In his final race as a driver for Kyle Busch Motorsports, Noah Gragson took the team back to the pinnacle of super late model racing on Sunday night.

Ty Majeski could hardly bring himself to be disappointed after Sunday night’s 51st annual Snowball Derby, despite coming up just short of the victory at Five Flags Speedway.

In less than seven months, Brandon Setzer has gone from confronting Raphael Lessard and Kyle Busch Motorsports to working for the team’s super late model program.

Though racing action for Saturday was washed out by several rounds of torrential rain that moved through the Florida panhandle, Snowball Derby Sunday dawned bright and optimistic over Five Flags Speedway.

Mother Nature reared her ugly head on Saturday and has forced a complete washout of all scheduled on-track activity at Five Flags Speedway.

Snowball Derby qualifying traditionally produces a smattering of surprise efforts as drivers fight to make the top 30 and lock into the race, but perhaps none were as notable as Perry Patino on Friday night.

Saturday’s Last Chance Showdown for the 51st annual Snowball Derby could easily be a feature at any other short track in America, after multiple stars failed to post fast enough speeds during qualifying on Friday night.

Harrison Burton went out early and sweated out a bunch of heavy-hitters, but ultimately withstood all challengers to earn the pole for the 51st annual Snowball Derby on Friday night.

There’s something to be said for how difficult the Snowball Derby is to make when two of racing’s rising young stars barely found themselves among the top 30 qualifiers for Sunday’s race.

A year ago, if you’d asked Kaden Honeycutt whether he’d be racing in the Snowball Derby, he might have laughed at you and told you that’s a dream he hoped to accomplish someday.