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Alabama native Augie Grill was declared the winner of the 41st Annual Snowball Derby Sunday at Five Flags Speedway.
Grill, who also won last year's Derby, was awarded the win after Brian Ickler's car failed post race inspection due to an illegal tire cooling device.
Grill worked his way from fourth to second in the final 30 laps of the race. He closed on Ickler after clearing two lapped cars, but ran out of laps.
With the win, Grill becomes only the second driver to win the prestigious race back to back. Rich Bickle Jr. won the race in 1990 and 91 as well as 98 and 99.
Grant Enfinger finished second after starting the race from the pole and leading the first 71 laps of the race. He was part of a four car wreck on lap 206, but battled back to finish strong.
Matt Hawkins finished third while Shane Sieg and Bubba Pollard finished fourth and fifth.
There were six different leaders throughout the 300 lap race. Enfinger, Eddie Mercer, Wayne Anderson, Heath Hindman, Grill and Ickler all took turns at the point, with Ickler leading the most.
41st Snowball Derby Weekend Results: 1.112 Augie Grill 2.82 Grant Enfinger 3.22 Matt Hawkins 4.52 Shane Sieg 5.26 Bubba Pollard 6.11 David Rodgers 7.6 Hunter Robbins 8.43 Dennis Schoenfeld 9.91 Heath Hindman 10.23 Paul Kelley 11.2 John Bolen 12.51H Alex Haase 13.54 Johnny Clark 14.51 Ryan Preece 15.98 Justin Wakefield 16.0 David Hole 17.31 Tyler Millwood 18.21 Scott Carlson 19.66 Benny Gordon 20.7 Gary St. Amant 21.82W Donnie Wilson 22.38H Josh Hamner 23.70 Joey Senter 24.72 Scott Hantz 25.84 Wayne Anderson 26.39 Ryan Sieg 27.94 Mitch Cobb 28.44 Gary Helton 29.10LJohanna Long 30.27 Jason Young 31.1 Eddie Mercer 32.11L Donald Long 33.49 Stanley Smith 34.1M Tim Martin 35.67 Jeff Fultz 36.41 Chris Davidson 37.10 CRyan Crane 38.90 Tim Curry 39.99S Casey Smith 40 02 Matt Smith DQ15 Brian Ickler
Friday December 5th: Super Stock Feature 1. Shannon Jackson; 2. John Shuffler; 3. Allen Pierce; 4. Darryl Rudd; 5. Chris Cotto; 6. Roger E. Cain; 7. Freddie Tanner; 8. Howard Langham; 9. Clint Holmes; 10. James Kimbrough; 11. Ryan Redmond; 12. Greg Young; 13. Christopher Loepke; 14. David Barbercheck; 15. Jessie Reid; 16. Corbitt Moseley; 17. Robert Barber; 18. Jason Sanford; 19. Paul Jean; 20. Allen Alexander; 21. Jody Henderson; 22. James Alonzo; 23. Mick Moore; 24. Jimmy Roberts; 25. Earl Polk; 26. Brandon Harris; 27. John Thompson; 28. Scott Wicker
Open Wheel Modified Feature:
1. Tuffy Hudson; 2. Nick Diano; 3. Mike Maddox; 4. John Heil; 5. Mark Chrudimsky; 6. Frankie Martin; 7. Ian Webster; 8. Bud Perry; 9. Tyran Stutes; 10. John Sapprocone; 11. Kevin Peel; 12. Jason Boyd; 13. J.C. Umpschied; 14. Nathan Davis; 15. Gerald Wilkerson; 16. Donnie Hamrac; 17. Rege Hellet; 18. Okie Mason; 19. Jake Haddox; 20. Danny Bagwell; 21. Kurt Jett; 22. Rocky Rogers; 23. Ryan Redmon; 24. Brett Hanson; 25. John Newcomb; 26. Brian Nester; 27. Chris Cotto; 28. Mike Brooks; 29. Bill Melvin; 30. Jeff Letson; 31. Jeff Ganus; 32. Todd Jones
Snowflake 100
Pos No. Name Laps 1 151 Brandon Carlson 100 2 10 C Ryan Crane 100 3 9 Casey Roderick 100 4 23 Paul Kelly 100 5 09 Keeton Hanks 100 6 42 Bubba Pollard 100 7 711 Max Gresham 100 8 64 Steven Davis 100 9 11 Logan Boyett 100 10 81 Brandon Odom 100 11 43 Richard Johns 100 12 08B Drew Brannon 99 13 40 Keith English 98 14 5 Zach Niessner 96 15 93 J Brandon Johnson 95 16 31 Tyler Milwood 93 17 10 B Ryan Blaney 93 18 51 Sammy McMullen 93 19 27 S Ronnie Smith 81 20 112 Augie Grill 58 21 2 Daren "DJ" Vanderley 54 22 97 Jimmy Garmon 54 23 43 S Justin South 54 24 51F Kyle Fowler 54 25 6 Brandon Bendele 54 26 47 Dakota Stroup 53 27 10 Johanna Long 49 28 08 Andy Pugh 48 29 27 Jason Young 23 30 4 Josh Hamner 23 31 93 Kyle Sirizzotti 23 32 32 John Long 22 33 40 S Taylor Satterfield 22 34 15 Cody Smith 13 35 02 Matt Smith 3 36 33 Dillion Oliver 3 37 84 Clay Alexander 38 1 Nathan Davis 3
