B.J. Leytham scored Thursday’s Sportsmen feature victory as a part of the 52nd annual Snowball Derby race weekend at 5 Flags Speedway.
Photo by Eddie Richie/Turn One Photos/Loxley, AL
B.J. Leytham endured some painful struggles this year.
A decorated short-track driver from Mobile, Alabama Leytham hadn’t won much this season and hadn’t sniffed Victory Lane at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida.
But what better time to get your first feature win than in the last race of the season. And what better setting to celebrate in than the 52nd annual Snowball Derby.
The former three-time Lloyd’s Glass Pure Stocks Derby champion, Leytham earned his first The Dock on Pensacola Beach Sportsmen Derby title Thursday night at Five Flags.
He bounced back following poor restarts to hold off hard-charging Chad Robinson and Jason Huffmaster to claim the win.
“Those guys are great,” Leytham said of Robinson and Huffmaster, who finished second and third, respectively. “I’ve gotta thank my guys. We ain’t won one race all year. But, we put it on ’em tonight.”
Leytham led two times Thursday, including the final 10 laps after he reclaimed the lead from Huffmaster.
Robinson made it difficult on Leytham, though. After coming to the pits early for his team to inspect the car for possible tire issues, Robinson had to restart at the tail end of 17-car field. He made a heroic charge to reach the leaders, driving like his head was on fire.
“I knew he was coming,” Leytham said. “I just had to hit my marks because I had enough on him.”
Robinson, who celebrated his birthday Thursday, quickly bypassed slower cars. With five laps to go, Robinson closed in and forced Leytham to make a daring move that ultimately paid off.
With lapped traffic in front of the leaders, Leytham split three cars like they were traffic cones.
Robinson refused to go quietly, climbing into Leytham’s rearview mirror, as he stalked for the lead. Unfortunately, Robinson didn’t have enough muscle at the end to reach Leytham’s bumper and settled for runner-up honors.
“It was rough having to go to the back and work my way through the field again,” he said.
Tommie Blocker finished in fourth, followed by Jim Pokrant in fifth.
In other action, Marietta, Georgia’s dominated the WCIparts.com Pro Trucks Snowball Derby feature to be flagged the winner, with Grant Thompson in second and Donnie Hamrac in third.
During post race inspection, the Trucks of all three were found to be out of specs, and they were disqualified.
That elevated Jarrett Parker to victory lane, with Kody Brusso moved to second, Joshua Hicks third, Jackson Boone fourth and Chad Robinson fifth.
It was a similar story for the Lloyd’s Glass Pure Stocks Snowball Derby feature. Michael Moody was flagged the winner in the 35-lap feature, only to see the victory go away when his car did not pass post race tech inspection.
That made Jerry Goff, Jr. the winner, with Dylan Courtney, Robert Balkum, Thomas Norman, and John Merritt rounding out the top five.
Action in the 52nd Snowball Derby race weekend continues on Friday, with more practice and qualifying for the Super Late Models, along with feature action for the Modifieds.
The Pro Late Models will take center stage on Saturday, with qualifying and the running of the Snowflake 100. The late chance race for the Super Late Models and the Outlaw Stock feature will also be on tap.
The race weekend culminates with the 52nd annual Snowball Derby for the Super Late Models on Sunday.
For more information, visit 5FlagsSpeedway.com.
5 Flags Speedway – Pensacola, FL
Snowball Derby – December 5, 2019
Sportsmen
1. 8 B.J. Leytham
2. 32 Chad Robinson
3. 357 Jason Huffmaster
4. 71 Tommie Blocker
5. 07 Jim Pokrant
6. 29 Shanna Ard
7. 97 Hunter Lambert
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9. 14 Gary Pugh
10. 52 Tony Boyd
11. 2 Paul Schloss
12. 35 Heath Hudson
13. 23 Jake Moore
14. 64 Chris Pike
15. 28 Dayton Sidner
16. 13 Paul Mathis
17. 24 Garrett Cobb
Pro Trucks
1. 46P Jarrett Parker
2. 7B Kody Brusso
3. 56H Joshua Hicks
4. 3 Jackson Boone
5. 10R Chad Robinson
6. 9 Logan Boyett
7. 88 Hunter Johnson
8. 67 Daniel Bradford
9. 12B Brandon Burks
10. 82 Anthony Monroe
11. 95 Steven Davis
12. 51B Trevor Bowen
13. 26 Devin McLeod
14. 56R Darryl Rudd
15. 2 Jonathan Langham
16. 1 Howard Langham
17. 6 Okie Mason
18. 4 Joshua Stephens
DQ: Cody Haskins
DQ: Grant Thompson
DQ: Donnie Hamrac
Pure Stocks
1. 10 Jerry Goff, Jr.
2. 22C Dylan Courtney
3. 52 Robert Balkum
4. 26 Thomas Norman
5. 22 John Merritt
6. 22H Michael Hurst
7. 1 Jeff Dufresne
8. 91 Tina Johnson
9. 19 Daryl McDonald III
10. 42 Brandin Sidner
11. 114 Austin McDuffie
12. 51 Randall Moye
13. 11 Cameron Leytham
14. 24B Caleb Burkett
15. 90 Link Powell
16. 16 Joshua Merritt
17. 343 Ben Cranford
18. 2 Larry Deaton
19. T1 Dylan Norman
DQ: Mike Moody
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