Augie Grill Wins Outlaws Derby 50 At 5 Flags; Ninth Win Overall Across Four Classes
Story By: CHUCK CORDER / 5 FLAG SPEEDWAY – PENSACOLA, FL – A scene all too familiar during Snowball Derby week, but one that never gets old, happened once again.
Augie Grill, the legend himself, standing in Victory Lane sharing high-fives with his team and hugs and kisses for wife Courtney and their kids. Grill captured his first career Faith Chapel Outlaws Derby 50 on Saturday of the 57th annual Snowball Derby presented by FloSports.
It marks his ninth overall win across four classes. Grill has two Derby wins, three Snowflake 100s and three Modifieds.
“When you win a race on this weekend, it’s cool,” he said. “No one else can say they have nine wins. That’s a pretty good accomplishment.”
A caution-plagued race saw Grill finally get his first sustained lead at Lap 45. The veteran was able to get around Carter Taylor, a high schooler, on a restart when Taylor spun the tires.
Pensacola’s Logan Boyet finished runner-up and Cantonment’s Buba Winslow rounded out the podium.
“We weren’t good at the start,” Grill said. “We fell back and were just chugging along until the end. Our last run was our best run all race.”
Faith Chapel A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 82G-Augie Grill[6]; 2. 1-Logan Boyett[7]; 3. 92W-Bubba Winslow[2]; 4. 23-Gary Goodwin[3]; 5. 9/23-Carter Taylor[1]; 6. 98-Bill Tutchtone II[17]; 7. 234-Scooter Grice[11]; 8. 88-Roger Reuse[19]; 9. 43-Jerry Bohlman[22]; 10. 97-Hunter Lambert[13]; 11. 33-Joe Bethea Jr[4]; 12. 4-Todd Jones[5]; 13. 92H-Cameron Henderson[15]; 14. 42-Dennis Prunty[16]; 15. 54-Stuart Dutton[18]; 16. 93-Gary Sanford[14]; 17. 08-Spencer Bragg[9]; 18. 22-Dylan Courtney[12]; 19. 99V-Memphis Villarreal[10]; 20. 82-Boston Oliver[20]; 21. 8-Toro Rodriguez[21]; 22. (DQ) 17-Josh Hicks[8]
Faith Chapel Qualifying 1: 1. 9/23-Carter Taylor, 00:17.609[17]; 2. 92W-Bubba Winslow, 00:17.680[14]; 3. 23-Gary Goodwin, 00:17.798[2]; 4. 33-Joe Bethea Jr, 00:17.805[11]; 5. 4-Todd Jones, 00:17.831[22]; 6. 82G-Augie Grill, 00:17.923[19]; 7. 1-Logan Boyett, 00:17.944[9]; 8. 17-Josh Hicks, 00:17.950[6]; 9. 08-Spencer Bragg, 00:18.071[8]; 10. 99V-Memphis Villarreal, 00:18.107[20]; 11. 234-Scooter Grice, 00:18.109[3]; 12. 22-Dylan Courtney, 00:18.157[10]; 13. 97-Hunter Lambert, 00:18.196[7]; 14. 93-Gary Sanford, 00:18.234[5]; 15. 92H-Cameron Henderson, 00:18.243[16]; 16. 42-Dennis Prunty, 00:18.259[15]; 17. 98-Bill Tutchtone II, 00:18.326[18]; 18. 54-Stuart Dutton, 00:18.328[1]; 19. 88-Roger Reuse, 00:18.352[12]; 20. 82-Boston Oliver, 00:18.433[21]; 21. 8-Toro Rodriguez, 00:18.497[4]; 22. 43-Jerry Bohlman, 00:19.592[13]
