race for Hillman Racing. His son Jeb would drive the following 4 races before a lack of sponsorship ended his run. Exited the series Truck Series champion and former Rookie of the Year Austin Dillon moved up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series full-time with crew chief Danny Stockman. Johanna Long moved to the Nationwide Series for a limited schedule with ML Motorsports. Cole Whitt moved up to the NASCAR Nationwide series full-time in the 88 Chevrolet with JR Motorsports. 2012 calendar Calendar changes The Las Vegas race, as a result of issues resulting from the 2011 race weekend, was moved back to late September as a stand-alone race. Originally, the Las Vegas race was set for 13 October at 12 noon PDT as part of the IndyCar weekend, but Indy Racing League LLC faces issues from the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship which the 2011 Truck race was the Saturday feature of the race meet, but that meet was removed as a result of legal issues following the death of Dan Wheldon on Lap 11 of the IZOD IndyCar Series feature. Speedway Motorsports also removed races from New Hampshire Motor Speedway, while keeping the second Kentucky truck date and having the NASCAR Nationwide Series replace INDYCAR on the fall weekend. Darlington was also removed from the schedule, both Nashville races, and Lucas Oil Motorsports Park. Chicagoland also moved to July. Kansas moved from June to April, along with the Cup series as their spring date was also moved to April to give more time for Kansas's new configuration project. Rockingham Speedway was added to the truck series schedule marking the first time since 2004 NASCAR has had a race at the track. The total of races on the schedule was also reduced from 25 to 22. Iowa Speedway also got a second date that was held in September. Results and standings Races Drivers' standings (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led. 1 – Post entry, driver and owner did not score points. 2 – Ryan Blaney was originally registered for Nationwide points, but switched to the Trucks at Atlanta. Manufacturer See also 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2012 ARCA Racing Series 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2012 NASCAR Toyota Series 2012 NASCAR Stock V6 Series 2012