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One year ago, veteran race car driver Dennis Schoenfeld was forced to miss his favorite race of the season due to a catastrophic injury.  Schoenfeld of Van Buren, AL was involved in a highway crash a...

There is a reason why Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida has a concrete wall surrounding the 1/2-mile asphalt oval.  Rick Crawford proved that it was needed some 10 years before it went up. Wi...

Each year the Snowball Derby cements itself as one of the biggest race weekends of the year. Once again, this December, fans from across the country and beyond will visit Five Flags Speedway to see w...

Time continues to tick away until the 50th running of the Snowball Derby on December 3 and while racing entries continue to come in, so are the calls for reserved tickets for what has become the most...

Just two days after releasing the initial entry list for the 50th Annual Snowball Derby, Five Flags Speedway officials announced Friday that a dozen more Late Model entries have been received for the...

This story is an account by long-time Speed51.com contributor Elgin Traylor.  At the Snowball Derby in 2008 Traylor was following the Matt Hawkins story and he recalls his tale with the Canton, Georg...

All season long Cole Rouse has proven that he is a force to be reckoned with when he shows up to the track with his Kyle Busch Motorsports team. Rouse was recently crowned champion for the 2017 CARS...

Entries for the 50th Annual Snowball Derby have been flying into the Five Flags Speedway (FL) office throughout the weeks and months leading up to the historic short track racing event.  On Wednesday...

In 2009, “The Chase� for Snowball Derby glory began for Chase Elliott. It was the year of his first Snowball Derby. Elliott arrived at Five Flags Speedway (FL) as a 14-year-old with braces who co...

Harrison Burton may only be 17 years old, but the driver from Huntersville, North Carolina already has a handful of Snowball Derby memories – both good and bad – etched into his mind. On Sunday,...