The track's signature event is the Snowball Derby, run every December since 1968. The Superstar Racing Experience visited Five Flags in 2022. Gulf Coast Region SCCA runs monthly (based on availability) year around 2-day Autocross events on the inner road of the track, with a variety of layouts based on weather conditions, and an average course time of 35 seconds. After the merge between ARCA and NASCAR after the 2019 season, the former NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, (now called ARCA Menards Series East) began racing at Five Flags in 2020.
In 2019, the ARCA Menards Series returned to the track, but for one year only. Other major tours that it has hosted included the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 20, NASCAR Southeast Series from 1991 through 1997, the ARCA Racing Series from 1992 to 1996, an ASA National Tour date in 2002, and the CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series from 2001 to 2003. The race was won by Herb Thomas driving his Fabulous Hudson Hornet. įive Flags hosted a Grand National (now NASCAR Cup Series) race the year that the track opened (1953). The track has also hosted many regional touring series. The races are usual held on Friday nights bi-weekly. These classes include Super Late Models, Pro Late Models, Pro Trucks, Outlaw Stocks, Sportsman, and Pure Stocks. It runs several local classes during the regular racing season (March – October). It is christened after the nickname of Pensacola-"City of Five Flags." It opened in 1953 and is located on Pine Forest Road. Past winners have included Donnie Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Rich Bickle Jr, Kyle Busch, Erik Jones and Chase Elliott.Five Flags Speedway is a half-mile (0.8 km) paved oval racetrack in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Held each December, the Snowball Derby is considered the year’s premier Super Late Model event.
Five Flags is one of the fastest short tracks in America, thanks to its steep (15 degree) banking and wide turns that give the track a nearly circular configuration.Īlthough the track was a stop on NASCAR’s senior circuit in its early days, since 1968 Five Flags has been known as the site of the annual Snowball Derby.
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