Russell Neighbors Snowberger (October 8, 1901 – September 28, 1968) was an American racing driver and owner active from the 1920s through the 1950s.
Snowberger's car was the first one to drop out with mechanical problems but he drove relief for Jimmy Gleason and led the race for eleven laps.
In November of that same year Snowberger was one of the Studebaker team drivers to run 24 hours non stop at the Atlantic City board track.
Snowberger also ran in the Vanderbilt Cup Race in 1936 and 1937 finishing eighth in 1937 along with seventh place at Pikes Peak Hill Climb.
He also prepared six winning cars for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb driven by Louis Unser between 1938 and 1955.
It was in 1938 that Snowberger put his Indianapolis car in the middle of the front row between Floyd Roberts and Rex Mays.
Another year he had the win in his sights until a rod broke putting him out During World War II Snowberger worked at Packard, where he was in charge of all dyno testing of the Rolls-Royce engines for the P-51 Mustangs.
After retiring as an active driver he spent the rest of his career as chief mechanic on the Federal Engineering team out of Detroit, Michigan from 1947 until he prepared his last Indy car for 1961.