November 11, 2024

The most coveted week in short track racing, the week of the 57th Annual Snowball Derby, is just under a month away.

The excitement for what is objectively the biggest short track race of the year is palpable, with a full and stacked slate of stars and cars having entered for both the Super Late Model Snowball Derby and the Pro Late Model Snowflake 100.

With both races’ entry lists being absolutely stacked with talent, there’s a lot to unpack. We’ll take a deep dive into the names that have entered.

All entry lists included in this story are as of November 8th, 2024.

Liberty Racing Review’s coverage of the 57th Annual Snowball Derby is presented by Patriot Media and Marketing Services.

Snowball Derby Entries

The list of Super Late Model competitors sees NASCAR champions, former Snowball Derby champions, and some of the discipline’s biggest names.

Defending winner of the Snowball Derby and 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Ty Majeski has filed his entry. Majeski looks to not only go back-to-back, but also looks to join elite company by becoming a three-time Snowball Derby winner.

2022 winner Derek Thorn and 2021 winner Chandler Smith have also filed entries along with 2018 winner Noah Gragson. All three drivers look to add one additional Snowball Derby victory to their respective résumés.

Some more names familiar to NASCAR fans have entered into the Derby as well. Drivers like Ryan Preece, Jake Garcia, Johnny Sauter, and Derek Kraus are just some of the NASCAR names with hopes to take home the Tom Dawson Trophy this year.

Some CARS Tour champions have also entered into the famed Super Late Model event. Multi-time CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car champion Carson Kvapil has entered, along with a pair of CARS Tour Pro Late Model champions in Kaden Honeycutt and Luke Fenhaus. A former CARS Tour Super Late Model champion and familiar face at Five Flags Speedway, Matt Craig, has also entered.

A pair of Super Late Model juggernauts also hope for 2024 to be year they claim a Snowball Derby victory. Stephen Nasse and Bubba Pollard will compete yet again for the Tom Dawson Trophy, with both drivers looking for glory after last year’s ending left them wrecked and out of contention.

More Super Late Model frontrunners such as Cole Butcher, Derek Griffith, Gio Ruggiero, Jeremy Doss, and more also highlight the entry list which can be found below.

57th Annual Snowball Derby Entry List (as of November 8th, 2024)

• #1 – Kasey Kleyn (Quincy, WA)
• #2 – John Bolen (Jasper, AL)
• #2 – Chandler Smith (Talking Rock, GA)
• #4 – Luke Fenhaus (Wassau, WI)
• #5 – Vito Cancilla (Martinez, CA)
• #5 – Jonathan Knee (Ft. Collins, CO)
• #7 – John DeAngelis (Richfield, WI)
• #7 – Derek Thorn (Bakersfield, CA)
• #8 – Preston Peltier (Kimberly, ID)
• #8 – Jace Hansen (Berthoud, CO)
• #8 – Carson Kvapil (Concord, NC)
• #9 – Derek Kraus (Stratford, WI)
• #12 – Derek Griffith (Litchfield, NH)
• #14 – Connor Okrzesik (Grand Bay, AL)
• #16 – Jacob Gomes (Manteca, CA)
• #21 – Kaden Honeycutt (Huntersville, NC)
• #22 – Gio Ruggiero (Seekonk, MA)
• #22 – Buddy Shephard (Bakersfield, CA)
• #22 – TBA (Senoia, GA)
• #23 – Billy VanMeter (Indianapolis, IN)
• #23 – Brent Crews (Cornelius, NC)
• #25 – Nicholas Naugle (Dartmouth, NS)
• #26 – Bubba Pollard (Senoia, GA)
• #26 – Dawson Sutton (Lebanon, TN)
• #28 – Cole Butcher (Mooresville, NC)
• #30 – Noah Gragson (Mooresville, NC)
• #30 – Kyle Steckly (Milverton, ONT)
• #32 – Treyten Lapcevich (Grimsby, ONT)
• #32 – Caden Kvapil (Mooresville, NC)
• #33 – Dustin Smith (Mobile, AL)
• #35 – Jake Garcia (Eatonton, GA)
• #43 – Nick Loden (Stanley, NC)
• #44 – Conner Jones (Fredricksburg, VA)
• #44 – Jeremy Doss (Upper Lake, CA)
• #51 – Stephen Nasse (Pinellas Park, FL)
• #51 – Jake Finch (Lynn Haven, FL)
• #53 – Boris Jurkovic (Ft. Myers, FL)
• #54 – Matt Craig (Mt. Pleasant, NC)
• #54 – Conner Sutton (Pensacola, FL)
• #55 – Johnny Sauter (Deforest, WI)
• #55 – Haeden Plybon (Spokane, WA)
• #62 – Ryan Preece (Kannapolis, NC)
• #62 – William Sawalich (Mooresville, NC)
• #69 – Michael Hinde (Hernando, FL)
• #76 – Cayden Lapcevich (Mooresville, NC)
• #76 – Kole Raz (Lake Oswego, OR)
• #82 – Michael Scott (Cheyenne, WY)
• #89 – Dylan Fetcho (Lebanon, TN)
• #91 – Ty Majeski (Neenah, WI)
• #121 – Joseph Meyer (Mt. Juliet, TN)
• #123 – Ed VanMeter (Indianapolis, IN)

Snowflake 100 Entries

The Pro Late Model accompaniment to the Snowball Derby, the Snowflake 100, has an entry list that, in its own right, is almost as stacked as the Super Late Model entry list.

Several competitors will be attempting double-duty between both the Snowflake 100 and the Snowball Derby. Names like Bubba Pollard, Stephen Nasse, Matt Craig, Jake Finch, and Kaden Honeycutt are some of these drivers.

A notable name on the Snowflake 100 entry list that is not entered (as of yet) into the Snowball Derby is that of Casey Roderick. Roderick, the 2024 ASA STARS National Tour champion, ASA Southern Super Series champion, and Blizzard Series champion, has entered into the Pro Late Model event.

A fellow 2024 champion, that being Five Flags Speedway’s PLM track champion Carson Brown, has also entered into the Snowflake 100.

Keeping up the trend of familiar NASCAR names, NASCAR’s “Chief Hype Officer” Mamba Smith has also filed his entry into the Snowflake 100. Smith is no stranger to Five Flags Speedway, having raced the Snowflake in years past.

2024 Snowflake 100 Entry List (as of November 8th, 2024)

• #0 – Jimmy Renfrew Jr. (Candia, NH)
• #3 – Chris Munson (Chelsea, MI)
• #4 – Elliott Massey (Lucedale, MS)
• #5 – Vito Cancilla (Martinez, CA)
• #5 – Jeremy Miller (Rockford, IL)
• #5 – Ryan Phipps (Heyburn, ID)
• #6 – Brandon Lopez (Woodstock, GA)
• #7 – Luke Baldwin (Mooresville, NC)
• #11 – James Patrick (Theodore, AL)
• #11 – Brian Reeves (Enterprise, AL)
• #11 – Dylan Cappello (Mooresville, NC)
• #14 – Chase Pinsonneaut (Belle River, ONT)
• #15 – Luke Baldwin (Mooresville, NC)
• #15 – TJ DeCaire (Land O Lakes, FL)
• #17 – Hudson Bulger (Ft. Valley, GA)
• #18 – Jake Finch (Lynn Haven, FL)
• #22 – Dylan Courtney (Citronelle, AL)
• #24 – Gavan Boshele (Mooresville, NC)
• #25 – Kirk Hennefer (Missoula, MT)
• #25 – Mike Faulk (Denver, NC)
• #25 – Sylas Ripley (Warren, ME)
• #26 – Bubba Pollard (Senoia, GA)
• #29 – Spencer Davis (Mooresville, NC)
• #32 – Stuart Dutton (Tallahassee, FL)
• #33 – Dustin Smith (Mobile, AL)
• #40 – Dylan Caldwell (Nampa, ID)
• #43 – Nick Loden (Stanley, NC)
• #44 – Conner Jones (Fredericksburg, VA)
• #45 – Seth Christensen (Pendergrass, GA)
• #46 – Cole Williams (Memphis, IN)
• #47 – Kaden Honeycutt (Huntersville, NC)
• #47 – Mamba Smith (Huntersville, NC)
• #50 – Jett Noland (Groveland, FL)
• #51 – Stephen Nasse (Pinellas Park, FL)
• #51 – Anthony Bello (Newtown, CT)
• #54 – Clayton Green (Marble Falls, TX)
• #54 – Matt Craig (Concord, NC)
• #54 – Jarrett Butcher (Dartmouth, NS)
• #55 – George Phillips (Charlotte, NC)
• #62 – Casey Roderick (Pulaski, MS)
• #67 – Colin Allman (Plant City, FL)
• #67 – Zack Dixon (Lawrenceville, GA)
• #69 – Michael Hinde (Hernando, FL)
• #81 – Carson Brown (New London, NC)
• #82 – Grant Thompson (Mobile, AL)
• #88 – Boston Oliver (Murfreesboro, TN)
• #89 – Jeremy Williams (Dora, AL)
• #91 – Jim Wall (Madison, AL)
• #407 – Jason Vail (Clermont, FL)

Cover photo: Reid Scott/Liberty Racing Review

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