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| 5/10/08 Short Night for Long at Darlington; Looks Ahead to Lowe's:  Carl Long would qualify his #46 Southeastern Outdoor Products/Red Line Oil Dodge 35th for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Diamond Hill Plywood 200. However, during his 2nd lap of qualifying, he would smack the wall off of turn 2 causing quite a bit of damage to the #46 Dodge. During the race, the handling would fall off quickly due to the damage. Long could barely hang on and would be forced to the garage on lap 9 of the 147 lap race, finishing 40th. Now, Long and the Carl Long Racing team look ahead to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Showdown on May 17th at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. Long will pilot the #46 Romeo Guest Construction Dodge in hopes of advancing into the Sprint All-Star Race. You can vote at NASCAR.com and on your Sprint and NEXTEL phones.
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| 2/19/08 No Luck for Long at Daytona:  During Thursday's Gatorade 150, Long was able to hang with the pack and had managed to move all the way up to 15th place. However, the fortunes of racing did not hold well for Long as he was caught behind Kurt Busch's slowing car on lap nine. This caused Long and his Millstar / Rhino's Energy Dodge Charger to lose the draft, which of course is fatal in restrictor plate racing. Losing the draft coupled with ignition difficulties and rear spring mounting issues soon put Long a lap down to the field. Ironically, the rear spring issues that caused the car to slow also caused the car to be disqualified by NASCAR based on car height at a post race inspection. "Once we got bottled-necked behind Busch and lost the draft, I didn't really get too concerned. I knew from experience that their would be a few cautions that would enable us to catch up" stated Long "Unfortunately, the next caution didn't come out until lap 56 of the 60 lap race. We were a lap down and the NASCAR "Lucky Dog" procedure doesn't occur with less than ten laps to go".
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| 2/11/08 Daytona Single-Car Practice & Qualifying:  Carl Long finally got the chance to hit the high banks this past Saturday and Sunday for Daytona 500 single-car practice and qualifying at Daytona International Speedway. Carl Long put up the 52nd fastest lap of the Saturday morning practice session, at 180.945 mph or 49.739 seconds around the 2.5 mile oval. In the evening session, Long improved his speed to 181.163 mph, or 49.679 seconds, the 50th fastest time of the round. On Sunday during single-car qualifying, the wrong setup under the car caused the #08 Millstar Tools / Rhino's Energy Drink Dodge to bottom out on it's second qualifying lap, causing Long to lose precious speed and generate a disappointing 53rd fastest qualifying lap of the day. The bottoming out was attributed to NASCAR's lower mandated tire pressure numbers that were not compensated for.
The chance to be in the Daytona 500 is still very much in-reach for Carl Long and EM Motorsports. The Gatorade Duel at Daytona qualifying races will be held this Thursday. Since Carl qualified in an "odd" number position (53rd), he will be racing in the first Duel race. This qualifying race will give the team a final chance to earn a spot in the Daytona 500 field. Carl Long must be among the top two highest finishing teams, not already locked in the field, at the end of the 150-mile qualifying race in order to land a spot in the big show. EM Motorsports will be able to test how well their car can race this Wednesday where two rounds of drafting practice will be held.
Tune into SPEED Channel at 2:00 PM Eastern on Thursday to watch Carl Long race the #08 Millstar Tools / Rhino's Energy Drink Dodge into the field of the 2008 Daytona 500!
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| 2/3/08 New Millstar Tools Racing T-Shirts Available:  Just in-time for the 2008 racing season, Millstar Tools brings to the Carl Long and NASCAR fan a brand-new racing t-shirt! Featuring the Millstar logo on the left chest, the reverse is adorned with a graphic of the Millstar Tools racecar and Carl Long's replica signature. The t-shirt is available in sizes small through double extra large, and can be purchased in the Carl Long Racing Store.
Millstar kicks off their 2008 support campaign of Carl Long this February in the legendary Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Long will be piloting the Millstar #08 Dodge for EM Motorsports. On-track activities begin on Saturday, February 9th, with two rounds of Daytona 500 practice, followed by time trial qualifying on Sunday.
Carl-Long.com will be on top of the latest events at Daytona as they progress. We recommend becoming a member of the Carl Long Racing Message Board for up-to-the-minute news reports straight from Carl and team members at the track.
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| 1/12/08 Carl Long To Run Daytona 500:  Carl Long has been tagged to drive the E&M Motorsports #08 Millstar Tools / Rhino's Energy Drink Dodge for the 50th running of the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on February 17th. Carl and the team will be on-hand at the second Cup Series Daytona testing session scheduled for January 14th through the 17th. Following Daytona, Long has plans to drive for E&M Motorsports at Bristol in March, with California and Las Vegas as possibilities.
1/21/08 Testing Speeds: Round two of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 testing concluded on Wednesday afternoon. Carl Long put the #08 Millstar / Rhino's Dodge 32nd fastest of 52 cars on the final speed chart of the week, with a fastest drafting speed of 185.143 mph, or 48.611 seconds around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
The next time the teams will hit the track will be for Daytona 500 practice on February 9th.
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| 11/28/07 Millstar, Delcam Commit to Long in 2008: Millstar, an industry leader in producing die and mold profile tooling and solid carbide tools, has announced their continued sponsorship support of Carl Long and his 2008 racing endeavors. Millstar has been an active part of Carl Long Racing since 2006. In addition, Delcam, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CADCAM software product development solutions for the manufacturing industry, has announced their commitment to sponsor Carl Long in 2008. The Birmingham, United Kingdom company has had a history in motorsports, with most recent involvement in Formula One racing.
Carl Long and Delcam will kick off their new partnership at the 2007 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show next month. Carl Long will be on-hand at the Delcam booth during the 2007 Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Orlando, Florida from December 6th through the 8th. Carl Long welcomes all race team representatives to stop on by and chat. [Note: this event is not open to the public, you must be a member of a racing industry company to attend]
"With Millstar and Delcam aboard, all we need now is the right race team to step up to the plate to make a successful combination", Carl Long states. "Being ready to run the 2008 [Daytona] 500 is definitely a realistic possibility at this point."
Also in 2008, Carl has plans to run selected NASCAR Nationwide Series races with his own team, as well as USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series races with Long Brothers Racing.
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