Cole Butcher Doubles Up on Road to Snowball Derby

So far in 2025, the Five Star Race Car Bodies Road to the Snowball Derby has Cole Butcher's name written all over it.

Cole Butcher won Friday's Pensacola Sports Authority 100 at Five Flags Speedway, giving him two wins in the first two Deep South Crane Blizzard Series events of the 2025 season.

The Canadian driver won the ASA STARS National Tour Sunshine State 200 in March in the first Super Late Model race of the year at the Pensacola, Florida half-mile oval. Coming one week after another ASA STARS National Tour win at Dominion Raceway, Butcher continued his winning ways by leading wire-to-wire at Five Flags.

While Butcher and the Wilson Motorsports team experimented some in practice for Friday's race, they ultimately relied on a proven formula for their win on Friday night.

"I can't thank Wilson Motorsports enough," said Butcher. "We tried some stuff when we unloaded, but we went back to what we know.

"It's good to be back."

Butcher may have made it look easy on Friday night, he insisted that negotiating lapped traffic over the course of 100 laps proved plenty challenging.

"It's really tough. Especially passing some of the lapped cars. This car, clean air means everything. I can't thank the competitors enough for putting on a clean race, and we'll look forward to Mobile tomorrow."

He also knows better than to rest on his laurels despite the recent string of success.

"I'm sure something will happen and it will all go downhill. We'll take it as it is."

Carson Brown finished second, unable to keep in touch with Butcher following a mandatory caution at lap 50. He hopes to find a little more speed before the ASA Southern Super Series takes the track Saturday night at Mobile International Speedway for the second leg of the Gulf Coast doubleheader.

"It's not bad, just needed a little bit more," said Brown. "Big thank you to Anthony Campi and the team, everyone for the hard work. Congrats to Cole Butcher on a really good run. Just didn't quite have enough.

"We just need to get this thing dialed in a little bit more, practice a little bit more and we'll get there."

Meanwhile, Jackson Boone scored a third-place finish to round out the podium. It was the Tennessee driver's best ASA Southern Super Series finish since a third-place effort in the Blizzard Series finale in 2023.

"I'm just proud of this team," said Boone. "They started this Super deal last year and went through a lot of struggles and hurdles to get here. I'm just honored I could get a top three for them."

With the win, Butcher enters Saturday night's ASA Southern Super Series event at Mobile with a chance at a big payday. Diamond Seamless Solutions has offered a $5,000 bonus if a driver can sweep the Gulf Coast doubleheader weekend, while Gulf Coast Graphix of Mobile is offering a $1,000 prize to the driver with the best average finish across the two races.

The doubleheader continues on Saturday night at Mobile, with racing starting at 8 p.m. CT/9 p.m. ET. Fans can watch live on RacingAmerica.TV.

Last year, the ASA Southern Super Series event at Mobile ended in a photo finish, with Butcher scoring the victory over Jake Finch.

-Photo credit: Jason Reasin

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