Career
Following a successful career in karts and the open wheel ladder system, Thousand Oaks-born Long caught the eye of Red Bulletin, and was included in the inaugural Red Bulletin Formula 1 Driver Search. During that test, he came to the attention of Porsche, for whom he has driven — first as a Junior driver, then as a Factory driver, since 2003. Patrick has had notable success racing for Porsche, including class wins at all four sportscar "classics" - the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2005, 2007), the Rolex 24 At Daytona (2009), Petit Le Mans (2005, 2006, 2007) and the Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring (2005).
Additionally, he was part of the driving trio that claimed the first international competition victory for the innovative Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, in the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai, China.
From 2006 to 2008, Patrick drove for the legendary Penske Racing team in a Porsche RS Spyder, culminating in an LMP2 class victory and second place overall at the 2008 Petit Le Mans. He has made two starts in the Australian V8 Supercar Series — in 2010 for Garry Rogers Motorsport Fujitsu Racing where he finished 4th and 11th in the dual races at the Gold Coast, and in 2011 for Walkinshaw Bundaberg Racing where he finished 5th and 17th in dual races.
Just two weeks later, Long was in second place on the last lap of the K&North Pro Series West race at Infineon Raceway when he made contact with the leader (Joey Logano) who spun out. After the questionable penalty, Long finished 23rd after having started on the pole.Later that season he took a convincing first victory in Salt Lake City.
He finished 14th at the Elkhart Lake Nationwide race after starting 6th leading two laps in a Doctorate"Hondt-Humphrey Toyota.
He has one Associate of the Royal College of Art start where he took pole position and victory at NJMP after a race long scrap with Parker Kligerman.
