Johanna Long

Johanna Long
Born May 26, 1992 (1992-05-26) (age 19)
Pensacola, Florida
Achievements 2010 Snowball Derby winner
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
24 races run over 2 years
Truck no., team #20 Panhandle Motorsports Toyota
2011 position 21st
Best finish 21st (2011)
First race 2010 AAA Insurance 200 (ORP)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 23, 2011.

Johanna Long (born May 26, 1992) is an American stock car racer from Pensacola, Florida. She was the winner of the 2010 Snowball Derby and currently drives the #20 Panhandle Paving & Grading Toyota Tundra for her family owned Panhandle Motorsports team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

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Racing career

Background

Long's father raced late models and she wanted to start racing karts when she was five years old; he allowed her to start racing when she was eight.[1] She moved up into legends car later before turning to late models when she was twelve.[1] In 2008, she won the Gulf Coast championship including races at Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama as well as the late model track championship at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola.[1]

NASCAR career

Long began her transition into NASCAR in 2009 by racing in a variety of series, including ASA Late Model Series, Pro Late Model, and ARCA.[1] In 38 events, she had 27 top ten finishes, 17 top fives and five wins.[1] Long ended 2009 by winning the pole position in the Snowball Derby,[1] one of the few late model races in the off-season, which features drivers from around the United States.[2]

She was expected to race in three Camping World races in 2010[1] but ended up racing in seven events. She raced in the Billy Ballew Motorsports truck in the middle of the season[1] before the #15 team was shut down,[2] and finished the year by racing in four events for her family's team named Panhandle Motorsports.[3] With Ballew she qualified in all three races between 15th and 20th before finishing 17th, 34th and 20th.[3] With Panhandle she had a season-high ninth place qualifying effort at Texas Motor Speedway with her best finish being a 20th place result at the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.[3] Long returned to Pensacola's Five Flags Speedway for the 2010 Snowball Derby, and won the 43rd annual running of the event by holding off Landon Cassill.[4] She became the second female to win the race after Tammy Jo Kirk did it in 1994.[4]

Long will be running in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the entire 2011 season, competing for Rookie-of-the-Year honors.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h White, Rea. "Teen driver Johanna Long climbing ranks". FOX Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Teen-driver-Johanna-Long-climbing-into-ranks-of-NASCAR-071510. Retrieved 6 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Pockrass, Bob. "Youngest of six women in trucks in 2010, Johanna Long and Caitlin Shaw hoping for more races in ’11". Scene Daily. http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/truckseries/Youngest_of_six_women_in_trucks_in_2010_Johanna_Long_and_Caitlin_Shaw_hoping_for_more_races_in_11.html. Retrieved 6 December 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c "2010 Camping World Truck Series statistics". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/longjo01/2010/C. Retrieved 6 December 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Snowball Derby: Long wins!". Pensacola News Journal. December 5, 2010. http://www.pnj.com/article/20101205/SPORTS/101205001/Snowball-Derby-Long-wins-. Retrieved 6 December 2010. 
  5. ^ "Johanna Long to run for truck rookie title in 2011". SceneDaily. Nascar Illustrated. January 24, 2011. http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/truckseries/Johanna_Long_to_run_for_truck_rookie_title_in_2011.html. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 

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