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Looking for Rides, Retired, or switched Classes (????=Unconfirmed)

Chris Wall (Retired)
Gary Stuhler

David Breazeale (Retired)
Dylan Yoder

World of Outlaw Teams in 2012 (????=Unconfirmed)

Billy Moyer Jr. (ROY) Bub McCool (ROY) Clint Smith Darrell Lanigan John Lobb Kent Robinson (ROY) Pat Doar Ron Davies Terry Casey (????) Tim McCreadie	Boom Briggs (ROY) Chub Frank Dan Stone Jill George Josh Richards (????) Mike Marlar Rick Eckert Shane Clanton Tim Fuller Vic Coffey
*ROY Contenders are not official until approved by series

Lucas Oil Teams in 2012 (????=Unconfirmed)

Austin Hubbard (ROY) Don O'Neal Eric Wells Jimmy Owens John Blankenship Scott Bloomquist Terry Casey (????)	Chris Brown (ROY ????) Earl Pearson Jr. Jared Landers Johnathan Davenport Ray Cook Steve Francis Tyler Reddick
*ROY Contenders are not official until approved by series

Last Update 01/15/12 (Latest News in Red)

Driver Name	2012 Plans	Date
Babb, Shannon
Baggerly, Daniel	The #16 B&B Motorsports team and driver Daniel Baggerly are hard at work on their equipment this off-season in preparation for the 2012 campaign. Daniel will not be heading to Georgia and Florida for "Speedweeks 2012," but will instead start his season sometime during the month of March.	01/08/12
Bagley, Morgan	Will be a team mate of Austin Hubbard on the 2012 Lucas Oil Tour, official schedule has not been announced but is expected to run a "Outlaw" schedule chasing high paying events	01/13/12
Barbara, Keith
Barton, Dick
Beard, Kyle	In the offseason Kyle has made some changes to the #86 Beard Motorsports Super Late Model he has changed back to a Greenbrier, Arkansas-produced chassis The team had originally planned to open their 2012 campaign at the 21st Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, Alabama) this weekend, but due to unforeseen circumstances as well as increased rain chances they have decided to not take part in the event..	01/08/12
Birkhofer, Brian	Brian Birkhofer and his #15b team have been busy during the off-season preparing their equipment for the upcoming 2012 season. At this time; however, Brian is unsure when and where he will start his '12 campaign. He will not be taking his equipment to Arizona or Florida and will likely start his season sometime in late March or early April, depending on the weather, going to run Roush/Yates Motors in 2012	12/26/11
Bloomquist, Scott	2012 Plans are to once again run the full Lucas Oil Seres.	01/08/12
Boggs, Tyler
Bowyer, Clint	Bowyer will get in the driver's seat for select races in 2012, including the Prelude to the Dream on June 6, 2012.	12/10/11
Boyer, Denton	Boyer’s will kick off the 2012 season racing locally like he normally does and if the team has some early success, the plan is to branch out a little more and hit some higher paying events throughout the Western PA region. The team goal is to race more in 2012.	12/31/11
Blair, Rob	Is considering running the ULMS series in 2012	12/20/11
Bland, Jordan
Blankenship, John	: The Number 23 Inc. team and driver John Blankenship released their tentative 2012 racing schedule. John will once again follow the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series trail throughout the '12 campaign. His season will start from February 13-18 with six Lucas Oil Series showdowns during the annual 'Winternationals' at the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida.	01/08/12
Briggs, Boom	Starting the season in February at Screven in Georgia and Volusia in Florida with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, about 90% chance he will be following the WoO tour to run for ROY in 2012	11/21/11
Britsky, John	#18 John Britsky is waiting for schedules to come out. Will be scaling back and mainly running regional specials.	12/09/11
Brown, Chris	Is considering a run at Lucas Oil ROY in 2012	12/04/11
Buckingham, Shannon
Burgtord, Mark	For the upcoming season Mark will be piloting the Lynn & Karen Richard owned Late Model #15 (Team-15.com). Lynn & Karen own Richard Realty & Auction in Mt. Pleasant, Ia. Mark will be driving a Mach1 chassis with Kuntz Power under the hood. Plans are to run possibly a limited Deery schedule and concentrate mainly on the open motor competition. A tentative schedule will be posted until all schedules for sanctioning bodies are out.	01/08/12
Casebolt, Steve	Steve Casebolt and his #c9 Dirt Late Model team released their preliminary plans for the 2012 racing season earlier today. For the first time in several years, Steve does not plan to head south to compete in "Speedweeks" during February in the Sunshine State of Florida. Instead, the Richmond, Indiana native is tentatively set to kick-off his '12 campaign on Saturday night, March 17 with the annual running of the 'Spring 50' at the Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky. The next Saturday evening will find the Steve Casebolt Racing team in action during the $10,000 to win 'Indiana Icebreaker' at the Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana.	12/19/11
Casey, Terry	Casey has reunited with former car owner Arnie Ranta and plans to return to full-time racing in 2012 on either the WoO or Lucas Tour, a decision will be made after the Sylvania Ga (WoO) race.	12/29/11
Carrier, Eddie	Will start season at East Bay and Volusia, and will run simular schedule as 2011	12/05/11
Clanton, Shane	Joined Kennedy Motorsports operationand will be a team mate to John Lobb on the 2012 WoO Tour, will remain in a #25	11/30/11
Chinn, Wayne	Wayne Chinn racing will return with a "Outlaw" schedule in 2012	01/08/12
Conley, Delmas	The Conley Motorsports, Inc. teams are all hard at work this off-season prepping their equipment for the upcoming 2012 campaign. Delmas, Rod, and R.J. Conley will all skip "Speedweeks 2012" once again and will start their seasons sometime in late March or early April.	01/08/12
Conley, R.J.	The Conley Motorsports, Inc. teams are all hard at work this off-season prepping their equipment for the upcoming 2012 campaign. Delmas, Rod, and R.J. Conley will all skip "Speedweeks 2012" once again and will start their seasons sometime in late March or early April.	01/08/12
Conley, Rod	The Conley Motorsports, Inc. teams are all hard at work this off-season prepping their equipment for the upcoming 2012 campaign. Delmas, Rod, and R.J. Conley will all skip "Speedweeks 2012" once again and will start their seasons sometime in late March or early April.	01/08/12
Cook, Ray	Ray Cook and the D&R Motorsports team announced today that they once again plan to open up their season with the annual 'Ice Bowl' at the Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama on January 7-8, 2012. Following the $6,000 to win unsanctioned program at TST, Ray then plans to travel to Screven and East Bay to enter seven events during "Speedweeks 2012" in Georgia and Florida. The #53 team will most likely follow the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule through the "Road to Wheatland" and see where they sit in the point standings following the 'Show-Me 100' in late May.	12/19/11
Copeman, Clate
Covert, Jason	Will run regional well paying shows at Winchestor, Virgina Motorspeedway, and Roaring Knob. At this time does not plan on following any series	12/21/11
Creel, Scott	Creel has joined Henderson Motorsports and will drive the #31 in 2012 he will kick off his season at USA Raceway and the Winternationals	1/13/12
Davenport, Jonathan	Clint Bowyer Racing and driver Jonathan Davenport released an early version of their 2012 racing schedule. Jonathan, who will follow the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour for the first time in his career, will start his '12 campaign with a pair of $10,000 to win unsanctioned races at Waycross and Brunswick in Georgia on February 11-12. Jonathan will then set his sights on the first Lucas Oil Series races of the year at the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida from February 13-18 before wrapping up "Speedweeks 2012" at the Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida from February 20-25.	01/08/12
Davies, Ron	According to Press Release from the World of Oultaws Ron Davies is planning on running full 2012 World of Outlaw Tour	01/06/12
Davis, Michael
DeHaven, Ronnie	Dehaven will be in the 2nd loco-motives #17 Rocket in 2012 Part-Time	01/15/12
Dickson, Billy	Billy Dickson is planning on running the ULMS Series and select other touring shows in 2012.	01/25/12
Dickson, Nick	Will wait for all of the schedules to start coming out for next year and look into what we want to do for 2012. Will most likely stick to the same type of schedule we've had for the past few years.	11/15/11
Doar, Pat	Pat Doar, the raining 2011 World of Outlaws Late Model Series Rookie of the Year, is actively prepping his equipment for the start of the 2012 season. Pat recently underwent shoulder surgery, which will keep him from making the trek west to Arizona for the 'Wild West Shootout' in January, but it should heal in time for the World of Outlaws opener on February 10-11 at the Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Georgia. The New Richmond, Wisconsin standout once again plans to follow the entire WOOLMS slate in 2012.	12/26/11
Dohm, Zack
Eckert, Rick	The #24 team released their preliminary plans for the upcoming 2012 racing season, Rick Eckert will gun for his second straight World of Outlaws Late Model Series National Championship in 2012, as he will once again follow the entire series schedule next year. The '12 lid lifter for the Rick Eckert Racing team will be February 10-11, as a hefty $20,000 top prize will be on the line in the WOOLMS opener at the Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Georgia.	12/28/11
English, Tanner
English, Terry
Erb, Dennis	Dennis Erb, Jr. will kick-off his '12 campaign on February 10-11 with the $20,000 to win 'Winter Freeze' at the Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Georgia. Following the World of Outlaws Late Model Series lid lifter at Screven, the #28 team will head south for six events at the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida from February 13-18 and six more races at the Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida from February 20-25. Barring any rain-outs or unforeseen issues, Dennis will compete in thirteen different Dirt Late Model programs during his version of "Speedweeks 2012."	12/19/11
Farmer, April
Feger, Jason
Ferguson, Chris
Francis, Steve	Steve Francis to pilot the Barry Wright house car in 2012 on the Lucas Oil Tour	12/18/11
Frank, Chub	Frank and his team plan to kick off their 2012 schedule on Feb. 10-11 in the World of Outlaws’s season-opening, $20,000-to-win ‘Winter Freeze’ event at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., before heading farther south for action at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. (WoO Late Model Series on Feb. 16-18) and Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. (DIRTcar UMP shows on Feb. 20, 21, 22 and 24 and WoO Late Model Series programs on Feb. 23 and 25), Chub will once again focus on the WoO Tour for 2012 running a Roush/Yates Motor	12/26/11
Friese, Devin
Frye, Coleby	Frye has relaced Dylan Yoder in the #32 Krenn Trucking car, Coleby will also run his own car part time in 2012, hitting big events in and around the Ohio/PA Region	01/15/12
Fuller, Tim	2012 racing season set to begin at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, GA for the $20,000 to win, World of Outlaws Late Model Series sanctioned 'Winter Freeze' on Friday, February 10, 2012 and Saturday, February 11, 2012. From there Fuller will start the season with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series following them to the UNOH Florida DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park from Monday, February 20, 2012 to Saturday, February 25, 2012.	11/15/11
Garvin Jr., John	Garvin’s 2012 plans are pretty much the same as the 2011 season and will include a regional schedule. ‘We’ll do a lot of Lernerville Speedway on Friday’s and try our hand at a few different places on Saturday’s,’ John mentioned. ‘The Appalachian Speedweek is something we enjoyed doing last year and looks even better this year so we’ll probably do that again as well as a lot of the series races within a few hours of home.’	01/07/12
George, Jill	Jill’s season will start at Screven, Georgia, in the World of Outlaws season opening weekend February 10-11. Then she will fly home and work for a few days at her Hartzell Family Chiropractic practice before returning to Florida for the WoO event at Ocala, Florida, Febraury 16-18. Then back to the office again for a few days and a return to Florida for the WoO events at Volusia on February 23 and 25. After the February events the team will regroup and make a decision on how to go forward, pending some sponsorship opportunities. It is expected at this time that Jill will follow the WoO series and the midwest based Corn Belt Clash and MRLA series.	01/06/12
Hartman, Bart
Hawkins, Jared
Heckenast Jr., Frank	Frank Heckenast, Jr. and the #99jr team have been busy in recent weeks preparing their equipment for the start of the 2012 racing season. Frankie announced today that he will start his '12 campaign from January 14-22 at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. The annual running of the six race 'Wild West Shootout' will be headlined by a $10,000 to win finale on Sunday, January 22. Past Arizona, Frankie is not ready to commit to anything at this time and will add more race dates following his trip out west next month.	12/26/11
Hollingsworth, Ronnie Lee	Will kick off 2012 in Alabama with 2 new Warrior Chassis	01/07/12
Horton, Doug
Hubbard, Austin	Randell Edwards and Nick Hoover will be turning the wrenches for Hubbard in 2012. Austin will run the full Lucas Oil schedule for Tim Logan in a #11 with a Rocket Chassis.	12/10/11
Isenberg, Tim	The Isenberg Racing team released their early season plans for the 2012, Tim Isenberg, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, will unload his #9t MB2 Customs / Roush Yates entry from January 14-22 in the six race 'Wild West Shootout' at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. The long week in Arizona will be headlined by the $10,000 to win finale on Sunday,	12/30/11
James, Scott
King, Russell
Knight, Mike	Knight plans to run a 35- to 40-race schedule in 2012, staying mostly local and making a bid for a repeat ULMS points title.	01/04/12
Kinzer, Brandon	The Kinzer Motorsports team announced that they once again plan to skip "Speedweeks 2012" in Georgia and Florida this February. Instead, Brandon Kinzer will most likely kick-off his 2012 campaign sometime in the month of March	01/08/12
Knowles, Tony	Tony is already preparing his brand new #26 Rocket/Malcuit Racing Engine Super Late Model for the 2012 season.	12/19/11
Korte, Randy
Landers, Jared	Landers will return with Clint Bowyer Racing next year with the same package rocket chassis and clements motors	11/30/11
Lanigan, Darrell	Darrell Lanigan and his #29 team released their 2012 schedule. Darrell will once again be a fixture on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series trail in 2012 and will start his season in the WOOLMS lid lifter on February 10-11 at the Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Georgia.	01/08/12
Lobb, John	Will run the full WoO tour in 2012, has become a teammate of Shane Clanton	11/30/11
Lowery, Brian	Plans to pick and choose races next season, will not follow any tours	11/27/11
Lunger, Dennis	WIll run the ULMS series again in 2012	12/20/11
Madden, Chris
Marlar, Mike	Mike Marlar will be running the world of outlaws this year, he is staying with the bryson motorsports team 5B	12/22/11
Mars, Jimmy	For the third straight season, Jimmy Mars and the Mars Racing team will kick off their year in the state of Arizona! The annual running of the 'Wild West Shootout' will once again be held from January 14-22 at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. The six-race week in Tucson will be headlined by a $10,000 to win finale on Sunday, January 22. These are the only six shows that Jimmy has confirmed so far for his 2012 racing season.	12/30/11
McCool, Bub	Bub has announced his intentions to run for WoO ROY in 2012 in his Victory Circle Chassis	12/17/11
McCreadie, Tim	Has 2 new Warrior Chassis for 2012. Plans as of now are to follow the WoO in the Carl and Ann Myers, Sweetners Plus team. Then will drive a Sweetners Plus sponsored car for a team TBA later in select Lucas and unsanctioned big races.	12/10/11
Mcdowell, Dale	McDowell will be racing part time while doing driving instruction schools and some driver development things also	1202/11
McGuire, Josh	Josh has teamed up with US Steel for the Winternationals will start the season at The 'Winter Freeze' at Screven on February 10-11. The lid lifter for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will pay $20,000 to the winner. Following Screven, the #41 team will venture to East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida for the annual running of the 'Winternationals.' Six Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series programs will be held at the Tampa area venue from February 13-18 with winning purses varying from $5,000 to $10,000,	01/14/12
Miley, Jared	Miley will run a simular schedule as in 2011, the team will focus on bigger paying regional events; including those sanctioned by UFO, World of Outlaws, All-Star Late Model Series, ULMS, and Three-State Flyers. The team does plan to debut a brand new Cornett ’13 degree’ engine when the season kicks-off this spring.	12/12/11
Miller, Darren
Moyer, Billy	Billy Moyer and his #21 team released their early 2012 season plans. The Billy Moyer Racing (BMR) team will once again kick-off their season at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. This year's version of the 'Wild West Shootout' will feature six Dirt Late Model events from January 14-22. The finale on Sunday, January 22 will pay $10,000 to the winner. These are the only six dates that Billy has confirmed so far for the 2012 campaign.	12/30/11
Moyer JR, Billy	Billy Moyer Jr., plans on running his Victory Circle Race Car full time on the WoO tour in 2012. Moyer will qualify as a Rookie of the Year contender.	12/31/11
Neat, Brad	Instead of hitting the road with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series during the '12 campaign, Brad will instead pick and choose where he competes at throughout the year, has also changed to a Mastersbuilt Chassis	01/14/12
O'Neal, Don	Don and the #71 team will start their season from January 14-22 in the six-race 'Wild West Shootout' at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona. From there, Don will head to the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida to begin his assault on the Lucas Oil Late Model Series National Championship.	12/19/11
Owens, Jimmy	Has announced that he will team up with Sonoco Race Fuels in 2012, and will defend his Lucas Oil title by running the full tour	01/04/12
Payne, Jeremy	Jeremy has parted ways with Terry Phillips Racing, will start his 2012 campaign from January 1-7 in Australia racing Late Models in four separate R2C Competition Filters Pro Dirt Series events. When he returns stateside, Jeremy will focus primarily on his own Open Wheel Modified program while trying to get something put together to run some Dirt Late Models as well.	12/07/11
Pearson Jr, Earl	The Bobby Labonte Racing Team of Earl Pearson Jr. will once again follow the Lucas Oil Series in 2012	01/11/12
Phillips, Terry	Terry Phillips Racing has parted ways with Jeremy Payne, Terry is busy at the shop putting together his new Team Zero by Bloomquist cars that he plans to debut during the upcoming "Wild West Shootout" at USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona on January 14-22	12/07/11
Provinzino, Jeff	The Jeff Provinzino Racing team announced that they plan to start their 2012 racing season from January 14-22 at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona.	01/08/12
Redetzke, Jake
Rattliff, Justin
Reddick, Tyler	The team is currently preparing for the 2012 season, which will once again see Tyler competing on the full LOLMDS tour. In addition he will enter select ARCA Asphalt Stock Car events as well as a handful of Midget Sprint Car events including the 2012 Chili Bowl.	12/16/11
Reese, Brian
Richards, Josh	Plans on running the Nascar Truck Series full time in 2012	11/11/11
Robinson, Kent	As of right now Robinson plans to run for the World of Outlaws (WoO) Rookie of the Year honors. He will open his 2012 season at Screven Motor Speedway (Sylvania, Georgia) on February 10th-11th with the World of Outlaws.	01/04/12
Satterlee, Gregg	Satterlee plans to follow similar race schedule as last season; hitting many ‘big money’ shows in the northeast region of the country, while also visiting venues close to home. Will open up the season in GA with the WoO but at this time does not plan on running the WoO series in 2012	01/05/12
Schlieper, Dan
Simpson, Chad	Chad is planning on a diversified schedule featuring high paying events across the Midwest including the 'Show-Me 100,' 'Silver Dollar Nationals,' 'USA Nationals,' and 'Knoxville Late Model Nationals.'	12/24/11
Smith, Brady	The Brady Smith Racing team has released their early season plans for the 2012 season, which includes a trip to the Sunshine State for part of "Speedweeks." Brady Smith will kick-off his '12 campaign from February 20-25 with the annual 'DIRTcar Nationals' at the Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida. Following the six races at the Daytona Beach area speedplant, Brady will return home to regroup prior to the $20,000 to win 'Illini 100' at the Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois on March 30-31. You can view Brady's early 2012 plans by clicking on the SCHEDULE page of the website!	12/14/11
Smith, Clint
Stile, Sam
Stapleton, Chad	The team will begin the 2012 season in Florida at East Bay Raceway Park (Tampa, Florida) during the 36th Annual Winternationals, which will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. The events open on Monday, February 13th and run for the next six days. Stapleton is currently unsure if he will stay at East Bay Raceway Park for the full week or finish the week at Bubba Raceway Park (Ocala, Florida) with a trio of World of Outlaws events. The team is also considering taking part in at least a portion of the UMP DIRTCar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 20th-25th.	12/29/11
Stone, Dan	According to Press Release from the World of Oultaws Dan Stone is planning on running full 2012 World of Outlaw Tour	01/06/12
Stovall, Jesse	Jesse has reuinted with Steve Rushin is preparing for 2012 season racing his Moyer Victory Circle car powered by Scott Bailey Racing engines, will kick off 2012 at the Wild West Shootout	01/06/12
Stuhler, Gary	Gary and the #17 team have parted ways	12/07/11
Sullivan, Jack
Sutton, Lee
Van Wormer, Jeep	Jeep Van Wormer and his #55 team released eleven dates for their upcoming 2012 racing season, although Jeep has not filled out his entire schedule, he has announced that he will enter all of the Dirt Late Model races at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio next year, as well as all of the high-paying events in his home state of Michigan. As it stands right now, Jeep's first show in 2012 will be a $2,000 to win American Late Model Series (ALMS) showdown at Eldora on April 14	12/30/11
Vaught, Will	The Will Vaught Racing team just announced their early season plans for the 2012 campaign and they will start their year out west in the annual 'Wild West Shootout' at the USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona! A total of six Dirt Late Model events will be held in Tucson from January 14-22, 2012. The long week will be headlined by a $10,000 to win finale on Sunday, January 22. Will Vaught will be armed with two brand-new Warrior racecars when he makes the trek out west in a few weeks time!	12/19/11
Wall, Chris	Chris Wall announced his retirement, all equipment is for sale	10/21/11
Wallace, Jon
Weaver, Randy	Randy Weaver and the Outlaw Race Parts Racing team are currently busy working on their equipment for the start of the 2012 season! They have no plans to race during "Speedweeks 2012" in Georgia and Florida, but have instead earmarked their '12 opener for the 'Bama Bash.' The 15th Annual 'Bama Bash' will be held on March 2-3 at the Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama and will pay $15,015 to the winner.	01/08/12
Weeks, Ricky	Will run a unspecified new chassis and new engine in 2012	12/19/11
Wells, Eric	Has made the change to Bloomquist Race Cars in 2012, Eric plans to run the first half of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) schedule through the 20th Annual DART Show Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway (Wheatland, Missouri). After that event the team will evaluate if they will stay on the tour or just hit and miss events.	01/12/12
Wight, Larry
White, Dillon

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