What won the race: Turning back a lap-11 slide job attempt by Dustin Sorensen and repelling late-race pressure from Shannon Babb, second-starting Tanner English of Benton, Ky., scored a flag-to-flag victory in Wednesday's 40-lap World of Outlaws Real American Beer Series feature at Highland Speedway. English beat Babb by 0.465 of a second for the $12,000 payday and his first win of 2025 and the fourth of his career on the national tour.

Quotable: “We struggled this year quite a bit. It’s been a tough year, motors, everything like that,” English said. “To get this done is pretty cool. I wish it was a little more exciting, but when it rubbered, I was happy. I knew I just needed to be patient and stay on the bottom and ride it out, but man, I wanted to pass those lapped cars.”

Key notes: English earned his second overall victory of the season after winning $5,000 on July 19 in a local show at Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway. ... It's his first World of Outlaws victory of any kind since a $4,000 semifeature score April 21, 2023, at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala. ... English's last full-field series victory came Nov. 3, 2022, in Charlotte's World Finals, worth $15,000. ... English's triumph was the first in national touring series competition for Coltman Farms Racing. ... Babb took second on lap 26 when Sorensen made an unsuccessful attempt to run the outside past English. While Babb showed his nose inside English in the closing laps, he couldn't make a move on the locked-down surface while Sorensen settled for third. ... Points leader Bobby Pierce worked his way as high as third on lap 25 before slipping to fifth the following lap, then regaining fourth from Jason Feger on lap 28 to finish in the spot. Feger was relegated to fifth. ... Dennis Erb Jr. battled Babb for third in the early going before fading to sixth. ... Matt Bailey started 12th and finished 16th aboard Tony Wolf's No. 16; Bailey totaled his No. 52 car in DIRTcar Summer Nationals prelims on June 28. ... Rodney Melvin (lap 23) and Mark Voigt (lap 22) were the race's only retirees. ... The green-to-checkered 40-lapper lasted 10 minutes, with 23 starters completing the distance. ... Mike Harrison had shift linkage trouble as he was running fourth in the night's consolation race and failed to finish. ... A brief delay came between qualifying groups as a fan required medical attention in the pit area.

On the move: Jordan Bauer of St. Jacob, Ill., started 14th and finished ninth.

Winner's sponsors: English’s Brett Coltman-owned Longhorn Chassis carries sponsorship from Coltman Farms Racing, Autism Awareness, Special Needs Schools of Gwinnett, ProFabrication, MPM Marketing, M&M Painting & Construction, C Motors, DirtCarLift.com, Boswell Oil, VP Racing Fuels, SRI Performance, Swift Springs and Bilstein Shocks.

Points chase: After Highland: 1. Bobby Pierce (4,220); 2. Nick Hoffman (4,138); 3. Ryan Gustin (4,062); 4. Tim McCreadie (3,938); 5. Dennis Erb Jr. (3,906); 6. Drake Troutman (3,904); 7. Brian Shirley (3,828); 8. Tanner English (3,816); 9. Cody Overton (3,782); 10. Ethan Dotson (3,734); 11. Dustin Sorensen (3,644); 12. Jake Timm (3,496).

Current weather: Clear, 81°F

Car count: 31

Fast qualifier: Bobby Pierce

Time: 13.114 seconds

Polesitter: Dustin Sorensen

Heat race winners: Shannon Babb, Tanner English, Dennis Erb Jr., Dustin Sorensen

Consolation race winners: Brandon Sheppard

Provisional starters: Ryan Gustin, Jake Timm, Brent Larson

Next series race: August 14, Spoon River Speedway (Banner, IL) $12,000