Racing deep into the evening in Pensacola, Florida, 13-year-old Keelan Harvick turned the youngest winner within the historical past of the Snowflake 125. He received the distinguished Professional Lade Mannequin race in his first-ever try as nicely.
The occasion did not go inexperienced till round 1:30am native time, with Luke Baldwin beginning the race from pole place. Keelan, the son of 2014 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Kevin Harvick, began down in fifteenth, however steadily marched by the sector.
He was inside the highest 5 by Lap 40, however Kaden Honeycutt (the defending winner of the Snowball Derby that follows the Snowflake 125) was in management till the Lap 75 race break.
Harvick accomplished an out of doors move on Honeycutt on a later restart, however fell again to fourth on the next restart. Undeterred, he rapidly regained the misplaced floor and put his No. 62 automotive again in competition.
With simply 25 laps left within the race, 15-year-old Tristan McKee (who received an ARCA race on debut earlier this yr) was main the best way when Harvick obtained underneath him, and snatched the lead away as soon as extra. This time, he by no means relinquished it, hanging on by a late-race restart to seize the checkered flag round 4:30am native time on Sunday morning.
McKee completed second, Honeycutt third, Isaac Kitzmiller fourth, and Luke Baldwin fifth. Luke Yarborough, Jimmy Renfrew Jr, Gabe Brown, Evan Szotko, and Conner Jones crammed out the rest of the highest ten.
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