Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers Continues with Phillips 66 for Historic Snowball Derby

PENSACOLA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2025--

Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers is proud to return to the historic Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway with its driver Kole Raz for the most iconic Super Late Model race in the country.

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The team will showcase its branding agreement with Phillips 66 through the iconic 76 ® brand, featuring the 76 ® Renewable Diesel-branded car.

Driver Kole Raz will proudly represent both brands as he takes on one of the most competitive stages in short-track racing, further strengthening our ongoing relationship with Phillips 66, and building on the collaboration we began at last year’s Snowball Derby.

“The Snowball Derby is the perfect stage to showcase our relationship with Phillips 66,” said Brian Profitt, Cyclum’s CEO. “We’re excited to continue demonstrating how innovation and performance go hand in hand.”

The October 2025 opening of Cyclum’s first operational site in Dunnigan, California, alongside 76 ®, marks the successful commissioning of the company’s initial flagship location and the foundation of a scalable national rollout strategy. This first site serves as the blueprint for Cyclum’s broader deployment of next-generation travel centers across key U.S. logistics.

With more than 50 years of history, the Snowball Derby remains a premier proving ground for emerging racing talent, having launched the careers of drivers such as Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott. The 2025 race promises another year of intense competition as top drivers battle for one of short-track racing’s most prestigious victories, with Kole Raz adding to the excitement behind the wheel of the Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers/76 ® Renewable Diesel Entry.

Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers is actively developing a nationwide network of up to 400 next-generation travel center locations designed to serve the evolving needs of commercial fleets and everyday travelers. The platform integrates renewable diesel, ethanol-based gasoline, CNG, EV fast charging, and hydrogen — creating a future-ready, multi-energy fueling ecosystem across the United States.

Cyclum and Phillips 66 with the 76 ® brand invite fans to join them at Five Flags Speedway as they bring energy, innovation, and racing passion to the 2025 Snowball Derby.

You can watch the Snowball Derby race live on the FloRacing app Sunday, December 7 at noon eastern (permitting weather conditions).

For more information visithttps://cyclum.comor contact Kristina Tickle

About Cyclum Renewables, LLC dba Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers

Cyclum Renewables LLC, operating as Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers, is a forward-thinking infrastructure company developing a national network of 400 next-generation travel centers. Built on Cyclum’s Traditional, Transitional, and Renewable (TTR) energy model, each site will provide a mix of traditional fueling, high-capacity EV charging, renewable diesel, hydrogen, and other emerging energy solutions. Cyclum is committed to advancing clean energy initiatives, lowering carbon emissions, and delivering modern, environmentally conscious travel infrastructure for commercial fleets and everyday travelers.

For more information, visitwww.cyclum.comor follow us on LinkedIn at @cyclumnextgen.

About Phillips 66

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) is a leading integrated downstream energy provider that manufactures, transports and markets products that drive the global economy. The company’s portfolio includes Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, Marketing and Specialties, and Renewable Fuels businesses. Headquartered in Houston, TX, Phillips 66 has employees around the globe who are committed to safely and reliably providing energy and improving lives while pursuing a lower-carbon future. For more information, visit phillips66.com or follow @Phillips66Co on LinkedIn.

Kole Raz practicing December 4, 2025 for the 2025 Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL.

SAO PAULO (AP) — A court in the northern Brazilian state of Pará has ruled that both federal and local officials must act to restore and preserve Fordlandia, a city established nearly a century ago by U.S. industrialist Henry Ford deep in the Amazon rainforest.

Prosecutors said Friday that the decision marks a significant milestone in heritage protection.

Fordlandia, now a ghost town and a district of the city of Aveiro, was built in 1927 in Pará by the Ford Motor Co. as a rubber-tapping metropolis intended to secure a steady supply of natural rubber for tires.

Designed to resemble an idyllic American suburb, it was once the third-largest settlement in the Amazon region. However, disease ravaged the rubber tree plantations, leading to the city’s abandonment. In 1945, the Brazilian government acquired the site.

In 2015, Brazil’s federal prosecutors’ office in Pará sued the country’s Iphan architectural heritage agency and the city of Aveiro for failing to preserve Fordlandia. They also demanded that authorities grant the city protected status.

“Fordlandia is a landmark chapter in the history of Brazil and of global industry. The project was an American effort to challenge the British monopoly on rubber, bringing cutting-edge infrastructure—including a hospital, running water, electricity and a movie theater — to the heart of the Amazon in the 1920s,” the prosecutors’ office in Pará said in a statement.

Despite the end of the commercial venture, officials emphasized that the district remains an important part of Brazil’s national memory and should be preserved for future generations.

Two weeks ago, a judge in Pará ordered both federal and local authorities to restore Fordlandia. The decision came after more than a decade of legal proceedings.

Although the district isn't officially recognized as a heritage site, the court found that it possesses historical, cultural, and architectural significance, which the Brazilian Constitution mandates must be protected.

The ruling further requires the government and municipality to develop and implement a recovery plan for the district, with potential financial penalties for noncompliance.

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This photo provided by the Brazilian Federal Justice shows a building in Fordlandia, Para, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ianara Duarte/Brazilian Federal Justice via AP)

This photo provided by the Brazilian Federal Justice shows a truck driving past buildings in Fordlandia, Para, Brazil, Dec. 6, 2021. (Ianara Duarte/Brazilian Federal Justice via AP)