Early career

Long began racing in 1983 at Orange County and South Boston Speedway. He won the track championship at South Boston in 1987 and the Street Stock championship at Orange County in 1990. In 1992, he raced in NASCAR-sanctioned competition for the first time, earning Rookie of the Year honors at Orange County in the Winston Racing Series, and was awarded the Best Sportsmanship award the following season. After competing at various Winston Racing tracks in the 90's, he moved up to the Slim Jim All Pro Series in 1997, grabbing a win at Bristol Motor Speedway in the No. 15 Austin Foods Chevy. In 1998, he began running ARCA and Craftsman Truck races for Mansion Motorsports. Most recently, he won the championship race at Orange County Speedway on November 12, 2006.

NASCAR career

1999-2002

Long made his NASCAR debut in 1998 in the Craftsman Truck Series. at Bristol, starting 21st but finishing 31st after the engine in his No. 91 Mansion Motorsports Ford F-150 expired.

He began running the Cup races in 1999 with the No. 85 Mansion Motorsports team, but DNQ'd for every attempt throughout that year. He ran Bristol again the following year, in the Truck Series posting a career-best 9th place qualifying effort, as well as at Louisville Speedway, where he wrecked very early in the race. After more struggles in 2000, he finally qualified to make his Nextel Cup debut in one of its most prestigious races, the Coca-Cola 600. However, Darrell Waltrip, one of the top drivers in series history, who was retiring at the end of the 2000 season, failed to qualify. Long gave up his ride to Waltrip for the race. He made another truck race in 2000 at Texas, where he started 33rd but finished 17th in a truck fielded by Team 23 Racing. Long would eventually make his Cup debut at Dover, qualifying 42nd but finishing 41st after a crash on lap 12. He made one more start that year, at Rockingham Speedway, finishing 32nd. He ran three races in 2001, his best finish being a 29th at the UAW-GM Quality 500. He also made his Busch Series debut in 2001 in the Aaron's 312 at Atlanta. Driving the No. 49 for Jay Robinson Racing, Carl started 41st but came across handling problems during the race, relegating him to 42nd.

In 2002, Long ran for Rookie of the Year, but failed to earn the award mainly due to an incomplete season. Long attempted a group of the races, but failed to qualify for all except two. He started the season with Mansion Motorsports again, but when that team ran out of money, Long departed the team, originally to Glenn Racing, then to Ware Racing Enterprises, and then finally the No. 59 Foster Price team, with whom he finished 39th at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In addition, he had a sixteenth-place start at Dover for Mansion in the Truck Series (during which Long ran in the Top 10 before an engine failure), and a 30th-place finish at Richmond for Rick Ware in the Revival Soy truck.

2003-present

He made two Busch races in 2003 for Robert Creech, his best finish a 28th at Rockingham. He had another 28th at Rockingham the following year, as well as running the No. 07 for Moy Racing at Loudon, where his engine expired early in the race. He also ran another race for Ware at New Hampshire, but finished last. He made his first race as a team owner that season, when Matt Carter drove his No. 96 truck to a seventeenth-place finish at Martinsville Speedway. After failing to make a Cup race in 2003, Long returned to the Glenn Racing Dodge in 2004. In their first race together, Long's car flipped several times in a violent accident at the Subway 400, the final Cup race ever held at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina, where such crashes are very uncommon. Long was uninjured, and the incident gained publicity for the virtually-unknown Long, whose popularity among the fans peaked to unprecedented levels, and also got him a ride in the following Cup event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving for fellow independent Hermie Sadler. Long then drove at Pocono Raceway for the fledging McGlynn Racing operation, finishing 41st. After a final race for Glenn he ran two races with Hover Motorsports.

Long announced he would merge his No. 46 team with the McGlynn Racing team to run in 2005. Although he drove only the No. 00 from McGlynn, Long ran 9 races that year, and had a career-best qualifying effort of 20th at Atlanta. Unfortunately, sponsors wanted 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope to drive the car, which forced McGlynn to release Long. Long closed out the year running at Homestead-Miami Speedway in a personally owned chassis originally purchased from Petty Enterprises. The car was prepared in Stan Hover's shop with mostly volunteers, and a leased motor from Bill Davis Racing was dropped into the car. Unfortunately, a crash in qualifying ended his weekend prematurely. That season Long was also announced as a driver for a new team, Victory Motorsports, owned by Terance Mathis, but the team never ran.

In 2006, Long ran the No. 80 for Hover Motorsports at the Daytona 500, but missed the race. He attempted three races for R&J Racing but also failed to qualify for those events. He returned to the Busch Series, driving the No. 23 for Keith Coleman Racing in six races before being replaced, and also ran a Truck Series race for Jim Rosenblum Racing. He attempted a race at Bristol with Long Brothers Racing, but did not qualify. Long joined a new Nextel Cup team, Cupp Motorsports, in the No. 46 Millstar Tools Dodge. Long attempted three races for Cupp, but failed to qualify for each of them. He returned with help from McGlynn to attempt the Ford 400 at the end of 2006, but did not make the race.

In 2007, Long ran a limited schedule for Long Brothers Racing in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, posting a best finish of second. He ran two races for Carter 2 Motorsports in the Busch Series, before the team closed down. He attempted the 2008 Daytona 500 for E&M Motorsports with sponsorship from Millstar and Rhino's Energy Drink, but did not qualify. He began fielding his own car with Red Line Oil sponsoring in the Nationwide Series, making his first start of the season at Darlington Raceway.

Long attempted the 2009 Daytona 500 with sponsorship from Romeo Guest Construction, one of Long's first sponsors in the mid 1990s when he was competing in Late Models.

Long was suspended after a violation on his car during the 2009 Sprint All-Star Race weekend. Prior to his suspension, he was a crew member on the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Cup team. He has driven for numerous independent teams in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series, as well as the Auto Racing Club of America

In 2010, Long was named to drive the No. 01 Chevrolet for Daisy Ramirez's Truck Series team and the No. 68 Nationwide Series car for Fleur-de-lis Motorsports. For 2011, he drove for Rick Ware Racing in the Nationwide Series.

Personal life

Long was a former manager at a Raleigh/Durham Domino's Pizza, where he was named manager of the year in 1988.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * - Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
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	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
1999	Mansion Motorsports	85	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			NA	-
2000				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			62nd	107
2001				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN		MAR	TAL	PHO		HOM			55th	147
			Dodge																													CLT				CAR		ATL	NHA
2002				DAY			ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV																								79th	46
			Ford		CAR	LVS											POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA
	SR Racing	79	Dodge																				POC	IND	GLN	MCH
	Ware Racing Enterprises	51	Dodge																								BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL
	Price Motorsports	59	Dodge																															CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003	Glenn Racing	46	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	NA	-
2004				DAY	CAR										CLT	DOV						NHA								NHA					MAR	ATL	PHO			58th	267
	SCORE Motorsports	02	Pontiac			LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH
	McGlynn Racing	00	Chevy														POC														DOV		KAN
			Dodge															MCH	SON	DAY	CHI																	DAR
	Hover Motorsports	80	Ford																				POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH			TAL							HOM
	McGlynn Racing	08	Chevy																															CLT
2005		00		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL		RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY		NHA	POC	IND	GLN				RCH		DOV	TAL					TEX	PHO		53rd	356
		80											DAR														BRI	CAL
		00	Dodge																		CHI									NHA			KAN		MAR	ATL
		80																								MCH								CLT
	Hover Motorsports																																						HOM
2006			Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH																											72nd	40
	R&J Racing	37	Dodge											DAR	CLT			MCH	SON	DAY
	Front Row Motorsports	34	Chevy													DOV	POC				CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH
	Cupp Motorsports	46	Dodge																											NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2007	E&M Motorsports	08	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2008				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH											77th	0
	Carl Long Racing	46	Dodge																											NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM
2009				DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	85th	-200

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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	34	35	NXSC	Pts
1999	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	NSV	BRI	TAL	CAL	NHA	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM				NA	-
2001	Jay Robinson Racing	49	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM			146th	37
2002	Glenn Racing	64	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN								NA	-
	Creech Motorsports	22	Dodge																													CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM
2003		13		DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM		114th	125
2004	Long Brothers Racing	83	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY																		109th	119
	Moy Racing	07	Ford																			CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP
		77																								MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO
	Long Brothers Racing	83	Dodge																																	DAR	HOM
2006	Keith Coleman Racing	23	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH											89th	224
	Long Brothers Racing	89	Ford																										BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2007	Fridel-Carter Motorsports	54	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	126th	104
2008	Carl Long Racing	46	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR																								121st	80
	Elite 2 Racing	84	Chevy													CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM
2010	Fleur-de-lis Motorsports	68	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT					99th	159
	PF2 Motorsports	94	Dodge																																GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM
2011	Rick Ware Racing	41	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI				NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW		CHI					NHA	NSH	IRP															31st	187
	Fleur-de-lis Motorsports	68	Chevy					CAL												DAY
	Rick Ware Racing	75	Ford						TEX							CLT			ROA									BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
	Fleur-de-lis Motorsports	68	Ford							TAL
	Rick Ware Racing	41	Chevy															MCH			KEN
		71	Ford																						IOW	GLN	CGV
2012		15	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND								KEN									64th	48
		71																					IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI
			Ford																												DOV	CLT
		75	Chevy																														KAN	TEX
			Ford																																PHO
		15																																	PHO	HOM
2013		23		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV																									42nd	123
		15													IOW	MCH	ROA				CHI		IOW
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy															KEN	DAY	NHA		IND		GLN	MOH
	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy																							BRI	ATL		CHI
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Dodge																									RCH		KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
2014	MBM Motorsports	13	Toyota	DAY											DOV	MCH				NHA																			38th	104
	JGL Racing	93	Dodge		PHO	LVS	BRI					TAL	IOW	CLT
	Jimmy Means Racing	79	Toyota					CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH
	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy														ROA	KEN	DAY						MOH
	MBM Motorsports	72	Chevy																		CHI	IND										KAN	CLT	TEX
	Rick Ware Racing	23	Chevy																				IOW	GLN
	MBM Motorsports	13	Dodge																							BRI			CHI	KEN	DOV
	The Motorsports Group	46	Chevy																								ATL	RCH
	Rick Ware Racing	87	Ford																																PHO	HOM
2015	MBM Motorsports	40	Toyota	DAY	ATL								IOW		DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH															41st	109
			Dodge			LVS		CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL													BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI		DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
		13					PHO							CLT
			Toyota																											KEN
2016		40		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO						DOV																										-*	-*
		13	Dodge					CAL
		40							TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL			POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
		13	Toyota											CLT

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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	NCWTC	Pts
1998	Mansion Motorsports	91	Ford	WDW	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	GLN	TEX	BRI	MLW	NZH	CAL	PPR	IRP	NHA	FLM	NSV	HPT	LVL	RCH	MEM	GTY	MAR	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	63rd	217
1999				HOM	PHO	EVG	MMR	MAR	MEM	PPR	I70	BRI	TEX	PIR	GLN	MLW	NSV	NZH	MCH	NHA	IRP	GTY	HPT	RCH	LVS	LVL	TEX	CAL			61st	225
2000				DAY	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY	MEM	PPR	EVG																		70th	241
	Team 23 Racing	23	Chevy											TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV
		32	Ford																							TEX	CAL
2002	Mansion Motorsports	85	Dodge	DAY	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH													91st	73
	Ware Racing Enterprises	51	Dodge																RCH	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM
2003				DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO				130th	55
		5																										HOM
2006	Rosenblum Racing	28	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM			87th	58
2010	Daisy Ramirez Motorsports	01	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP							NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM			41st	687
	Team Gill Racing	95	Dodge													POC	NSH	DAR
	Daisy Ramirez Motorsports	00	Chevy																BRI	CHI
	Rick Ware Racing	6	Chevy																		KEN
2011		1		DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM			107th	01
2013	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM						109th	01

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * - Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
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	ARSC	Pts
1998	Mansion Motorsports	14	Ford	DAY	ATL	SLM	CLT	MEM	MCH	POC	SBS	TOL	PPR	POC	KIL	FRS	ISF	ATL	DSF	SLM	TEX	WIN	CLT	TAL	ATL		NA	0
1999		41	Chevy	DAY																							58th	495
			Ford		ATL	SLM	AND	CLT	MCH	POC												CLT	TAL	ATL
	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Chevy								TOL	SBS	BLN	POC	KIL	FRS	FLM	ISF	WIN	DSF	SLM
2000	Mansion Motorsports	41	Ford	DAY	SLM	AND	CLT	KIL	FRS	MCH	POC	TOL	KEN	BLN	POC	WIN	ISF	KEN	DSF	SLM	CLT	TAL	ATL				81st	240
2007	James Hylton Motorsports	48	Dodge	DAY	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	79th	325

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