Tanner English shared more details about his split with Coltman Farms Racing after he chose not to relocate to Georgia where the team will be based out of next year.

Earlier this week, Coltman Farms Racing announced that English would no longer stay on with the team explaining, “Beginning in 2026, all Coltman Farms Racing teams will be based out of the team’s race shop in Maysville, Georgia. Tanner Engish, who has been operating the team’s No. 96 entry out of his own shop located in Benton, Illinois, has chosen not to relocate.”

English initially commented on the split via a press release through Delph Communications. He said, “It is an unfortunate situation, but I’ll move on and try to put something together for next year.”

He then explained why he chose not to relocate, “My wife and I built a brand-new race shop here in Benton, Illinois that our team was working out of preparing for the 2026 season. Unfortunately, now we are scrambling to try to find something, but there was no way I could relocate having a family and our race shop being located in the heart of late model racing. I want to thank Brett for the opportunity and wish him and his team nothing but success. With that being said, I’m ready to start a new chapter!”

The press released indicated that English “is currently looking for other opportunities heading into the 2026 season. From funding to parts to resources, anything is appreciated as he tries to put a program together for 2026.”

Speaking to FloRacing’s Kyle McFadden at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Indianapolis, English shared more details about the split with Coltman Farms sharing that he had informed him that his plan was to race out of the shop he built in Benton Illinois, which is about 90 minutes north of his hometown of Benton, Kentucky, “They kind of knew the deal before I started with them, that that’s what I wanted to do was race out of there. I built that shop to invest back in myself, that way I have a base for somebody and to be attractive to a race team, basically. It’s fully operational and has (an apartment with) bedrooms for crew members and the whole deal.”

“I have that there and the rest of my family there, and I just didn’t need to uproot that,” he reiterated.

As for his search for a new ride he noted that he’s not looking to jump at just any opportunity, “I’m not trying to jump into nothing that’s the wrong deal.”

“I got some time to take my time and do things right,” he added. “I mainly wanted to come here and see people that help me through the year and see if they want to go even further.”

However, to start the season off during Speed Weeks, he said he’s open to pretty much anything given his standing with the World of Outlaws and the Platinum Member status he has, “I’m open to anything, basically is what it boils down to. I have show up money, pit passes and a provisional for the Volusia deal. It’d be kinda hard to pass that up, you know what I mean? I don’t want to leave it on the table. If I can put something together for that, just to try and take advantage of that and stay in the loop. You know how this deal is. If you don’t race for a week, everyone is like, ‘Who is that?’ It’s about who you are right now. That’s the name of the game.”

While he’d like to race in a national tour, he’s not opposed to racing regionally around Illinois and in fact says he’d probably be able to make more money doing it, “eally, I feel like we can make more money with all the races around home there, like the MARS tour and the (DIRTcar) Summer Nationals, stuff like that. I feel like we can make more money. But you always wanna race the best to stay the best. It’s hard. You go back and do that MARS deal or Summer Nationals deal, then you come back and try to do the World of Outlaw the next year; well then, you’re that further behind. It’s just a tough deal.”

NEXT: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Returns To Season Long Points Championship For 2026