![]() The day’s events appeared to be a mirror image of the weeks leading up to the opening of Five Flags: things not going according to plan. The inaugural race didn’t stay under green as long as Williamson had hoped, however. ![]() The rain got the best of Williamson’s project, forcing a hasty solution in order to open the track on its planned date - dirt was spread over the prepared surface of the oval, and the first green flag of Five Flags’ history was taken on May 31, 1953. Williamson, faced something far more severe: persistent rainfall delaying the paving of the track as the clock ticked down to the start of the inaugural race weekend. Most people only know of the indignation associated with track drying on rainy weekends, but the first track promoter of Five Flags, L. Though the typical mild weather on the beaches of Pensacola is what makes racing the Derby in December possible, that wasn’t the case heading into the opening weekend of Five Flags in 1953. But, on the mild-weathered beaches of Pensacola, Florida, stars from all levels of racing - Sprint Cup Series included - take to the green flag at Five Flags Speedway’s half-mile oval once more in early December, where up to 37 of the most talented short-track drivers around battle it out for 300 laps in arguably the most prestigious event in Super Late Model racing: the Snowball Derby. ![]() For many race fans, the stock-car racing season ends in mid November: snow blankets the northern tracks throughout the offseason, and top-level stock-car racing in America is put at a halt until the engines are fired back up at Daytona in February. ![]()
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