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| The cars sit on pit road waiting for qualifying for the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (Mark Inabinett/minabinett@al.com) |
A 18-year-old Chase Elliott, became the first driver to win the pole for both the Snowflake 100 and the Snowball Derby with track records in both qualifying events.
Elliott, son of NASCAR legend Bill Elliott, turned in a time of 16.303, shattering the previous record of 16.602.
It took a little longer than expected, but Mason Mingus, the runner-up in the 2013 ARCA Racing Series championship standings, managed to secure a spot in today’s Snowball Derby by winning Saturday’s last chance race.
Mingus will be joined by David Rogers, Cale Gale and Josh Hamner as the four drivers advancing from Saturday’s last chance race.
Rodgers will be making his 29th appearance in the Snowball Derby.
Gale and Hamner finished fifth and sixth, but got the nod after the second and fourth-place finishers were disqualified.
Gale, a winner on the NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series when he sent Kyle Busch into the wall in Miami, is driving Scott Carlson’s No. 21.
“We’ve been working really hard all weekend,” Gale said. “Scott Carlson gave me a great opportunity. We’ll see what we can do. We’ll just keep plugging away at it.”
Brady Boswell and Chris Wimmer — seeking their first appearance in the Snowball Derby — finished second and fourth, respectively, but were DQ’d after their cars failed the postrace inspection.
Here's the starting lineup for the Snowball Derby:
- Chase Elliott
- Bubba Pollard
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Daniel Hemric
- Augie Grill
- Casey Smith
- Austin Theriault
- David Ragan
- Zak Hausler
- Grant Enfinger
- Ross Kenseth
- Erik Jones
- Stephen Nasse
- Kyle Benjamin
- Paul Shafer, Jr.
- Ben Kennedy
- Chad Finley
- T.J. Reaid
- Preston Peltier
- Hunter Robbins
- Mason Massey
- Derek Thorn
- Johanna Long
- Spencer Davis
- Boris Jurkovic
- Jeremy Pate
- Mike Garvey
- Logan Boyett
- Landon Cassill
- Anderson Bowen
- Mason Mingus
- Cale Gale
- David Rogers
- Josh Hamner
- Chris Davidson
- Donnie Wilson
- Clay Rogers
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| The crowd check out racing action Saturday night during the Snowflake 100 at Five Flags Speedway. (John Blackie/jblackie@pnj.com) |
Chase Elliott became the first driver to win the Allen Turner Hyundai Snowflake 100 three times and the first to win the pro late model race from the pole on Saturday night at Five Flags Speedway.
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