Augie Grill won his second straight Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Sunday night. Grill actually finished the 41st annual edition of the race in the second position, but was awarded the victory after Brian Ickler’s car was found to have an unapproved brake cooling fan. Grill started the race in the 38th position and steadily worked his way through the pack to become a race contender. He led the middle stages of the race, but found himself with some ground to make up after the final pit stops. Over the last dozen laps of the race, Grill gained ground on Ickler on the racetrack, but came a little bit short of catching him. Approximately two hours after the race, Grill received word of his victory and celebrated with a small group of fans, family, friends and crew members. With the change, Grant Enfinger now moves up to second place. He was followed in the rundown by Matt Hawkins, Shane Sieg, Bubba Pollard, David Rodgers, Hunter Robbins, Dennis Schoenfeld, Heath Hindman and Paul Kelley. The 41st Annual Snowball Derby concludes the 2008 racing season at Five Flags Speedway. For more information on the Blizzard Series and the 41st Annual Snowball Derby event visit Speed51.com, fiveflagsspeedway.com and/or snowballderby.com.(Speed51.com) Some Cup, Nationwide or Truck Series drivers who ran in the Snowball Derby this year included: John Wes Townley [NNS], Danny Bagwell [ran a couple Truck races], Stanley Smith [past Cup], Shane Sieg [trucks], Benny Gordon [trucks], Jeff Fultz [a few NNS races], Gary St. Amant [trucks], Wayne Anderson [trucks, 1 Cup race].(12-8-2008)
