Johanna Robbins | |||||||
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Born | Johanna Long May 26, 1992 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2009 Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series Champion 2010 Snowball Derby Winner 2008 Lee Fields Memorial Winner | ||||||
Awards | 2009 Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
42 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2015 position | 72nd | ||||||
Best finish | 20th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2012 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
24 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 21st (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2010 AAA Insurance 200 (IRP) | ||||||
Last race | 2011 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas) | ||||||
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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
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 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
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
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
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ a b c d e f g White, Rea. "Teen driver Johanna Long climbing ranks". FOX Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- ^ 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 ]
- ^ a b c "2010 Camping World Truck Series statistics". Racing Reference. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Johanna Long lands Nationwide Series deal". Pensacola News Journal. Gannett. January 5, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ Heist, Bob (March 5, 2012). "It's Round II for Johanna Long". Pensacola News-Journal. Pensacola, Florida. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Demmons, Doug (January 5, 2012). "Johanna Long graduates to NASCAR's Nationwide Series". The Birmingham News. al.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ Vilona, Bill (December 5, 2013). "Johanna Long faces uncertain future". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, FL. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ^ James, Brant (August 28, 2014). "For Popular Driver Johanna Long, It's A Long Road Back To NASCAR". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
- ^ "Mike Affarano Motorsports Teams Up With Johanna Long". Johanna Long Blog. Salisbury, North Carolina)). January 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ "Iowa XFINITY Series Entry List". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Weaver, Matt (June 20, 2016). "NASCAR: Long faces career crossroad". Racer. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Johanna Robbins has seen her life change as a mom, but desire to race remains". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Johanna Long – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Johanna Long – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Johanna Long – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Johanna Long – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Johanna Long – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "Johanna Long – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
External links
- Johanna Robbins driver statistics at Racing-Reference