{"id":402659,"date":"2022-08-28T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/?p=402659"},"modified":"2022-08-28T07:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T11:32:43","slug":"big-money-for-tanner-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Money For Tanner English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DAVENPORT, Iowa \u2014 After waiting 45 races before claiming his first World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series win, Tanner English said he thought the path to his second victory would be easier.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours after scoring his first career Series win during the second night of the Quad Cities 150 at Davenport Speedway, he returned for the event\u2019s epic $30,000-to-win finale, passing Ryan Gustin for the lead, and holding off Bobby Pierce for back-to-back wins.<\/p>\n<p>Despite finding the winning formula for the second consecutive night, his journey to Victory Lane was very different.<\/p>\n<p>English started on the pole of Saturday\u2019s 70-lap feature but lost the lead to Ashton Winger early on. He fell out of the top five and bided his time until his car came to life with less than 20 laps left.<\/p>\n<p>That patience paid off as English worked his way to third on a restart with 11 laps remaining.<\/p>\n<p>When the green flag flew, he dropped to the bottom, sprinting past Ryan Gustin as lap 62 clicked off the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>It looked like he\u2019d be on cruise control to the checkered flag, but a yellow slowed the field with six laps to go, pitting English against a surging Shannon Babb and a familiar foe \u2014 Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>The two drivers pulled away from Babb on the restart and waged war for the final six laps. Pierce swung his car to the top, hoping to find momentum while English stayed the course on the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>As they came to the checkered flag, English found the speed he needed in turn four, beating Pierce to the line by a few car lengths.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie of the year contender said his patience in the race’s first half set the stage for his rise to the top at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the start there, I was just biding my time and trying to not spin the tires because I knew what I had,\u201d English said. \u201cI knew they needed to last, and we just made it last, and with about 10 or 11 to go, I had caught back up to them. I don\u2019t know if their tires just went away or what happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMine just stayed the same the whole race, and I didn\u2019t really lose any time. So, I don\u2019t know. The car was just awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>English\u2019s second straight win moves him closer to Dennis Erb Jr. in the standings. Erb finished 19th after being involved in the caution with 11 laps left.<\/p>\n<p>Erb\u2019s points lead has been cut to 98 points with 12 races remaining, while English leads Blair by 84 points in the Rookie of the Year race.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce crossed the line second for the third straight night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTanner drove a hell of a race, I was trying all I could to catch him,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cThe cushion was very, very thin and there was a little left in turn three but not enough out of four.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place provides such good racing all the time. It was a little more dirty tonight than I preferred, but it eventually got there. It just took a long, long time to get there. The last five laps, I was trying all I could because I knew Tanner was so good on the bottom that it was going to be hard to beat him without being ahead of him on the restart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Babb crossed the line third after starting last in the feature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did a hell of a job of preparing that track and reviving it,\u201d Babb said. \u201cWe were able to work on our car and make a few adjustments. And starting last, I was like, man, these guys are going to lap me in a hurry, so I got to get my ass going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did a great job with the track, and we were able to go everywhere that I needed to go. I\u2019m just impressed with this new car. This Longhorn chassis is really fast, this Vic Hill engine is really good, and I\u2019m just really tickled to death to get by a lot of those cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane Clanton, the 2015 Series champion, finished fourth \u2014 his best finish of the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel way better than I\u2019ve ever been here,\u201d Clanton said. \u201cYes, they changed the shape of the racetrack a little bit, but also, my race car is a little better, too. So, that makes me feel real good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justin Kay rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great doing it at home, at Dad\u2019s racetrack, and with everyone I know that\u2019s here, it\u2019s awesome,\u201d Kay said. \u201cI\u2019ll take [a top-five] anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The finish:<\/p>\n<p><em>Feature (70 Laps):\u00a01. 81E-Tanner English[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[9]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb[25]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[6]; 5. 15K-Justin Kay[5]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[21]; 7. 9-Devin Moran[3]; 8. 25F-Jason Feger[8]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley[11]; 10. 42-Chad Finley[18]; 11. B1-Brent Larson[15]; 12. 99-Jeff Larson[13]; 13. 111V-Max Blair[17]; 14. 11-Gordy Gundaker[10]; 15. 58-Ashton Winger[2]; 16. 29-Spencer Diercks[7]; 17. 99B-Boom Briggs[24]; 18. 1-Josh Richards[23]; 19. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[14]; 20. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 21. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[12]; 22. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[16]; 23. 10-Paul Parker[22]; 24. 7R-Kent Robinson[20]; 25. 32S-Chris Simpson[19]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After waiting 45 races before claiming his first World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series win, Tanner English said he thought the path to his second victory would be easier","protected":false},"author":21483,"featured_media":402660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ndms-widget-blocks_gb_metabox":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[1138,2519,1102,414],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big Money For Tanner English - SPEED SPORT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Money For Tanner English - SPEED SPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SPEED SPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-28T11:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-28T11:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/08\/28\/woodav1-08-27-22-261mikeruefer.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"509\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Report\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Report\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/\",\"name\":\"Big Money For Tanner English - SPEED SPORT\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/08\/28\/woodav1-08-27-22-261mikeruefer.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-28T11:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-28T11:32:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/083dae192b61a0dd0a3da9df6d6fe04c\"},\"description\":\"After waiting 45 races before claiming his first World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series win, Tanner English said he thought the path to his second victory would be easier\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/dirt-late-models\/world-of-outlaws-late-models\/big-money-for-tanner-english\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/08\/28\/woodav1-08-27-22-261mikeruefer.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.speedsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/08\/28\/woodav1-08-27-22-261mikeruefer.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":509,\"caption\":\"Tanner English in victory lane at Davenport Speedway. 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