Career
She currently competes part-time in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Xfinity Series, driving the Number. 97 Chevrolet Camaro for Obaika Racing. 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.
She moved up into legends car later before turning to late models when she was twelve. National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing career
Long began her transition into National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing in 2009 by racing in a variety of series, including American Statistical Association Late Model Series, Pro Late Model, and Associate of the Royal College of Artist In 38 events, she had 27 top ten finishes, 17 top fives and five wins.
Long ended 2009 by winning the pole position in the Snowball Derby, one of the few late model races in the off-season, which features drivers from around the United States. She was expected to race in three Camping World races in 2010 but ended up racing in seven events.
She raced in the Billy Ballew Motorsports truck in the middle of the season before the #15 team was shut down, and finished the year by racing in four events for her family-owned team, Panhandle Motorsports.
With Ballew she qualified in all three races between 15th and 20th before finishing 17th, 34th and 20th. 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. She competed in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011, driving the family-owned Number.
20 Toyota and running for Rookie-of-the-Year honors.
Sponsorship issues forced her to run a partial season. Her best finish was eleventh at Texas Motor Speedway.
Foreign 2012, she signed to drive the #70 Biomet/Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet, owned by Master of Laws Motorsports, in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Nationwide Series. The team entered 21 races, finishing 20th in the standings.
Long finished 21st in her Nationwide Series debut at Daytona International Speedway, becoming the youngest woman driver ever to compete in the series.
She finished 20th in series points in 2012. In 2013, still running a limited schedule, she fell to 23rd in points, and the team let her contract expire at the end of the season. She spent the 2014 season racing Pro Late Models at Five Flags Speedway while searching for sponsorship.
On January 28, 2015, it was announced that Long would drive the #03 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Affarano in the Xfinity Series.
However, after several weeks of funding issues and her one and only attempt with the team resulted in a DNQ at Richmond, the team revealed on May 21 that Long has been released. On July 30, she joined Obaika Racing for the Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway.
