Johanna Robbins

Johanna Robbins
BornJohanna Long
(1992-05-26) May 26, 1992 (age 32)
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Achievements2009 Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series Champion
2010 Snowball Derby Winner
2008 Lee Fields Memorial Winner
Awards2009 Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
42 races run over 3 years
2015 position72nd
Best finish20th (2012)
First race2012 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Last race2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
24 races run over 2 years
Best finish21st (2011)
First race2010 AAA Insurance 200 (IRP)
Last race2011 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 30, 2024.

Johanna Robbins (née Long; born May 26, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She last competed part-time in Asphalt Super Late Model competition in 2023 in the No. 10 Toyota Camry for Jett Motorsports.

Racing career

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Background

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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 racing, before turning to late models when she was twelve.[1] In 2008, she won the Gulf Coast championship including races at Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama as well as the late model track championship at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola.[1]

NASCAR career

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Long's 2012 Nationwide Series car

Long began her transition into NASCAR in 2009 by racing in a variety of series, including ASA Late Model Series, Pro Late Model, and ARCA.[1] In 38 events, she had 27 top ten finishes, 17 top fives and five wins.[1] Long ended 2009 by winning the pole position in the Snowball Derby,[1] one of the few late model races in the off-season, which features drivers from around the United States.[2]

She was expected to race in three Camping World races in 2010[1] but ended up racing in seven events. She raced in the Billy Ballew Motorsports truck in the middle of the season[1] before the No. 15 team was shut down,[2] and finished the year by racing in four events for her family-owned team, Panhandle Motorsports.[3] With Ballew she qualified in all three races between 15th and 20th before finishing 17th, 34th and 20th.[3] 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.[3] Long returned to Pensacola's Five Flags Speedway for the 2010 Snowball Derby, and won the 43rd annual running of the event by holding off Landon Cassill.[4] She became the second woman to win the race after Tammy Jo Kirk did it in 1994.[4]

She competed in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011, driving the family-owned No. 20 Toyota and running for Rookie-of-the-Year honors.[5] Sponsorship issues forced her to run a partial season; her best finish was eleventh at Texas Motor Speedway.[6]

For 2012, Long signed to drive the No. 70 Biomet/Foretravel Motorcoach Chevrolet, owned by ML Motorsports, in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, with former series champion David Green acting as a mentor.[7] She finished 21st in her Nationwide Series debut at Daytona International Speedway, becoming the youngest woman driver ever to compete in the series.[8] The team entered 21 races, finishing 20th in the standings.[6][9] 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, soon folding.[10]

Long spent the 2014 season racing Pro Late Models at Five Flags Speedway while searching for sponsorship.[11]

On January 28, 2015, it was announced that Long would drive the No. 03 Chevrolet Camaro for Mike Affarano in the Xfinity Series.[12] 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.[13]

Personal life

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In 2016, Long married Kyle Busch Motorsports engineer and fellow short track driver Hunter Robbins.[14] They have two children; Rory and Rhett.[15]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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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 NXSC Pts Ref
2012 ML Motorsports 70 Chevy DAY
21 		PHO LVS
19 		BRI
29 		CAL TEX
20 		RCH
20 		TAL
37 		DAR IOW
22 		CLT
22 		DOV MCH
16 		ROA KEN
19 		DAY
12 		NHA CHI
21 		IND
30 		IOW
13 		GLN CGV BRI
29 		ATL RCH
32 		CHI
21 		KEN
12 		DOV CLT KAN
31 		TEX
36 		PHO HOM
34 		20th 428 [16]
2013 DAY
27 		PHO
40 		LVS
19 		BRI CAL TEX
27 		RCH
15 		TAL
26 		DAR CLT
36 		DOV IOW
12 		MCH
18 		ROA KEN
20 		DAY NHA CHI
20 		IND
27 		IOW
19 		GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH
19 		CHI
26 		KEN
16 		DOV KAN
24 		CLT
17 		TEX
37 		PHO HOM
21 		23rd 414 [17]
2015 Mike Affarano Motorsports 03 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH
DNQ 		TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND 72nd 17 [18]
Obaika Racing 97 Chevy IOW
27 		GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

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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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2010 Billy Ballew Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP
17 		POC NSH
34 		DAR BRI CHI
20 		KEN NHA 47th 586 [19]
Panhandle Motorsports 20 Toyota LVS
36 		MAR
22 		TAL TEX
36 		PHO HOM
20
2011 DAY
32 		PHO
20 		DAR
31 		MAR
18 		NSH
32 		DOV
22 		CLT
20 		KAN
24 		TEX
11 		KEN
36 		IOW NSH
26 		IRP
17 		POC MCH BRI
15 		ATL
31 		CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL
16 		MAR
33 		TEX
18 		HOM 21st 347 [20]

* Season still in progress
1 not eligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(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 ARSC Pts Ref
2009 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW
23 		KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN 65th 450 [21]
D'Hondt Motorsports 19 Toyota CAR
29

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g White, Rea. "Teen driver Johanna Long climbing ranks". FOX Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Pockrass, Bob. "Youngest of six women in trucks in 2010, Johanna Long and Caitlin Shaw hoping for more races in '11". Scene Daily. Retrieved 6 December 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b c "2010 Camping World Truck Series statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b Secola, Jamie (December 6, 2010). "Johanna Long wins Snowball Derby". Pensacola News Journal. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Johanna Long to run for truck rookie title in 2011". SceneDaily. Nascar Illustrated. January 24, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  6. ^ a b "Johanna Long lands Nationwide Series deal". Pensacola News Journal. Gannett. January 5, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  7. ^ Heist, Bob (March 5, 2012). "It's Round II for Johanna Long". Pensacola News-Journal. Pensacola, Florida. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  8. ^ Maine, D'Arcy (March 3, 2012). "Johanna Long's quiet but historic Nationwide debut". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  9. ^ Demmons, Doug (January 5, 2012). "Johanna Long graduates to NASCAR's Nationwide Series". The Birmingham News. al.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  10. ^ Vilona, Bill (December 5, 2013). "Johanna Long faces uncertain future". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, FL. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  11. ^ James, Brant (August 28, 2014). "For Popular Driver Johanna Long, It's A Long Road Back To NASCAR". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  12. ^ "Mike Affarano Motorsports Teams Up With Johanna Long". Johanna Long Blog. Salisbury, North Carolina)). January 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  13. ^ "Iowa XFINITY Series Entry List". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  14. ^ Weaver, Matt (June 20, 2016). "NASCAR: Long faces career crossroad". Racer. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  15. ^ "Johanna Robbins has seen her life change as a mom, but desire to race remains". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Johanna Long – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  17. ^ "Johanna Long – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  18. ^ "Johanna Long – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "Johanna Long – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  20. ^ "Johanna Long – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  21. ^ "Johanna Long – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural
 Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series Champion
2009 		Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by Snowball Derby Winner
2010 		Succeeded by
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