Results: Roderick DQ, Emotional Victory Lanes on Derby Opening Night
Pro Trucks, Sportsmen and Pure Stocks raced on Thursday night at Five Flags Speedway.
The 54th Annual Snowball Derby kicked off Thursday night with three races highlighting local divisions at Five Flags Speedway. The Pro Trucks, Sportsmen and Pure Stocks took to the track in search of Snowball Derby glory.
13-year-old Gavin Graham inherited the Pro Truck win after Casey Roderick was disqualified following post-race technical inspection. Graham would have a shot at winning on the final restart following a big jump but would be passed coming to the white flag.
Steven Davis was also disqualified for his role in a dramatic accident involving Hunter Johnson and John Heil.
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Win number eight for Brannon Fowler on the season would be his third-career win on Snowball Derby weekend in the Sportsmen. He led every lap after starting on the pole for the 50-lap event in what would be a dominating performance Thursday night.
He had won seven races during the points season at Five Flags, but had ultimately lost the Sportsmen track championship after an issue in tech at the end of the season. It was a family affair in victory lane with his father and son.
“What’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong. They said that spacer wasn’t allowed and they said you can’t have it so take your stuff and take it to the house, so that’s what we did,” said Fowler in victory lane. “I think we showed that it didn’t help or hinder how the car ran.”
“He was at the first Snowball and now he’s here at the 54th and I thank the Lord he’s here today. My crew chief Collin and all that he means to me and all that he does. There’s been a lot of great people that’s helped us stand right here this weekend and I’m proud to just stand here where they once stood.”
In the Pure Stocks, Robert Loper capped off a championship season with another feature win on the biggest weekend of the season. The win came with extra meaning, Loper having made the trip to the track after son Ely was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday night.
“This is a real hard win. I hate to say it but my son went back in the hospital last night, we’re not sure what’s going on. This is all for him. We had a hard-fought battle,” Loper stated. “The day of the final race I told myself that I was going to tell my kids that you can’t give up. So I came here and raced my butt off and luckily we pulled it off.”
Full results from Thursday night’s racing can be found below.
Pro Trucks Results:
- Gavin Graham
- Jerry Goff
- Daryl Rudd
- Logan Boyett
- Maddox Langham
- Jeff Campbell
- Anthony Monroe
- Jim Teague
- Bubba Gale
- Dustin Bryson
- Jake Wright
- Jarrett Parker
- EJ Fitzgerald
- Hunter Johnson
- John Heil
- Ethan Barker
- Chad Robinson
- Treyce Capers
- Okie Mason
- Brandon Burks
- Presley Johnson
- Jessie Reid
- Paul Riels
- Casey Roderick
- Steven Davis
Sportsmen Results:
- Brannon Fowler
- Billy Hoover
- Dillon Spreen
- Daryl McDonald
- Jason Gammon
- Joe Richbourg
- Tommie Blocker
- Maddox Langham
- Brock Genz
- Larry McCraney
- Paul Scholss
- Bubba Hart
- Jim Pokrant
- Hunter Lambert
- Paul Mathis
- Kevin Mitchell
Pure Stock Results:
- Robert Loper
- Cameron Leytham
- James Hollingsworth
- David Johnson
- Parker McDonald
- John Merritt
- Corey Boddie
- Jimmy Day
- Caleb Burkett
- Butch Harvell Jr
- Thomas Norman
- Chris Brown
- Brandon McKendrick
- Ben Cranford
- Cody Wood
- William Leytham
- Rocky Boyd
- Bobby Suarez
- Dylan Courtney