Spencer Davis Battles Up Front in the Snowflake 100

Davis Has a Strong Weekend in Pensacola

On the weekend where Spencer Davis celebrated his 14th birthday, the young racer wanted nothing more than to celebrate with a strong run in both the Snowball Derby and the Snowflake 100 at Pensacola, Florida's Five Flags Speedway.

While the Snowball Derby start wasn't in the cards

due to Spencer getting tangled up in a Last-Chance

Race incident, the newly-turned 14-year-old shined

throughout most of the Allen Turner Hyundai

Snowflake 100 on Saturday, December 1.

Davis started eighth and cracked into the top-five

early.  He was amongst the leaders for much of

the race before the handling went away on Davis'

Parts City No. 29.  That dropped Davis in the running

order in the closing laps, but the young Georgia

racer kept his head high after finishing 16th.

"We had a real good run the first part of the race," said Davis.  "We were up front and pacing ourselves, saving our tires.  The second half, we just had it too locked down in the rear of the car and ended up losing our right-rear tire.  We stayed out of the wrecks and don’t have hardly any damage.  We came out in one piece and you can’t ask for much more in surviing the Snowflake race."

Davis learned many things to hopefully make a better result in 2013's running of the event, plus the Super Late Model Snowball Derby.

"We got caught up in the Last Chance Race with the Super and bent some minor stuff there that kept us from making the Snowball Derby.  Other than that, it was a pretty good weekend and we learned a lot that we can bring back next year."

Stay tuned to www.spencer-davis.net for more on Spencer's 2013 racing schedule.

Spencer battles towards the front of the field in the Snowflake 100.