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Long moves to Nationwide with MLR:

Warsaw, Ind.-based ML Racing has announced that Johanna Long will drive the #70 Biomet-Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet Impala for the 2012 and 2013 seasons on the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Long will join a team that is owned by Mary Louise Miller, one of the few female owners in NASCAR. Miller is known as a big supporter of women in racing. At 19 years old, Long becomes the youngest female driver to compete in the Nationwide Series, and she will be competing for Rookie of the Year in 2012. ML Motorsports will run 21 races in the #70 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.(ML Racing PR)(1-5-2012)