Teen Edges Out Kyle Busch For Snowball Derby Win

December 3, 2012

On his first time out, a teen from Michigan won Sunday’s 45th annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway.

Erik Jones, 16, became the first driver in 20 years to win in his first attempt.  Jeff Choquette of West Palm Beach was second, and Kyle Busch of Las Vegas finished third. Pensacola’s Johanna Long, 20, was 14th after several issues with her car held her back.

Complete, unofficial results:

1 4 J Erik Jones 300
2 29 C Jeff Choquette 300
3 51 Kyle Busch 300
4 67 Jeff Fultz 300
5 9 Chase Elliott 300
6 36 Grant Enfinger 300
7 71 Kyle Benjamin 300
8 77 David Ragan 300
9 41 Chris Davidson 300
10 8 John Hunter Nemechek 300
11 25 Ross Kenseth 300
12 45 Dwayne Buggay 300
13 2 D.J. Vanderley 300
14 10 Johanna Long 300
15 2 W Donnie Wilson 300
16 22 Hunter Robbins 299
17 7 Chuck Barnes Jr 299
18 84 Clay Alexander 297
19 21 J Kyle Jones 283
20 29 T Austin Theriault 249
21 99S Casey Smith 228
22 66 Steven Wallace 226
23 11 David Rogers 226
24 96 Ben Kennedy 221
25 0 Brad Rogers 201
26 41 R T.J. Reaid 164
27 26 Bubba Pollard 158
28 5 Nelson Piquet Jr 125
29 98 Daniel Hemric 125
30 11 B Logan Boyett 125
31 1 Mike Garvey 123
32 51 Stephen Nasse 117
33 4 Jeremy Pate 116
34 20 Brian Campbell 112
35 10 K Paul Kelley 45
36 49 Augie Grill 38
37 10 D Steve Dorer 1

Comments

5 Responses to “Teen Edges Out Kyle Busch For Snowball Derby Win”

  1. amazed on December 3rd, 2012 8:49 pm

    KB definitely did not “let” him win. You must need to watch a rerun! I JW

  2. barbara on December 3rd, 2012 5:04 pm

    I hope you’re kidding JW! This track is not anything like the others. There have been a lot who have tried but can’t do it here because they are out of their element at Five Flags.

  3. RACE GIRL on December 3rd, 2012 3:03 pm

    So happy for this young teen! I have attended the snowball since i was able to walk! I can only imagine how excited he was! GREAT JOB ERIK!

  4. JW on December 3rd, 2012 2:38 pm

    KB let the kid win…….come on.

  5. Rick on December 3rd, 2012 7:50 am

    Great driving in a great race. I think Erik Jones is a name we will see alot of in NASCAR in the future.

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