11/4/2012
Brandon Hanks
Brandon Hanks with the USCS Sprint Series
Rookie driver Brandon Hanks from Burlison, Tennessee charged from his outside front row starting position into the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane 25-laps later in the second fully inverted half of twin main events in the USCS Fall Nationals “Flip Flop 50” event for winged sprint cars. It was the young driver's first-ever United Sprint Car Series win. A $2500 paycheck accompanied his victory at the historic ¼ mile Gumbo clay oval.
2012 USCS presented by Goodyear Rookie of the Year, Jeff Willingham from Ripley, Mississippi started from the K&N Filters Pole Position and led the field into turn one. When the field of 23 cars reached turn three on lap one Willingham and the cars of young gun Dalton Davis and past series Champion, Eddie Gallagher from Piperton, Tennessee tangled and brought out the caution for a complete re-start. Davis and Gallagher left the track unable to return. Willingham re-fired at the rear of the field.
On the re-start Hanks and another rookie driver, Howard Moore from Memphis, Tennessee led the field to the green flag. Hanks won the contest for the lead into turn one and never looked back with the hammer down all of the way to the finish line. Howard Moore looked just as impressive in only his eighth 360 sprint car start of his first season and chased Hanks the entire distance from close range to race home in the runner-up spot. Another young gun, Casey Rowland from Nesbit, Mississippi charged his way from outside the fifth row past veteran Ronny Howard also from Nesbit, Mississippi into third place on lap twenty-four to finish in the K&N Filters Podium Award third place at the finish. Howard who lost a cylinder while running in second place earlier in the race finished in fourth place and Curt Terrell from Bartlett, Tennessee had a career best USCS finish in fifth place.
Another young driver, Justin Webb from Drummonds, Tennessee led the next group to the finish line in sixth position in the second main event. Tim Crawley who clinched his first USCS National Championship at the event followed in seventh place. Another 2012 rookie 360 sprint car driver, Blake Hahn from Tulsa, Oklahoma finished in eighth place. Hahn swept the weekend in the www.rockauto.com USCS 600 Sprint Car Series with a win on both Friday and Sunday nights. The 2010 USCS Mid South regional series Rookie of the Year finished ninth in this second feature race. Derek Hagar from Marion, Arkansas, who won the earlier Flip Flop 50 feature race number one, rounded out the top ten drivers in the final USCS presented by Goodyear sprint main event of the 2012 season. Hagar who started dead-last in the field in the second main event was competing for a $5000 bonus if he could win the second 25-lap race as well.
USCS “Flip Flop” Feature Race #2 presented by K&N Filters - 25 laps (fully inverted start)
Pos. Start Car# Driver/Hometown
1 00 3H Brandon Hanks, Burlison, TN
2 2 26s Howard Moore, Memphis, TN
3 14 C4 Casey Rowland, Nesbit, MS
4 22 44 Ronny Howard, Nesbit, MS
5 20 27 Curt Terrell, Bartlett, TN
6 6 C4 Justin Webb, Drummonds, TN
7 10 88 Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
8 21 52 Blake Hahn, Tulsa, OK
9 18 5 Jerod Roller, Olive Branch, MS
10 22 9Jr. Derek Hagar, Marion, AR
11 00 80 Morgan Turpen, Cordova, TN
12 00 26 Marshall Skinner, Marion, AR
13 15 87 Justin Carver, Drummond, TN
14 5 16 Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN
15 3 3 A.G. Rains, West Memphis, AR
16 00 39 Brad Bowden, Hernando, MS
17 12 17g Cody Gardner, Little Rock, AR
18 00 10 Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
19 00 14z Zach Pringle, Benton, AR
20 2 15 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL
21 1 28 Jeff Willingham, Ripley, MS
22 13 12 Dalton Davis, Millington, TN
23 16 1 Eddie Gallagher, Piperton, TN
USCS presented by Goodyear Sprint Car Race Awards Feature #2: www.racegoodyear.com
K&N Filters Pole Award: #28 Jeff Willingham www.knfilters.com
Wilwood Eng. Hard Charger Award: #9 Derek Hagar (started 23rd finished 10th) www.wildwood.com
JE Pistons Top Guns Award: #3H Brandon Hanks (1st place) www.jepistons.com
K&N Filters Podium Award: #c4 Casey Rowland (3rd place) www.knfilters.com
Keizer Wheels Top Five Award: #27 Curt Terrell www.keizerwheels.com
Diversified Machine Inc/DMI Top 10 Award: #9Jr. Derek Hagar www.diversifiedracing.com
ENTRIES: 35 drivers from 7 states
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAP LEADERS: Brandon Hanks laps 1-25.
CAUTIONS: Cautions two
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