one and goes on to win the race but Josh Berry would finish the race in 25th place after getting into the wall with less than 10 laps remaining in the race.

Sammy Smith led the NASCAR drivers with a second place finish.  William Byron, Jake Garcia, and Ty Majeski all finished in the top 10 with Carson Kvapil, Derek Kraus, Noah Gragson, Corey Heim, and Erik Jones also ran in the Derby.


2022 Snowball Derby results:
Derek Thorn
Sammy Smith
Stephen Nassee
Casey Roderick
Cole Butcher
William Byron
Jake Garcia
Jace Hansen
Jacob Gomes
Ty Majeski
Preston Peltier
Carson Kvapil
Bubba Pollard
Michael Hinde
Daniel Dye
Giovanni Ruggiero
Ryan Luza
Matthew Craig
Derek Kraus
Noah Gragson
Luke Fenhaus
Dustin Smith
Jeremy Doss
Albert Francis
Josh Berry
Hunter Robbins
Jesse Love
Corey Heim
Blaine Rocha
Michael House
Tyler Tanner
Austin Nason
Erik Jones
Jake Finch
Connor Jones
Augie Grill

Brad Keselowski, Connor Mosack, Chandler Smith, and Carson Hocevar had all announced that they would enter the race but were not a part of the field.