Tanner English in his No. 81E Riggs Motorsports Longhorn
Tanner English had never won a World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series feature event prior to this weekend but after Saturday’s action he has now won two in a row. The No. 81E pulled into the Davenport Speedway’s victory lane for the second consecutive night giving its driver his most lucrative win.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Benton, Kentucky collected $30,000 for his efforts at the quarter-mile Davenport, Iowa track in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
Heat race lineups were set based on the results from Thursday and Friday’s racing action.
A total of 33 cars were signed in for competition
Heat 1 Results: 1. Ryan Gustin, 2. Spencer Diercks, 3. Bobby Pierce, 4. Jeff Larson
Heat 2 Results: 1. Ashton Winger, 2. Jason Feger, 3. Brian Shirley, 4. Brent Larson
Heat 3 Results: 1. Devin Moran, 2. Shane Clanton, 3. Gordy Gundaker, 4. Dennis Erb Jr.
Heat 4 Results: 1. Tanner English, 2. Justin Kay, 3. Billy Moyer Sr., 4. Frank Heckenast Jr.
Last Chance Showdown 1 Finish: 1. Max Blair, 2. Chris Simpson, 3. Tyler Bruening
Last Chance Showdown 2 Finish: 1. Chad Finley, 2. Kent Robinson, 3. Paul Parker
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Tanner English, 2. Ashton Winger, 3. Devin Moran, 4. Ryan Gustin, 5. Justin Kay, 6. Shane Clanton, 7. Spencer Diercks, 8. Jason Feger
Feature Re-cap: At the start of the 70-lap main event Winger bolted to the race lead with English, Gustin, Clanton and Moran in tow. Gustin went to second by passing English. Soon after, Clanton also got by English to grab third.
Winger pulled out to a lead of almost two seconds as a hornet’s nest of activity played out behind him. English continued to fall back when Moran passed by for fourth on lap 23.
Gustin tracked the leader down and swept by to claim the top spot on lap 32. At that point, Gustin led Winger, Clanton, Moran and Feger.
On lap 57, Moran made a big move as he split between Clanton and Winger to climb into the second spot.
After several caution-free laps in which the front runners logged laps, English began to move back toward the front as he passed Feger for fifth. A lap 59 caution reset the field and set off a string of yellow flags. On the restart, Winger went too high and drove off the track losing several positions.
Moran came to the pit area for a tire change under caution giving up his second position.
On the restart, Pierce challenged Gustin for the lead while English continued to come to life as he went to the low side of the track moving to third. Gustin would then drop out with mechanical issues. Continuing to run the extreme bottom line, English was able to edge ahead of Pierce and eventually just nip Pierce at the finish line for the win.
Feature Results: 1. Tanner English, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Shannon Babb, 4. Shane Clanton, 5. Justin Kay, 6. Tyler Bruening, 7. Devin Moran, 8. Jason Feger, 9. Brian Shirley, 10. Chad Finley, 11. Brent Larson, 12. Jeff Larson, 13. Max Blair, 14. Gordy Gundaker, 15. Ashton Winger, 16. Spencer Diercks, 17. Boom Briggs, 18. Josh Richards, 19. Dennis Erb Jr., 20. Ryan Gustin, 21. Billy Moyer Sr., 22. Frank Heckenast Jr., 23. Paul Parker. 24. Kent Robinson, 25. Chris Simpson
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