Carl Long News

Leffler wins pole at Richmond:

Leffler wins pole at Richmond:

September 5, 2002
Using a backup truck, #2-Jason Leffler won his eighth CTS pole of the season by winning the pole at Richmond for Thursday night's Virginia is for Lovers 200. Leffler had wrecked his primary truck during Thursday afternoon's practice session. Using his backup, he still

Long to do double duty:

Long to do double duty:

September 3, 2002
Long to do double duty: Carl Long, will join five other Winston Cup veterans and a field of forty-one other contenders as Long will attempt to qualify his #51 Revival Soy Dodge Ram for team owner Rick Ware in the CTS race at Richmond on September 5. Long will be attempting

Long to run Bristol for Ware:

Long to run Bristol for Ware:

August 15, 2002
Long to run Bristol for Ware: Carl Long will team up with current Craftsman Truck Series team Ware Racing Enterprises to field the #51 Winston Cup effort in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 24th, 2002. Long will attempt to qualify the #51 RevivalSoy

Long to skip the Brickyard 400 but plan to be at Pocono:

Long to skip the Brickyard 400 but plan to be at Pocono:

July 23, 2002
Long to skip the Brickyard 400 but plan to be at Pocono: #79 SR Racing and Carl Long have decided not to run the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis next week, because they want to concentrate on the race at Pocono this weekend.(Carl Long Racing site)(7-23-2002)

No Long:

No Long:

July 19, 2002
No Long: Winston Cup driver [#79] Carl Long indicated to NHIS and NASCAR that he would compete in Sunday's New England 300. Then he decided against it, leaving the field at 42 as of yesterday afternoon. Normally, 43 cars start in Winston Cup races.(Concord Monitor)(

Hendrick to assist in launching minority-owned team:

Hendrick to assist in launching minority-owned team:

July 17, 2002
Hendrick to assist in launching minority-owned team: Sam Belnavis and Tinsley Hughes sat in a conference room at Hendrick Motorsports going through a stack of paperwork that set the groundwork to making them owners of a Winston Cup race team. Despite their familiarity

Carl Long testing at Indy and a new # UPDATE:

Carl Long testing at Indy and a new # UPDATE:

July 17, 2002
Carl Long testing at Indy and a new # UPDATE: Carl Long and the SR Racing team were unable to go to the track Monday to test their car for Indianapolis, because they had to register their new team with NASCAR in order to compete in events. They have registered #79

Indy Testing MON/TUE UPDATEs:

Indy Testing MON/TUE UPDATEs:

July 17, 2002
Indy Testing MON/TUE UPDATEs: Indianapolis Motor Speedway has scheduled four days of Cup testing at the track, July 9-10 and July 15-16, and most every Cup team will test. A complete schedule of the teams/drivers for each of the tests can be seen at: www.brickyard.

The International Truck Challenge to run third race at Chicago:

The International Truck Challenge to run third race at Chicago:

July 11, 2002
The International Truck Challenge to run third race at Chicago: The International Truck Challenge is a four-event competition for Winston Cup transporter drivers - those who drive the tractor-trailer rigs that haul the race cars and parts that put on the show from

Mansion Motorsports shuts down UPDATE actually suspends operations, not shutdown:

Mansion Motorsports shuts down UPDATE actually suspends operations, not shutdown:

June 21, 2002
Mansion Motorsports shuts down UPDATE actually suspends operations, not shutdown: Mansion Motorsports has shut down their race teams due to not having enough money to continue racing. Carl Long is now looking for other teams to join up with and has eleven Dodge engines

Long will not be at Michigan:

Long will not be at Michigan:

June 13, 2002
Long will not be at Michigan: Even though the NASCAR.com had #85-Carl Long on the Entey List for Michigan, he will not be. Thee Dixon, Mansion Motorsport's owner, is ill and in the hospital at the moment. So the team will withdraw their entry to the race since Dixon

Long coming to Pocono:

Long coming to Pocono:

June 7, 2002
Long coming to Pocono: Carl Long will be going to Pocono this weekend to race in the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. The team decided to go to the track because of the low car count for the race. Only 42 teams now with the #85 team going will be attempting the race,

Double Duty at Dover:

Double Duty at Dover:

May 30, 2002
Double Duty at Dover: Ken Schrader will attempt to pull off double duty for the fifth time this season at Dover this weekend. In addition to his regular duties as the driver of the No. 36 Pontiac, Schrader plans to run the #52 Schrader Racing entry in the Truck Series

Hornaday wins pole at Lowes:

Hornaday wins pole at Lowes:

May 24, 2002
#26-Ron Hornaday won the pole for the CarQuest Auto Parts 300 BGN race at Lowe's Motor Speedway with a speed of 182.094mph, 2nd was #99-Michael Waltrip at 181.549, followed by #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. at 180.832, #21-Jeff Green at 180.620 and #66-Todd Bodine at 180.608

Long to help out UPDATE:

Long to help out UPDATE:

May 9, 2002
Long to help out UPDATE: Team Will Carry "Jaret's Angels" Logo in Charlotte To Help Raise Awareness of Juvenile Diabetes. Carl Long doesn't want the space on his # 85 Dodge to go to waste, so while the Roxboro, NC native continues to pursue sponsorship opportunities