Ty Majeski was crowned the winner of the 2020 edition of the prestigious Snowball Derby. He had to fight hard but fair and fend off challenges from Derek Thorn and Chase Elliott to win the title.

The late model racing event also saw the 2020 Cup Series winner Elliott take part in it. Although he had qualified for the event in P31, he built up some good pace and eventually finished the event in third.

Following the event, Elliott had nothing but words of kind praise and appreciation for Majeski. He also briefly outlined his own experience in this year’s event, following a five-year gap from participating in the competition.

Chase Elliott congratulated Majeski on his fantastic achievement

Speaking after the race, Elliott stated, “It was solid and good, just not good enough. You know first off, congrats to Ty.”

“He’s one of the few guys that is fortunate to travel around the country in these cars. And I’d say he is probably the best at being able to leave his home area and go somewhere else and battle and he has proved that consistently. So I’m really happy for them.”

Elliott was vying for his third Snowball Derby title, having previously won the competition in 2011 and 2015. Despite a late charge getting into the top five positions, he just could not catch up to the race leader.

Elliott believes he tried really hard to catch up to Majeski and Thorn

He continued and said, “We were good, just not good enough. Those guys racing really hard put on a great race, I thought they left me every opportunity possible to join them.”

“I just couldn’t get there, I was trying really hard. Maybe too hard but wasn’t able to join them and yeah, wound up third,” concluded Elliott in response to the question.

Most NASCAR enthusiasts had pegged the 25-year-old Cup champ to go on and win the Snowball Derby title. However, Majeski came out too strong on the day and outclassed his rivals to win the title. Elliott will now spend some well-deserved rest, before getting to pre-season duties with Hendrick Motorsports.

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