Five Flags Speedway – Bubba Pollard Racing

Pollard Adds to Blizzard Series Tally at Five Flags

Bubba Pollard continued his dominant 2018 season at Five Flags Speedway (FL) Saturday night, holding off a hard-charging Chandler Smith to score the victory in the Deep South Cranes 150 presented by Earnest Performance.

Pollard took the lead from Smith with 41 laps remaining in the 150-lap event, which served as the penultimate race of the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco season as well as the Blizzard Series finale for 2018. A late caution opened the door for Smith to make a late-race charge, but Pollard held off the young fellow Georgia native for his 18^th career Blizzard Series victory.

Pollard had complete confidence in his car’s long-run ability, which is where Pollard’s signature No. 26 machine was at it’s best. An extended green flag run gave him the perfect opportunity to storm to the front during the middle stage of the event.

“We started the race off pretty free, like we’ve been all weekend,” Pollard said in victory lane. “We didn’t know if we were going to make it. We had a really good car on the long run. I feel like if we went green there, we’d be good.”

An incident involving Bobby Knox brought out the yellow flag with 30 laps to go, bringing everyone but Kyle Plott to pit road under a controlled caution. Plott, the winner of the Southern Super Series’ most recent race at Watermelon Capital Speedway (GA), was unable to hold off Pollard on fresher tires. However, Smith quickly chased down Pollard to challenge for the win before running out of time.

“Those guys were better than us on the short run,” Pollard admitted. “It showed at the end when Chandler was better than us, but then we leveled out. It’s all about that tire game. I’m glad it worked out, that’s all I can say.”

Race fans who missed Saturday’s action can visit Speed51.com’s Trackside Now archive of the event for lap-by-lap updates or watch an on-demand presentation of Speed51.com’s pay-per-view broadcast. A tape-delayed broadcast of the race will also be aired as part of Speed51’s Short Track America on MAVTV on Wednesday, October 31.

Pollard Scores Second Career Snowflake 100 Victory

All year long, Bubba Pollard read the articles, saw the videos and scrolled through pages of social media posts of how dominant a year Casey Roderick was having against Pro Late Model competition.

Roderick’s 18 wins lit a fire under Pollard, and motivated him to show he still was the king of Deep South Late Model racing.

After a convincing win in Saturday’s Allen Turner Hyundai Snowflake 100, Pollard showed the world that Five Flags Speedway is still his playground.

Pollard Searching for Big Win at Snowball Derby

Bubba Pollard is widely considered as one of the best active Super Late Model racers in the entire country. He’s won big races such as the All American 400, Winter Showdown and Battle at Berlin 251. But there’s one race he’s missing from his resume and it’s one of the biggest of them all: The Snowball Derby.

Pollard Continues Five Flags Dominance in SSS Finale

A champion was crowned Saturday night at Five Flags Speedway (FL).

Stephen Nasse held on for 125 laps in the Southern Super Series presented by Sunoco finale, finishing second to race winner Bubba Pollard and securing his championship title.

“It feels good to get the Southern Super Series championship,” Nasse told Speed51.compowered by JEGS. “We could’ve been one spot better tonight, but we’ll take the overall points victory.”

Nasse struggled throughout the feature, admitting during the competition caution that he wouldn’t be in contention for a win.

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