Chase Elliott Sweeps the Snowball Weekend @ 5 Flags Speedway

If you haven't heard, my hometown racing hero, Chase Elliott dominated this weekend in Pensacola!

First off, Chase set a qualifying record for the Pro Late Model race (Snowflake 100) and won that race. He's the only driver with three Snowflake wins, and the first back-to-back.

Next off, driving his Super Late Model, Chase not only sets a Snowball Derby qualifying record, but a new overall TRACK RECORD! In a video I saw of the record lap, he was going so fast into one, he hit the rev limiter in the car. While listening to the broadcast, he led early during the first 75 laps straight, fell to third. But in all reality, he never dipped below 6th during the race. He charged up front and took the win. He's one of only a few to win the famed race more than once, and he also has two victories within three years of that race!

He is also the first driver to win both races in the same weekend!

Truly, a determined racer!

updated by @cody-dinsmore: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

UPDATE: Chase was disqualified for using Tungsten for weight, instead of the normal lead.

A basis on Tungsten - is similar to lead, but is 1.7 times more dense. Basically Chase's car weighed the same as others, but used less weight blocks. Most teams use 20 pound blocks of lead. The blocks used on Elliott's car was 36 lbs per block. Basically, they used less blocks to compensate the same weight as other competitors. The only reason that Tungsten is outlawed at the Snowball Derby is that it cost nearly 10 times more than lead. Track officials want to keep cost down for small teams. That makes sense, but weight is weight no matter what it's weighed down with. Rules are rules though. I'm still very upset with this decision. It was also brought to my attention that the 51 Team (Erik Jones, last year's winner and originally runner up for this year) told tech officials of this infraction.