Rain postpones Snowball Derby to Monday afternoon

Posted 6:34PM on Sunday 8th December 2019 ( 5 years ago )

Race fans will have to wait an extra day to find out who will be the latest winner of the Snowball Derby.

Rain has postponed the 52nd annual running of the asphalt Super Late Model event at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida to Monday.

Rains moved over the half-mile speedway just before driver introductions on Sunday afternoon. While several attempts were made to dry the track, including the use of a jet dryer from Darlington Raceway, the showers rolled through time and again.

Finally, just after 5 pm CT, race officials made the call to push the event to late Monday afternoon.

The new schedule calls for the green flag to fall at 4 pm CT, with 37 cars set to take the green flag.

Snowflake 100 winner Derek Thorn is set to bring the field to the green flag from the pole, with Cole Butcher on the outside of the front row. NASCAR Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie will roll off third, with Marietta, Georgia’s Kyle Plott fourth and Senoia, Georgia’s Bubba Pollard fifth.

Josh Berry, Matt Craig, Jeff Choquette, Casey Roderick of Lawrenceville, Georgia and Chandler Smith of Jasper, Georgia will round out the top ten.

For more information, visit 5FlagsSpeedway.com.

5 Flags Speedway – Pensacola, FL
Snowball Derby – December 9, 2019

Monday’s Starting Lineup

1. 43 Derek Thorn
2. 53B Cole Butcher
3. 7 Corey LaJoie
4. 4 Kyle Plott
5. 26P Bubba Pollard
6. 57 Josh Berry
7. 54C Matt Craig
8. 9C Jeff Choquette
9. 22 Casey Roderick
10. 51S Chandler Smith
11. 30 Jesse Dutilly
12. 21P Jeremy Pate
13. 48 Preston Peltier
14. 81 Giovanni Bromante
15. 35 Jake Garcia
16. 10 Kaden Honeycutt
17. 18 Hunter Robbins
18. 7D John DeAngelis, Jr.
19. 75 Jeremy Doss
20. 12G Derek Griffith
21. 112 Augie Grill
22. 54G David Gilliland
23. 91 Ty Majeski
24. 51A Michael Atwell
25. 14C Connor Okrzeisk
26. 20M Cole Moore
27. 78 Corey Heim
28. 2 Derek Kraus
29. 119 Dalton Zehr
30. 26B Travis Braden
31. 36 Dan Fredrickson
32. 9M Brad May
33. 15 Rodrigo Rejon
34. 53J Boris Jurkovic
35. 16 Lucas Jones
36. 51N Stephen Nasse
37. 11 David Rogers

Five Flags Speedway track officials employ the use of a jet dryer from Darlington Raceway to try to ready the race surface for Sunday's Snowball Derby. Rain won out in the end, pushing the 52nd running of the event to Monday.

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