Snowball Derby Set For Sunday, 12/3/23 At Five Flags Speedway

by Lou ModestinoNovember 28, 2023

The Snowball Derby is a 300-lap super late model stock car race held annually at the Five Flags Speedway, a half-mile paved oval track in Pensacola, Florida. (Wikipedia). You can view the entry list past the jump.

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It’s Time: NASCAR Xfinity Series Heads to the Windy City

by MikeJune 29, 2023

One of the most anticipated race weekends in recent memory is finally here! The NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers are loading up their cars and getting ready to zoom through the streets of Downtown Chicago for the inaugural The Loop 121 on Saturday, July 1 at 5 p.m. ET on the USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio.

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NASCAR XFINITY Series News & Notes – Sonoma Raceway

by MikeJune 8, 2023

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer lands his first road course win

JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier appeared to have the race at Portland International Raceway in the bag last weekend, which would’ve made him the first back-to-back winner of the 2023 season. But he got knocked out in Turn 1, ultimately giving Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer a straight shot to Victory Lane.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Off For All Star Race Weekend

by MikeMay 18, 2023

A break in the action: Charlotte Motor Speedway up next for the Xfinity Series

After a wild finish at Darlington Raceway last weekend that saw NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Larson in the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing snatch the checkered flag from Joe Gibbs Racing’s John Hunter Nemechek on the final lap, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be taking a break before heading back to the action at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 27 for the Alsco Uniforms 300 (FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). (more…)

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Darlington Raceway

by MikeMay 11, 2023

After a weekend off, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be back in action at Darlington Raceway for the Shriners Children’s 200 this Saturday, May 13 at 1:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio, the 11th race of the 2023 season.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series – Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ryan Truex Conquered Dover’s Monster Mile

by MikeMay 4, 2023

Most drivers dream of the opportunity to post a win at their hometown track and last weekend, Ryan Truex was able to make that dream a reality. It wasn’t just an ordinary win for the Mayetta, N.J. native – it was his first-ever in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Truex came into the race strong, finding his way to the front on Lap 34. He swept both stages and ultimately led a career-high 124 of the 200 laps.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Takes On Dover’s Monster Mile

by MikeApril 28, 2023

NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers will need to bring their A-game for the A-Game 200 at Dover Motor Speedway (1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 29 on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio) for their 10th race of the 2023 season.

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Tickets on Sale Now for ARCA Menards Series East at 5 Flags Speedway

by MikeMarch 15, 2023

(Pensacola, FL – 03-15-23) 5 Flags Speedway brings in more exciting racing action for the 2023 season, with the return of ARCA Menards Series East as part of the Friday and Saturday, March 24^th-25^th action. This double-header of racing action will see five different divisions battle it out around the famed 1/2-mile Speedway.

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Sammy Smith To Compete In Full 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Schedule With Joe Gibbs Racing

by MikeDecember 7, 2022

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (December 6, 2022) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced Tuesday that Sammy Smith will run the full 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) schedule in the No. 18 Toyota GR Supra.

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Derek Thorn Puts on Dominant Performance, Secures Long-Awaited Snowball Derby Win

by Lou ModestinoDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Over the last three years, Derek Thorn has been pretty much unstoppable when it comes to the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway. Despite that, Thorn entered Sunday’s 300-lap contest having never won the prestigious event.

Now, in his 10th attempt at chasing the Tom Dawson Trophy, Derek Thorn will finally get the chance to take the trophy home, securing the victory in one of the most dominating performances in Snowball Derby history. (more…)

Nashville Arrives as Pivotal ARCA Menards Series East Race

by MikeMay 5, 2021

More than two months have passed since Sammy Smith cruised to victory at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, to take the lead in ARCA Menards Series East points after two races in 2021. (more…)

Crosley Record Pressing Named Title Sponsor for May 8th Tripleheader at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

by MikeApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021

(Nashville, Tennessee) Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and motorsports promotion company Track Enterprises are proud to announce Crosley Brands’ continued support for Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Crosley Record Pressing will be the title sponsor for the May 8^th ARCA Menards Series East race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. (more…)

ARCA Menards Rewind: What We Learned At 5 Flags

by MikeMarch 3, 2021

The second race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East season played out in a way that was similar to the first, minus the shocking, final-corner pass for the lead by Max Gutiérrez to steal the win from both Sammy Smith and Taylor Gray. (more…)

Sammy Smith Cruises to Checkered at 5 Flags for First ARCA Menards Win

by MikeMarch 1, 2021

Based on the way he barely lost the ARCA Menards Series East season-opener to fellow rookie Max Gutiérrez a few weeks ago, Sammy Smith’s eventual first win on the platform felt like an inevitability. (more…)

Max Gutiérrez Leads ARCA Menards Series East Charge to Five Flags

by MikeFebruary 26, 2021

PENSACOLA, Fla.: Rette Jones Racing development driver Max Gutiérrez is still gleaming after picking up a thrilling victory in the Jeep Beach 175 at New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway, but the ARCA Menards Series East rookie driver knows once he puts on his helmet this weekend at Five Flags (Fla.) Speedway, it will be time to put the joyous emotions aside and concentrate.

Not only is Gutiérrez focused on producing back-to-back ARCA East victories for Rette Jones Racing, but he is determined to protect his points lead ahead of Saturday’s Pensacola 200 presented by INSPECTRA.

“It has been a few good weeks,” explained Gutiérrez who returned home to Mexico shortly after the victory at New Smyrna.

“It has been fun to celebrate the win with family, friends and my partners – but as the days approach to Five Flags, I realize it’s time to be thankful for the blessings of New Smyrna but get focused on the job ahead this weekend.”

Attending school, Gutiérrez has had to rely on video and international texting platforms to communicate with crew chief and co-owner Mark Rette about the team’s plan for the second ARCA Menards Series East race of 2021.

While Gutiérrez does have laps at Five Flags from last October, the former NASCAR Mexico Challenge Series champion knows a tall task awaits him for practice on Saturday afternoon.

“I have laps at Five Flags, but we had some problems there last year. The track is very demanding and unfortunately, we didn’t have a balanced race car which made it a challenging race.

“Thankfully, I’ve been able to talk to Mark and the team a lot over the past couple of weeks. He has helped me with a lot of my questions and even given me some homework to look over.

“Practice will be super important and from there it’s putting up another good lap in qualifying and being at the right place at the right time when it comes to the checked flag.”

With just a three-point gap over Sammy Smith in the ARCA Menards Series East champion standings, Gutiérrez realizes with a win in the bank, the bigger picture is a priority.

“We want to win again, but if that opportunity doesn’t present itself, we don’t need to put ourselves in a spot where we give points away and take us out of the championship. It’s only race two of eight, but we are points racing. Hopefully, we leave Pensacola on Saturday night with the points lead still intact.”

Set for his third career ARCA East start, Gutiérrez knows without support, this weekend would not be possible.

“I cannot thank my partners TOUGHBUILT, TekNekk, Telcel (Jimmy Morales) and Avaya enough for this chance to fight for another win and of course for Rette Jones Racing for the opportunity to drive their race cars.

“We had a lot of fun at New Smyrna and I’d love to have a repeat on Saturday night.”

Rette says he’s proud of Gutiérrez’s initiatives and believes they can be in the hunt for the third career win for RJR.

“Max had never been to New Smyrna before the end of January and look what we did two weeks ago,” added Rette. “I think Max surprised a lot of people in qualifying – with a front row start and only added to it with an exclamation point with the win.

“Hopefully, we can make it double exclamation points this weekend.”

RJR is co-owned by Canadian entrepreneur and former race car driver Terry Jones.

The Pensacola 200 presented by INSPECTRA (200 laps | 100 miles) is the second of eight races on the 2021 ARCA Menards Series East schedule. Practice begins for the one-day show on Saturday, February 27 from 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. General Tire pole qualifying is set for later in the day at 2:30 p.m. The event will take the green flag just after 5:00 p.m. with live television coverage on TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold. All times are local (CT).

The event will be rebroadcasted on a tape-delayed basis on NBCSN on Thurs., Mar. 4, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. ET.

For more on Max Gutiérrez, please visit maxgutierrez.com, like him on Facebook (Max Gutierrez Racing) or follow him on Instagram (@maxgutierrezmx).

For more on Rette Jones Racing, please visit RetteJonesRacing.com, like them on Facebook (Rette Jones Racing) or follow them on Twitter (@RetteJones30).

About TOUGHBUILT Industries Inc.:

TOUGHBUILT is an advanced product design, manufacturer and distributor with emphasis on innovative products. Currently focused on tools and other accessories for the professional and do-it-yourself construction industries.

We market and distribute various home improvement and construction product lines for both the do-it-yourself and professional markets under the TOUGHBUILT brand name, within the global multibillion-dollar per year tool market industry. All of our products are designed by our in-house design team.

Since launching product sales in 2013, we have experienced significant annual sales growth.

Our current product line includes three major categories, with several additional categories in various stages of development, consisting of Soft Goods & Kneepads and Sawhorses & Work Products.

Our mission is to provide products to the building and home improvement communities that are innovative, of superior quality, derived in part from enlightened creativity for our end users while enhancing performance, improving well-being and building high brand loyalty.

Additional information about the company is available at: toughbuilt.com.

About Rette Jones Racing:

Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, Rette Jones Racing (RJR) was founded in 2015 with the intent of building a successful racing operation built around the fundamentals of hard work and a never give up attitude.

Owned by racers Terry Jones and Mark Rette, RJR plan to field a full-time entry in 2021 in the ARCA Menards Series East, while also hopeful to field vehicles in the ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).

The winning ARCA East team also offers technical and setup intel as part of its technical alliance partnership program.

5 Flags Speedway Provides Another Dose Of Short Track Action

by MikeFebruary 23, 2021

ARCA Menards Series East racing on a Floridian half-mile paved oval provided an epic finish in the 2021 season-opener at New Smyrna Speedway on Feb. 8.

Your move, Pensacola’s 5 Flags Speedway. The Pensacola 200 Presented by Inspectra Thermal Solutions is here. (more…)

New Smyrna World Series Night #7 – Unofficial Results

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 12, 2021

After the jump, you’ll find unofficial results from Night #7 (Thursday) of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway (FL) … (more…)

New Smyrna World Series Night #6 – Unofficial Results

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 2021

After the jump, you’ll find unofficial results from Night #6 (Wednesday) of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway (FL)…

Tour-type Modified John Blewett III Memorial (76 Laps)

Pos	#	Driver	Start
1	6	Ryan Preece	37
2	60	Matt Hirschman	11
3	07	Patrick Emerling	1
4	7NY	Jon McKennedy	5
5	16	Ron Silk	8
6	59	Matthew Galko	34
7	2H	Chuck Hossfeld	13
8	20	Eddie McCarthy	19
9	14	Bobby Measmer, Jr.	18
10	36	David Sapienza	15
11	56	Amy Catalano	20
12	58	Eric Goodale	4
13	2	JR Bertuccio	14
14	46	Craig Lutz	12
15	28	Buddy Charette	21
16	8	Chris Finocchario	28
17	32	Tyler Rypkema	3
18	179	Stephen Kopcik	7
19	79	Chris Jensen	31
20	4	Burt Myers	17
21	92	Anthony Nocella	2
22	50	Ronnie Williams	6
23	55	Jeremy Gerstner	16
24	17TC	Tommy Catalano	10
25	51	Jimmy Blewett	36
26	17K	Danny Knoll, Jr.	26
27	48	Marcello Rufrano	9
28	9	Tom Martino, Jr.	23
29	99	Tyler Truex	24
30	1	Bobby Jones	30
31	1NY	Chris Ridsdale	27
32	73J	Jonathan Laureigh	33
33	73	Paul Hartwig, Jr.	32
34	0	Randall Richard	25
35	21	Jim Gavek	29
36	25	Brian Robie	22
37	73M	Ron Mullen	35

Super Late Models (35 Laps)

Pos	#	Driver	Start
1	36	Dan Fredrickson	3
2	28	Connor Mosack	10
3	21L	Jesse Love	6
4	12	Derek Griffith	2
5	43	Daniel Dye	4
6	51N	Stephen Nasse	13
7	81	Jett Noland	5
8	72	Jacob Goede	1
9	26	Bubba Pollard	11
10	74	Ryan Moore	7
11	9	Brad May	9
12	44	Justin Mondeik	14
13	92	RJ Braun	19
14	35	Jake Garcia	12
15	26K	Kody Swanson	16
16	47	Kelly Moore	18
17	57	Kris Wright	21
18	9T	Patrick Thomas	23
19	22	Sammy Smith	8
20	51	Jake Finch	17
21	56	Gus Dean	15
22	112	Steve Weaver	24
23	69	Michael Hinde	20
24	4	Travis Wilson	25

Pro Late Models (35 Laps)

Pos	#	Driver
1	19	Nick Panitzke
2	81	Jett Noland
3	22	Brandon Oakley
4	26S	Kody Swanson
5	51N	Stephen Nasse
6	15	Jean-Phillipe Bergeron
7	149	Max Calles-McDonald
8	5	Jeremy Miller
9	29	Hunter Wright
10	76	Jerick Johnson
11	53	Zachary Tinkle
12	5A	Jerry Artuso
13	14	Conner Jones
14	77	Andrew Scheid
15	41	Hayden Sprague
16	8	Chad Butz
17	77H	Colt Hensley
18	9	Braison Bennett
19	21	Tommy Neal
20	17F	Kevin Folan
21	11	David Weaver
22	88	Paige Rogers
23	3	Will Cox
24	12D	Justin Drawdy
25	12	Chase Williams

Florida Modifieds (35 Laps)

Pos	#	Driver	Start
1	38	Ricky Moxley	1
2	4	Alan Bruns	6
3	2	Scott Lamp	2
4	26	Bill Burba	4
5	15	Tim Moore	5
6	66	Jerry Symons	3
7	70	Jeremy Gerstner	7
8	17	John White	9
9	56	Zach Harris	8
10	16	David LeBeau

Courtesy of Speed51

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ARCA Menards Rewind: What We Learned At New Smyrna

by MikeFebruary 11, 2021

Monday night’s ARCA Menards Series East season-opening Jeep Beach 175 at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway was all about rookie winner Max Guiérrez. And with good reason given how he pulled off the victory.

More important than a viral highlight of a three-wide finish, though, is how the 18-year-old from Mexico City, Mexico, established himself as a contender in the East Series this season. (more…)

New Smyrna World Series Night #5 – Unofficial Results

by Lou ModestinoFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 2021

Here you’ll find unofficial results from Night #5 (Tuesday) of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway (FL), after the jump… (more…)