Tempers are flaring high at the 57th annual running of the Snowball Derby. While there are a bunch of drivers from the CARS Tour and Late Model racing level, it seems like the NASCAR drivers are having a go at each other. Truck Series champ Ty Majeski and Kaden Honeycutt have reignited their Truck Series rivalry at the Super-Late model event.

Going by the report shared by NASCAR journalist Matt Weaver, the two drivers had a moment during the restart. For the majority of the race, Majeski was able to control the flow of the race, but with multiple restarts, the drivers behind him started to mount pressure. Jace Hansen in fact got the lead, and Majeski had to start on the outside lane.

Majeski had a good launch on the restart and regained his lead, but he was constantly peppered by Kaden Honeycutt. In a desperate attempt to keep his lead, Majeski made use of all the tricks in his books to fend off Honeycutt. During this constant back-and-forth, Honeycutt’s tires got clipped, and he certainly didn’t like the way he was being raced. Taking to team radio, he hurled not-so-sweet words towards his fellow Truck Series driver, “Did this motherf—er just hit me?”

Kaden Honeycutt had the final laugh in his battle against Ty Majeski

Jace Hasen was the one who started to cause problems for the two-time Snowball Derby winner on lap 192. The mandatory competition caution did cool down the temperatures for a bit, but the battle picked up with 100 laps to go in the race. Majeski regained his lead on lap 209, and he looked to sprint to his third Derby win. But Noah Gragson spinning on the racetrack flagged a late caution, and this was exactly what Kaden Honeycutt wanted.

With 18 laps to go, Honeycutt put his bumper to good use, and after jostling for the lead, the No. 21 car was finally up front. “I wanted to move Ty there cleanly. I didn’t want to go in there and wreck him. I moved him probably just a little bit too hard the first time. The second time, deservedly so, I got hit back. I felt like I ran him down into two and got him just a tick off the bottom and had a good run. I took it and was able to sail from there.” He said after the race.

But the final few laps were a bit edgy for Honeycutt as Stephen Nasse mounted a late charge. He had the fastest car on the track at the end of the race and was successful in chasing the No. 21 down. Nasse got to the back bumper of Honeycutt on the very last lap, but the Truck Series driver played it smart and sealed the deal.

Reflecting on his effort, Nasse stated, “It would have been real sweet if I had pulled off this double in one weekend. The first to ever do it. But people will remember this. They’ll remember that I won the Snowflake and I almost won the Snowball. I can’t hold my head too low, but we’re disappointed. That’s a fact.”

Meanwhile, Ty Majeski was left to dissect the reason behind the shortcomings and where he dropped the ball. For the most part of the race, he did have the speed, but it didn’t come to his aid when it mattered the most.

Majeski feels his team’s race strategy was a bit off today

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Ty Majeski’s strength was the long-run speeds, which was evident from the early exchanges where he was crushing through the laps, unchecked and unchallenged. He had racked up 192 laps where he was leading the race. However, with late-race restarts, he felt that his No. 91 race machine wasn’t as good as his rivals.

“Really in a race trim, all well, we didn’t have that fire off speed. We saw it yesterday in the happy hour. This is one of those races where it’s the long run, long run, long run. You’ve got to be good enough on the long run to stay in the game to set yourself up for the short run at the end. This race always comes down to a 20-25 lap shootout. We just didn’t have that raw speed in our car today. Today with the way the race played out, it didn’t suit our strong suit.” Majeski said after the conclusion of Snowball Derby.

It was indeed a good battle between Ty Majeski, Kaden Honeycutt, and Stephen Nasse. Perhaps this was the start of the new rivalry between Majeski and Honeycutt, as they will go head-to-head next year in the Truck Series.