WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Zane DeVault earned the pole position on Friday night in preliminary action for the United Sprint Car Series 15th Annual Flip Flop 50 at Riverside International Speedway.
DeVault came from the third starting spot to win the ten-lap Pole Scramble that sets the first ten starting spots for Saturday night’s main event.
Brad Bowden finished second in the Pole Scramble that featured the top ten drivers in points, which included race points and passing points in five eight-lap heat races. Cameron Martin took the third spot and Gage Montgomery was fourth.
Coming home fifth in the Pole Scramble was 14-time USCS National Champion, current point leader and National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Terry Gray. Dale Howard in the sixth spot, and seventh went to Landon Crawley. Tucker Boulton took the eighth spot and Chris Martin was tenth. Wade Buttrey rounded out the field with a tenth-place finish.
Taking wins in the five eight-lap heat races were Buttrey in the Engler Machine & Tool First Heat, Montgomery in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat, DeVault in the Hero Graphics Third Heat, Gray in the Huggins Cams Fourth Heat, and Bowden in the DHR Fifth Heat.
The 12-lap B-Main Races and the first of two 25-lap feature Races will be contested on Saturday night. At the completion of the first feature race, the field will be flipped for the second 25-lap Main Event. Drivers trying to still get in the first feature race include a Hall of Famer, this year’s USCS Speedweek champion, a former USCS Champion and a multi-time USCS winner this season.
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductee Sammy Swindell will start third in the first B-Main, and USCS Speedweeks champion Derek Hagar starts on the pole of the first B-Main. Former USCS Champion Marshall Skinner starts on the outside of row one in the second B-Main.
Seven-time USCS winner Gavin Boschele will start the first B-Main from the ninth spot. The top five finishers in each 12-lap B-Main will advance to the first 25-lap feature race.
Feature Finish (10 Laps)
1. Zane DeVault, Plymouth, IN; 2. Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS; 3. Cameron Martin, Ankeny, IA; 4. Gage Montgomery, Fredericktown, MO; 5. Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN; 6. Dale Howard, Byhalia, MS; 7. Landon Crawley, Benton, AR; 8. Tucker Boulton, Brighton, TN; 9. Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA; 10. Wade Buttrey, Fairview, TN.