Carl Long happy to be able to return to the race track
By SceneDaily Staff
Friday, October 02, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Carl Long was happy to be back at a race track - even if he was working for a team instead of driving for one.
Long, the part-time Sprint Cup and Nationwide driver, was penalized in May after his engine for the all-star qualifying race was determined to have a displacement of 358.17 cubic inches – 0.17 cubic inches more than NASCAR allows. Long's crew chief, Charles Swing, was also penalized $200,000.
This weekend, Long returned to the track at Kansas Speedway, where he will work as a spotter for Front Row Motorsports Sprint Cup team with driver John Andretti.
"I've paid my debt to society," he said.
As to when he will drive again, Long says that depends on his funding situation. A friend is putting together the "Lets Get Carl Back on Track" fundraiser for Oct. 18 at the Memory Lane Auto Museum in Charlotte. Long will sign autographs at the event, which will also feature door prizes and an auction. Information is available at www.carl-long.com.
If he plans to race, though, Long has to meet the requirements of his "payment plan" with NASCAR.
"We'll keep digging at it," he said. "If we don't get it all, maybe I'll get enough to go run a couple of races. They gave me a payment program, but that's about $20 grand a race until it gets paid off."
In other words, Long must pay $20,000 prior to each race he plans to enter.
He's not complaining, though. Long is pleased to just be back in the garage after settling for working at the shop for weeks.
"I'm just thankful to still have a job and be a part of the team," he said.
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Meg said:
Oct 2, 2009 at 5:47 PMOkay. I started to make my $ 20 contribution and the email came up as tom85racing@hotmail.com ... How is one to know what percentage of the donation will Carl Long get.. Who is Tom85 ?? I backed out of this until I can be sure 100% goes to Carl's racing team. Jeeesh, $ 20,000 a week is outrageous.. WHY?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJRSMOKEFAN said:
Oct 2, 2009 at 5:54 PMI guess Carl can't afford to pay the fine outright. Maybe he shouldn't have cheated in the 1st place.
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Oct 2, 2009 at 8:32 PMhttp://www.carl-long.com/
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgwen_susie388 said:
Oct 2, 2009 at 9:38 PMYes Meg...I saw it on TV and they forgot to say to put the "-" between carl and long. I am glad to see him back!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgalvan18244 said:
Oct 2, 2009 at 11:37 PMpretty dumb, i can see nascar doing what they did to him if he won the race, but didnt he finish like last place?? so even if he was trying to cheat(i dont think he was) what good did it do????
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJRSMOKEFAN said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 1:58 AMIt doesn't really matter if he tried or didn't try to. The fact is that he did. He needs all the help he can get just to qualify and finish 43rd. NASCAR did the right thing.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMattswad2 said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 6:05 AMMeg, Tom is the webmaster for Carl Long's site. I have donated & purchased several items from his website in the past & can assure you that 100% of all the proceeds go directly to Carl himself. He often posts on the message boards on his site and the whole page is done for free by a crew of volunteer fans dating back to 2000.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporttinynascarfan said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 8:47 AMhey JRSMOKEFAN-u r n id i ut, hope you got that
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSheilaLovesNASCAR said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 2:22 PMDidn't Carl purchase the engine from someone else? So, why wasn't the engine builder fined, instead of Carl? I don't understand the severity of the penalty when he didn't even build the engine. He just purchased it.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporthvtestman said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 2:57 PMMy understanding of the incident was that the engine blew during practice. He never even got to attempt to qualify for the race. If that is wrong please correct me. If correct, why would NA$CAR pick on him in the first place? Oh that's right, eliminate all the little guys!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 3:30 PMrules are rules, but nascar blew this one
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» Confirm Abuse Reportteema said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 6:50 PM#10...You are right...the engine blew during practice...before qualifying....#11...You are right also...NASCAR blew this one...among others things they have screwed up
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» Confirm Abuse Reportmanzytrophygirl said:
Oct 3, 2009 at 7:55 PMGO CARL!!! So glad to see him back at the track...even as a spotter...thanks #7 for explaining Tom to those who do not know him...a great guy.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportrmdunn3 said:
Oct 4, 2009 at 6:10 PMI'm so happy for Carl, things seem to be turning around for him and I hope the fundraiser along with all the other donations (from people backing him)get him back on track sooner rather than later.
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