Alabama’s Barnhill Exorcises Demons of 2014 to Win Sportsmen Title at 50th Annual Snowball Derby

By Chuck Corder Victory never felt this sweet for Mark Barnhill. Three years ago this week, Mark Barnhill left the Snowball Derby with a sour taste in his mouth, feeling as though he had been robbed of immortality. Barnhill crossed the line first in the 2014 running of the Sportsmen Snowball Derby, but had his heart broken when Five Flags Speedway officials ruled Barnhill’s No. 3 was illegal in technical inspection and denied him a Derby crown. Thankfully, history did not entirely repeat itself at the 50th annual Snowball Derby on Thursday night at Pensacola’s high banks. Barnhill set the fast time in qualifying, led […]