Johanna Long
| Johanna Long | |||||||
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| Born |
May 26, 1992 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2010 Snowball Derby winner | ||||||
| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| 41 race(s) run over 2 year(s) | |||||||
| 2013 position | 23rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 20th (2012) | ||||||
| First race | 2012 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 24 race(s) run over 2 year(s) | |||||||
| Best finish | 21st (2011) | ||||||
| First race | 2010 AAA Insurance 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last race | 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 16, 2013. | |||||||
Johanna Long (born May 26, 1992 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American stock car racing driver. Winner of the 2010 Snowball Derby, she currently competes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, most recently driving the #70 Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet Camaro on a limited basis for ML Motorsports.
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-owned team, 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] She competed in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011, driving the family-owned No. 20 Toyota and running for Rookie-of-the-Year honors.[5] Sponsorship issues forced her to run a partial season; her best finish was eleventh at Texas Motor Speedway.[6] For 2012, she signed to drive the #70 Biomet/Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet, owned by ML Motorsports, in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The team entered 21 races, finishing 20th in the standings.[6][7] with former series champion David Green acting as a mentor.[8]
Long finished 21st in her Nationwide Series debut at Daytona International Speedway, becoming the youngest female driver ever to compete in the series.[9] She finished 20th in series points in 2012; in 2013, still running a limited schedule for the team, she fell to 23rd in points, and her contract with the team expired with the end of the season.[10] ML Motorsports shut down a month later. As of 2014 she is currently a free agent after ML Motorsports shut down.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NNSC | Points | ||||||
| 2012 | ML Motorsports | 70 | Chevy | DAY 21 |
PHO | LVS 19 |
BRI 29 |
CAL | TEX 20 |
RCH 20 |
TAL 37 |
DAR | IOW 22 |
CLT 22 |
DOV | MCH 16 |
ROA | KEN 19 |
DAY 12 |
NHA | CHI 21 |
IND 30 |
IOW 13 |
GLN | CGV | BRI 29 |
ATL | RCH 32 |
CHI 21 |
KEN 12 |
DOV | CLT | KAN 31 |
TEX 36 |
PHO | HOM 34 |
20th | 428 | ||||||
| 2013 | DAY 27 |
PHO 40 |
LVS 19 |
BRI | CAL | TEX 27 |
RCH 15 |
TAL 26 |
DAR | CLT 36 |
DOV | IOW 12 |
MCH 18 |
ROA | KEN 20 |
DAY | NHA | CHI 20 |
IND 27 |
IOW 19 |
GLN | LEX | BRI | ATL | RCH 19 |
CHI 26 |
KEN 16 |
DOV | KAN 24 |
CLT 17 |
TEX 37 |
PHO | HOM 21 |
23rd | 414 | |||||||||
Camping World Truck Series
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Pos | Points | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Billy Ballew Motorsports | 15 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTW | IRP 17 |
POC | NSH 34 |
DAR | BRI | CHI 20 |
KEN | NHA | 47th | 586 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Panhandle Motorsports | 20 | Toyota | LVS 36 |
MAR 22 |
TAL | TEX 36 |
PHO | HOM 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | DAY 32 |
PHO 20 |
DAR 31 |
MAR 18 |
NSH 32 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 20 |
KAN 24 |
TEX 11 |
KEN 36 |
IOW | NSH 26 |
IRP 17 |
POC | MCH | BRI 15 |
ATL 31 |
CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL 16 |
MAR 33 |
TEX 18 |
HOM | 21st | 347 | |||||||||||||||||
* Season in progress
1 not eligible for series points
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 White, Rea. "Teen driver Johanna Long climbing ranks". FOX Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pockrass, Bob. "Youngest of six women in trucks in 2010, Johanna Long and Caitlin Shaw hoping for more races in ’11". Scene Daily. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2010 Camping World Truck Series statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Secola, Jamie (December 6, 2010). "Johanna Long wins Snowball Derby". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ "Johanna Long to run for truck rookie title in 2011". SceneDaily. Nascar Illustrated. January 24, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Johanna Long lands Nationwide Series deal". Pensacola News Journal. Gannett. January 5, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ Demmons, Doug (January 5, 2012). "Johanna Long graduates to NASCAR's Nationwide Series". The Birmingham News. al.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ Heist, Bob (March 5, 2012). "It's Round II for Johanna Long". Pensacola News-Journal. Pensacola, Florida. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ↑ Maine, D'Arcy (March 3, 2012). "Johanna Long's quiet but historic Nationwide debut". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ↑ Vilona, Bill (December 5, 2013). "Johanna Long faces uncertain future". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, FL. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
External links
- Official website
- Johanna Long driver statistics at Racing Reference
- Johanna Long on Twitter
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Inaugural |
Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Chase Elliott |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by Kyle Busch |
Snowball Derby Winner 2010 |
Succeeded by Chase Elliott |