17 Scheduled 2012 Races:
Texas - 4/14
Richmond - 4/28
Sprint Showdown, Charlotte - 5/19
Charlotte - 5/27
Sonoma - 6/24
Kentucky - 6/30
Indy - 7/29
Watkins Glen - 8/12
Bristol - 8/25
Atlanta - 9/2
Chicago - 9/16
New Hampshire - 9/23
Dover - 9/30
Charlotte - 10/13
Kansas - 10/21
Martinsville - 10/28
Texas - 11/4

#95 team running seven races to end season: While the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series shifts its focus on the Chase for the Championship, Leavine Family Racing is ready for its own important stretch with driver Scott Speed. The team saved most of its selected starts for the final three months of the season, starting with Sunday's Geico 400 at the Chicagoland Speedway. In all, LFR and Speed are scheduled to compete in seven of the final 10 races of the season. "We back-loaded our schedule so we could get a better baseline for 2013," crew chief Wally Rogers said. "This will help us create momentum for next year. It also will test our ability to maintain our fleet of cars at a time we're also going to races. We're a small team so everyone has additional duties. But this is what we've been waiting for." The young team already has made big gains. Speed has created team-bests in qualifying (21st) and race finish (17th) at Watkins Glen International earlier this year. Now it's up to LFR to build on that success.(Leavine Family Racing)(9-12-2012)

Speed re-signs with Leavine Family Racing for 2013: Leavine Family Racing (LFR) announced that it has agreed to a contract extension with Scott Speed for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Speed has committed to exclusively drive the #95 Leavine Family Racing Ford Fusion, effective immediately. "It's a big deal to go from a partial schedule to a relatively full-time deal for the 2013 season. It's the start of a bigger journey." Speed said. "Now is the time I need to give them 100% of my time and effort. No longer will I be competing in anything else other then the #95."
"I am very pleased with the progress crew chief Wally Rogers and Scott have made this year. It is that progress, along with Scott's charisma and talent enhancing our team chemistry, that has resulted in our agreement to go to an exclusive relationship through the 2013 season," team owner Bob Leavine said. "We are using this commitment as a springboard to build on this year's chemistry for 2013," Dan Pikarsky, newly appointed vice president of business development said. "We are getting our business development team in place now to be ready for 2013. The people needed from the back to the front are all there and Scott is confident in that. Leavine Family Racing has proved to me that they are building and they are moving in the right direction. They are bringing in good people, and that intrigues me. They have their own funding, and they have built a business case. We are using that with Scott Speed to attract Corporate America."
Speed, 29, made it clear from the outset that he had no plans to explore the free-agent market due to his loyalty to Leavine Family Racing. "As an organization, Leavine Family Racing and team owner Bob Leavine provide the resources I need to compete, and as a driver, that is the most important consideration," Speed said. "Every year the team has been built more and more. We've grown much this year as the first year, and now we are all committed to a third season. The team has proven to do more and more and I look forward to continuing this growing relationship into the future."(Leavine Family Racing)(8-8-2012)

#95 team hires VP of Business Development: As Leavine Family Racing (LFR) continues to build its team in key areas, the #95 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team with driver Scott Speed announced that Dan Pikarsky has been named Vice President of Business Development. To further bolster its preparation for sponsorship opportunities for the 2013 season, Pikarsky will supervise Leavine Family Racing's brand and sponsorship programs. Pikarsky joins Leavine Family Racing from Petty's Garage in Level Cross, where as the senior director of business development and partnership, he was instrumental at Petty's Garage and the 2012 Petty's Garage Performance Tour. He was also influential in launching the first 2012 Richard Petty Signature Series Ford Mustang GT with a display at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show. At Petty's Garage, he worked with the Richard Petty Motorsports Petty Family Foundation, and Victory Junction. Prior to his time at Petty's Garage, Pikarsky took a leave from the motorsports industry to team up with long-time friend Stephen Pearcy. Pikarsky was tour manager for WBS Entertainment with the rock band RATT where he managed an 85-city national tour. Pikarsky will be based in Leavine Family Racing's Concord office.(LFR)(7-13-2012)

Leavine Family Racing going to Richmond for first time: While driver Scott Speed is no stranger to the Richmond International Raceway, Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series 400 will be Leavine Family Racing's first trip to the popular three-quarter-mile short track. Speed will drive the #95 Tommy Williams Drywall (TWD) Ford on a track that's become a favorite among NASCAR drivers. Leavine Family Racing is running a limited 14-race schedule. Saturday night's race is the second appearance for the second-year team.(Leavine Family Racing)(4-26-2012)

Speed and #95 team plans to run 16 races: Scott Speed will drive a partial Sprint Cup Series schedule for Leavine Family Racing this season, focusing mostly on the 1.5-mile tracks and road courses. Team owner Bob Leavine was impressed with Speed's ability to out-qualify his car last season with inferior equipment and decided to give the ex-Formula One racer a shot. The team plans to avoid start-and-parking if possible and run the full races it enters, beginning with the Texas Motor Speedway race in April. "You can make more money doing (start-and-parks), for sure, but that's not what Bob wants to do," Speed said Tuesday night. "We want to be professional about it. We're going to look good, we're going to have all of our stuff right and represent our brand and what we're doing the right way and not just be another start-and-park team." Leavine gets its engines from Roush Fenway Racing (on a lower tier) and buys used Roush cars to field its #95 entry (which David Starr drove last season). "We're going about it the right way – as much as you can be," Speed said. "We're not a fully-funded team that's running a full year. But instead of doing a lot, we're doing what we can and doing it right. If we're running well, the pedal is to the floor." The team won't run the superspeedway races, because that requires buying a special car and hoping it survives a crapshoot race. But it will purchase a car for the road courses, Speed said, because those events are "probably more in our control."(SB Nation)
AND "There are a lot of great drivers who don't have a ride," said Speed. "It's a tough time in our sport and I am lucky to have the opportunity here at Levine Family Racing because it's one of the good ones out there. We are doing 16 races and we are going to do them right including the two road course races. We are going to go out and race when we have the ability to run and run it right."(CMS Media Tour Notes)(1-26-2012)

Speed settles lawsuit: Scott Speed has settled his lawsuit with Red Bull Racing over his firing that followed the 2010 season. Speed had field a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court in Statesville, N.C., in December 2010. He asked that Red Bull Racing pay him $6.5 million for the salary he would have received from 2011-2013 in addition to a $500,000 reduction of his 2010 salary that he accepted in January 2010. According to court documents, the two sides met Nov. 30 in a settlement conference where they came to an agreement on all issues. Speed filed the dismissal documents Dec. 19. No terms of the settlement were disclosed.(SceneDaily)(12-30-2011)

Scott Speed Joins Leavine Family Racing: Scott Speed has joined Leavine Family Racing (LFR) for a limited 15-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule for 2012 in the #95 Ford. A veteran of all three of NASCAR's premier national touring series, Speed joins Leavine Family Racing after making 13 Sprint Cup starts with Whitney Motorsports' in the #46 Ford. Speed will be competing in his fifth Sprint Cup Series season. The California native competed full-time with Red Bull Racing in 2010; earning two top-10 finishes and leading 21 laps. "We are pleased to have Scott Speed join our team," team owner Bob Leavine said. "We, as a team, want to give Scott the equipment and the resources he needs to win – and that is what I believe he will do for us in return. Scott is a proven driver. He was the first American to race in Formula One since Michael Andretti and has a lot to offer our program as a teammate and a competitor."
Speed has made 18 starts in the Nationwide Series and 16 starts in the Camping World Truck Series over the past four years. He posted a truck series win at the Dover International Speedway in 2008. His best Nationwide Series finish came on the road course at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last year where he placed sixth. Speed earned career first pole in the series in 2009. Speed began his racing career in Karting at the age of 10. Making his way through the open-wheel racing ranks throughout the West Coast, he made his Formula One debut in 2001. From there he has successfully competed in Formula One making 28 career starts before making the transition to stock-car racing in 2007 with the ARCA Racing Series.
The 28-year-old driver is thrilled to have the opportunity to compete with Leavine Family Racing. "I am excited to team up with Bob Leavine and his guys at Leavine Family Racing," Speed said. They have a solid group of guys working on the team and I think it will be a real fun deal. Our goal is to build this race team to become competitive. We know it will be baby steps, but we are all excited to get it rolling."(Leavine Family Racing)(12-14-2011)

Leavine Family Racing expands 2012 schedule; Starr won't return: Leavine Family Racing will start its season at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, and then embark on an ambitious schedule of at least 15 selected Sprint Cup Series races during the 2012 season. The Leavine Family Racing schedule includes races at Bristol, Texas, Richmond, Darlington, Charlotte, Pocono, Kentucky, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Michigan, Atlanta, Chicago, Dover and Homestead-Miami. The team is continuing to evaluate its options for the driver of its #95 Ford in the Sprint Cup Series, while David Starr seeks new opportunities. In 2011, Leavine Family Racing competed in four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events with Starr. He posted the team's season-best finish of 27th at Bristol Motor Speedway in August. Veteran Wally Rogers returns to crew chief the #95 machine in 2012. In addition to Rogers, the entire shop returns as well along with the same management and administrative staff.(Leavine Family Racing)(12-8-2011)

Air Force Veteran to be guest of #95 team at Texas: Terry Blanton, an Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force veteran, will be a guest of the #95 Leavine Family Racing team at Sunday's AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Blanton, a native of Bonanza, Ark., was supposed to watch his first race at the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway in July. However, like many others, he was stuck in traffic on the interstate before the race and was turned away by state and track officials. Nobody understands the frustration of not making the race at Kentucky Speedway better than the Leavine Family Racing team. The team was able to successfully fight traffic, only to have the #95 machine be turned away by the rain that washed out qualifying. A retired Captain, Blanton served for 21 years, including a tour in the Persian Gulf War in Operation Desert Storm and a tour in Afghanistan. Blanton returned from Afghanistan a year ago after suffering a heart attack. He shared the experience of attempting his first NASCAR race weekend on a flight from Louisville, Ky., to Dallas to the sympathetic ear of Bob Leavine, the team owner of Leavine Family Racing. They talked about the frustrations of not being at the racetrack at Kentucky on race day - Blanton as a disgruntled fan, and Leavine as a disappointed car owner. That's when Leavine invited Blanton to be a guest of the team at Texas Motor Speedway. Having never attended a race before, Blanton will spend the weekend with Leavine Family Racing as an honorary member of the team.(Leavine Family Racing)(11-1-2011)

Advocare sponsoring Starr for five races: Leavine Family Racing, single-team operation in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, announced a multi-race sponsorship of the #95 Ford with AdvoCare International LP. AdvoCare announced at its national convention that they reached an agreement with LFR to serve as the primary sponsor of the #95 Ford driven by David Starr for five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season: Bristol, Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas, and Texas. AdvoCare logos will be featured prominently on the team's race car, perfectly complimenting the vehicle's red and blue paint scheme designed by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. AdvoCare will make its nationwide NASCAR debut Wednesday, Aug. 25, in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The premier health and wellness company headquartered in Plano, Texas, will sponsor Starr in all three of NASCAR's national touring divisions this week at Bristol, including Friday night's Food City 250 and Saturday's Irwin Tools Night Race. AdvoCare is also a title sponsor of the Labor Day Weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup Series night race, the AdvoCare 500, at Atlanta Motor Speedway.(Leavine Family Racing)(8-24-2011)

Leavine Fenton Racing changes name: Leavine Family Racing, currently a single-team operation in the Sprint Cup Series, announced Thursday that the organization Leavine Fenton Racing will now be known as Leavine Family Racing. The former members of Leavine Fenton Racing have completed a transaction that has resulted in the rebranding of the Tyler, Texas-based company, effective immediately. Bob Leavine and the Leavine family acquired all of the assets of the team and took over operation of the organization in April. The racing team, which boasts an entry in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series - the # 95 car with driver David Starr, is now solely owned by the Leavine family and has been rebranded Leavine Family Racing.(Leavine Family Racing PR)(6-3-2011)

David Starr set to make Cup debut: Leavine Fenton Racing and David Starr are looking forward to making their debut NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start on April 9 at Texas Motor Speedway for the Samsung Mobile 500. Starr will pilot the #95 Leavine Fenton Racing Ford as he looks to put on a show for the hometown crowd. Texas businesses B&D Electrical and TWD Drywall will be on the car along with WRL General Contractors, Ltd. and Fenton Motor Group. "Words can't describe how big this is," David Starr said. "Ever since I was a little boy, I wanted to attempt to qualify for a Cup race. The ultimate dream is to race in the biggest series in the world, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. I can't make the word be big enough to what it means. I'm just honored, proud, and blessed to have the opportunity to do that with good equipment. Even though it's my home track, I'm racing against the most competitive drivers in the world, and to have the opportunity to race against the best in the world is pretty cool." The team announced their formation back on January 7. They will compete in Roush Fenway Racing chassis with Roush Yates Engines. There are only five fulltime employees at the North Carolina shop with veteran crew chief, Wally Rogers calling the shots on pit road and Mark Gregory as the spotter. Over The Wall Crew (OTWCrew) from Mooresville, N.C. will pit the car for the Texas weekend as well.(Leavine Fenton Racing), see images of the car scheems on the #95 Team Schemes page.(4-5-2011)

Leavine Fenton Racing to debut in Cup & Trucks: Tyler, Texas natives Bob Leavine and Lance Fenton have partnered up to form Leavine Fenton Racing. The team will compete in the Sprint Cup Series as well as the Camping World Truck Series throughout the 2011 season. Leavine Fenton Racing will run Fords from their Concord, N.C. based shop with the help of a driver David Starr and crew chief Wally Rogers. The team number will be #95 in both series. Leavine is the owner of WRL General Contractors, Ltd. and has been involved in racing for many years. WRL General Contractors, Ltd. has been in operation for over 30 years. The company's services include construction of commercial, institutional, and industrial projects by using construction management, competitive bid, or design build delivery methods. Fenton is the owner of Fenton Motor Group in Tyler, Texas and Phoenix Design and Manufacturing, LLC in Oklahoma City, Okla. He has raced and owned race teams since the mid 80's. Last year, he made his debut in the Camping World Truck Series. The cars will be Roush/Yates engines. As of right now they plan to run the following Cup races -- two Charlotte Motor Speedway races, two Texas Motor Speedway races, Kentucky and Chicagoland Speedway.(Leavine Fenton Racing PR)(1-7-2011)