Snowball Derby Starting Line Up Chasing Chase Elliott

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:

1. Chase Elliott
2. Bubba Pollard
3. John Hunter Nemechek
4. Daniel Hemric
5. Augie Grill
6. Casey Smith
7. Austin Theriault
8. David Ragan
9. Zak Hausler
10. Grant Enfinger
11. Ross Kenseth
12. Erik Jones
13. Stephen Nasse
14. Kyle Benjamin
15. Paul Shafer, Jr.
16. Ben Kennedy
17. Chad Finley
18. T.J. Reaid
19. Preston Peltier
20. Hunter Robbins
21. Mason Massey
22. Derek Thorn
23. Johanna Long
24. Spencer Davis
25. Boris Jurkovic
26. Jeremy Pate
27. Mike Garvey
28. Logan Boyett
29. Landon Cassill
30. Anderson Bowen
31. Mason Mingus
32. Cale Gale
33. David Rogers
34. Josh Hamner
35. Chris Davidson
36. Donnie Wilson
37. Clay Rogers

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.