PENSACOLA, FL :: Chase Elliott will start on the pole in the 46th Snowball Derby today.  Elliott set a new track record in qualifying on Friday with a 16.133 second lap and has been the man to beat all weekend.  He also sat on the pole in the Snowflake 100 (also with a new track record) and won that race.  Now, Elliott’s hoping for a clean sweep.

A lot of drivers will have something to say about that.  Bubba Pollard starts second.  While this race has frustrated him, it’s the one prize Pollard wants the most.  John Hunter Nemecheck starts third and he was only five laps shy of winning the Snowflake 100.  Southern Super Series Champion Daniel Hemric starts fourth while two-time Snowball Derby winner Augie Grill starts fifth.

The green flag will wave on today’s Snowball Derby at 2pm CST.  In the driver’s meeting, it was stated that if there are 75 consecutive green flag laps, a competition caution will be waved but there will be no competition cautions inside 20 laps to go.  The race is 300 laps and green flag laps count.  The final five laps will be green flag – but those five green flag laps do not have to be consecutive so, if a caution comes out with three to go, they will restart and run those final three laps.  The race is a 16-tire race.

Snowball Derby Starting Lineup

1. #9 Chase Elliott
2. #26 Bubba Pollard
3. #8 John Hunter Nemechek
4. #98 Daniel Hemric
5. #112 Augie Grill
6. #99 Casey Smith
7. #29 Austin Theriault
8. #77 David Ragan
9. #91 Zak Hausler
10. #90 Grant Enfinger
11. #25 Ross Kenseth
12. #51 Erik Jones
13. #51 Stephen Nasse
14. #71 Kyle Benjamin
15. #7 Paul Shafer, Jr.
16. #96 Ben Kennedy
17. #42 Chad Finley
18. #41 T.J. Reaid
19. #74 Preston Peltier
20. #18 Hunter Robbins
21. #15 Mason Massey
22. #12 Derek Thorn
23. #10 Johanna Long
24. #129 Spencer Davis
25. #53 Boris Jurkovic
26. #22 Jeremy Pate
27. #1 Mike Garvey
28. #11 Logan Boyett
29. #29 Landon Cassill
30. #29 Anderson Bowen
31. #98 Mason Mingus
32. #11 David Rogers
33. #21 Cale Gale
34. #49 Josh Hamner
35. #41 Chris Davidson
36. #2 Donnie Wilson
37. #45 Clay Rogers