Why Chase Returned to the Snowball Derby
- CEM
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min read
The reigning Cup Series champion will make his first Super Late Model start in five years.
By Matt Weaver, ShortTrackScene.com
When Chase Elliott made a surprise appearance at the Southern Super Series race at Five Flags Speedway on July 31, his mind was already made up.
He wanted to enter the Snowball Derby.
By that point, it was just a matter of putting the pieces together, a complicated endeavor given his status as a NASCAR Cup Series driver these days.
For one, Elliott would need a car, because he hadn’t owned a Super Late Model in nearly five years. Since then, he has said it was his preference to only come back if he could reunite with longtime crew chief Ricky Turner, who engineered his previous victories in the event.
So, Elliott made a trip to the Florida Gulf Coast to assess his options.
“I had been thinking about doing it before that, and to be honest, that was really the reason I came down,” Elliott told Short Track Scene on Tuesday night. “We’ve been talking about it, and I wanted to come and watch the racing, number one anyway.
“But knowing it might happen this year, I wanted to watch a race and see what I could learn.”
Read the full story at ShortTrackScene.com.
I wonder which team geometry dash spam will be running his new car from? He hasn't run a Super Late Model in 5 years and he's still got the fire in him.
There’s something really special about seeing Chase return to the Snowball Derby—it’s like watching someone go back to their roots. You can tell he’s in it for the love of racing, not just the spotlight. Makes the whole thing feel more personal and exciting! Definitely diving into Nascar back again just gotta get done with this digital marketing thesis topics for uni assignment.
Chase Elliott is gearing up for the Snowball Derby, a popular racing event, and reuniting with crew chief Ricky Turner will certainly give him high hopes. Watching races before participating is a smart move, much like in the Drift Boss game, where players need to observe and adjust their strategies to achieve success. Hopefully Elliott will have a great performance!