by Zach Evans / Racing America
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Derek Thorn is fast during Snowball Derby week.
The California driver who won last year’s event set the fastest time of the day across three Super Late Model practice sessions for the 56th Annual Snowball Derby presented by Hooters and Safe Locator. Thorn clocked in at 16.482 seconds early in the first round of practice, a time that would not be matched the rest of the day.
Ty Majeski was fastest in the second round of Super Late Model practice, while Jacob Gomes logged the quickest lap of the third and final practice session of the day.
The biggest setback of the day for the Snowball Derby field went to Kole Raz, who suffered a mechanical issue during the second round of practice and will be going to a backup car for the remainder of the weekend.
2005 Allen Turner Snowflake 100 winner Hunter Robbins was fastest in practice among Pro Late Model competitors on Thursday, with a lap of 16.840 seconds. Mike Hopkins was fastest in both the second and third rounds of practice.
Snowflake 100 practice ended with an incident involving Dawson Sutton. Sutton’s Rackley WAR team had already changed engines earlier in the day, and now will be going to a backup car following the frontstretch incident.
Combined practice results for both divisions can be viewed below.
Snowball Derby qualifying is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m CT/7 p.m. ET. Fans can watch the qualifying session as well as Saturday and Sunday’s Late Model action live on Racing America by clicking here.
Meanwhile, feature racing for the 56th Snowball Derby weekend begins on Thursday night with the ZOOM Equipment Pro Trucks, Dock of Pensacola Beach Sportsmen and Lloyd’s Glass Pure Stocks. Click here to watch Thursday’s racing live with a RacingAmerica.TV subscription.
COMBINED THURSDAY PRACTICE RESULTS
56TH ANNUAL SNOWBALL DERBY PRESENTED BY HOOTERS AND SAFE LOCATOR
| POS | NO | DRIVER | TIME |
| 1 | 7t | Derek Thorn | 16.482 |
| 2 | 16 | Jacob Gomes | 16.520 |
| 3 | 18r | Hunter Robbins | 16.544 |
| 4 | 22r | Gio Ruggiero | 16.548 |
| 5 | 32t | Treyten Lapcevich | 16.563 |
| 6 | 7b | Jackson Boone | 16.594 |
| 7 | 14h | Carson Hocevar | 16.615 |
| 8 | 28b | Cole Butcher | 16.631 |
| 9 | 91 | Ty Majeski | 16.638 |
| 10 | 54c | Matthew Craig | 16.665 |
| 11 | 48 | Preston Peltier | 16.669 |
| 12 | 50 | Jett Noland | 16.671 |
| 13 | 24 | Stephen Nasse* | 16.676 |
| 14 | 2s | William Sawalich | 16.679 |
| 15 | 26p | Bubba Pollard | 16.685 |
| 16 | 21 | Travis Braden | 16.697 |
| 17 | 35g | Jake Garcia | 16.700 |
| 18 | 44j | Conner Jones | 16.703 |
| 19 | 26f | Luke Fenhaus | 16.710 |
| 20 | 4 | Erik Jones | 16.729 |
| 21 | 12 | Derek Griffith | 16.730 |
| 22 | 44d | Jeremy Doss | 16.733 |
| 23 | 28w | Timothy Watson | 16.733 |
| 24 | 62 | Ryan Preece | 16.738 |
| 25 | 51f | Jake Finch | 16.746 |
| 26 | 30 | Noah Gragson | 16.769 |
| 27 | 74 | Ryan Moore | 16.779 |
| 28 | 23b | Billy VanMeter | 16.781 |
| 29 | 35k | Carson Kvapil | 16.787 |
| 30 | 55 | Haeden Plybon | 16.798 |
| 31 | 2b | John Bolen | 16.798 |
| 32 | 69 | Michael Hinde | 16.802 |
| 33 | 32k | Caden Kvapil | 16.809 |
| 34 | 112 | Augie Grill | 16.818 |
| 35 | 14o | Connor Okrzesik | 16.822 |
| 36 | 08 | Jace Hansen | 16.824 |
| 37 | 1 | Michael House | 16.841 |
| 38 | 51n | Stephen Nasse | 16.845 |
| 39 | 5 | Johnny Sauter | 16.873 |
| 40 | 63 | Kole Raz | 16.894 |
| 41 | 22s | William Sawalich* | 16.919 |
| 42 | 9 | Derek Kraus | 16.925 |
| 43 | 33s | Dustin Smith | 16.942 |
| 44 | 54s | Conner Sutton | 16.986 |
| 45 | 58 | Johnny Aramendia | 17.004 |
| 46 | 23e | Ed VanMeter | 17.006 |
| 47 | 18b | Chase Burda | 17.092 |
| 48 | 33f | Albert Francis | 17.158 |
| 49 | 32d | Stuart Dutton | 17.214 |
| 50 | 27 | Travis Rodewald | 17.428 |
*-Stephen Nasse practiced in both his car and William Byron’s No. 24 during practice. William Sawalich practiced in his car and Sammy Smith’s 22s.
ALLEN TURNER SNOWFLAKE 100
| POS | NO | DRIVER | TIME |
| 1 | 18r | Hunter Robbins | 16.840 |
| 2 | 11c | Dylan Cappello | 16.917 |
| 3 | 15h | Mike Hopkins | 16.928 |
| 4 | 7b | Jackson Boone | 16.982 |
| 5 | 00r | Jimmy Renfrew, Jr. | 16.989 |
| 6 | 15b | Luke Baldwin | 17.003 |
| 7 | 70 | Gavin Graham | 17.005 |
| 8 | 54b | Jarrett Butcher | 17.010 |
| 9 | 54c | Matthew Craig | 17.021 |
| 10 | 89 | Dylan Fetcho | 17.042 |
| 11 | 22s | Kyle Steckly | 17.066 |
| 12 | 67 | Colin Allman | 17.080 |
| 13 | 69 | Michael Hinde | 17.082 |
| 14 | 18s | Terry Senneker | 17.096 |
| 15 | 39 | Max Cookson | 17.098 |
| 16 | 43g | Augie Grill | 17.112 |
| 17 | 91 | Jim Wall | 17.117 |
| 18 | 33d | Dustin Smith | 17.117 |
| 19 | 24 | Brent Crews | 17.121 |
| 20 | 08 | Nicholas Naugle | 17.137 |
| 21 | 25b | Gavan Boschele | 17.144 |
| 22 | 17 | Hudson Bulger | 17.150 |
| 23 | 43n | Nick Loden | 17.154 |
| 24 | 27 | Jeb Burton | 17.178 |
| 25 | 51 | Stephen Nasse | 17.184 |
| 26 | 407 | Jason Vail | 17.193 |
| 27 | 3s | L.B. Skaggs | 17.200 |
| 28 | 18b | Chase Burda | 17.203 |
| 29 | 54g | Clayton Green | 17.216 |
| 30 | 48 | Ed Vecchiarelli | 17.221 |
| 31 | 5m | Jeremy Miller | 17.224 |
| 32 | 54t | Grant Thompson | 17.227 |
| 33 | 15s | Brett Suggs | 17.234 |
| 34 | 47 | Dustin Bryson | 17.242 |
| 35 | 33b | Bryson Shaffer | 17.260 |
| 36 | 77L | Logan Jones | 17.262 |
| 37 | 9c | Anthony Cataldi | 17.265 |
| 38 | 1k | Kasey Kleyn | 17.265 |
| 39 | 22o | Brandon Oakley | 17.287 |
| 40 | 11w | Jolynn Wilkinson | 17.295 |
| 41 | 9h | Kaden Honeycutt | 17.313 |
| 42 | 26 | Dawson Sutton | 17.323 |
| 43 | 2 | John Bolen | 17.330 |
| 44 | 77j | Jensen Jorgensen | 17.337 |
| 45 | 11s | Randy Sargent | 17.341 |
| 46 | 32 | Nick Jenkins | 17.360 |
| 47 | 1f | Ryan Fleming | 17.454 |
| 48 | 4 | Elliott Massey | 17.480 |
| 49 | 00c | Ryan Colby | 17.495 |
| 50 | 0 | Glenn Styres | 17.530 |
| 51 | 88 | Boston Oliver | 17.539 |
| 52 | 3m | Chris Munson | 17.545 |
| 53 | 22c | Dylan Courtney | 17.767 |
| 54 | 12 | Christopher Hogan | 17.985 |
| 55 | 116 | Jay Nelson | 18.041 |
| 56 | 11r | Brian Reeves | 18.137 |
