PENSACOLA, FL – After hours of weather delays at Five Flags Speedway, the 58th Snowball Derby has been postponed to Monday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. CT.
Shortly after the Snowflake 125 finished up in the wee hours of Sunday morning, rain began to fall once again in Pensacola. Rain continued throughout the morning postponing the original 1:00 p.m. CT start to the Snowball Derby. Once the rains lifted, track drying efforts began early in the afternoon, albeit lengthened by high humidity and an on and off mist at the track.
As the track seemed close to race ready, pre-race ceremonies began at 4:00 p.m. with driver intros as track drying finished up around the speedway. Drivers climbed in their racecars and prepared to start the 300-lap Super Late Model contest. All the while, mist began to pick up as a heavy fog set in around the 0.5-mile Five Flags Speedway…