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Not sure if he does this full time or what, but Carl Long whose WC career is on hold is still driving for dollars at NASCAR tracks. In the transporter rig competition.
The International Truck Challenge is a four-event competition for Winston Cup transporter drivers - those who drive the tractor-trailer rigs that haul the race cars and parts that put on the show from the shops to the tracks and back each week. It is a long, grueling season for the hauler drivers, and International provides them with an opportunity to show off their skills in public at four race tracks throughout the season. The drivers are required to drive an International semi-tractor attached to a 53-foot trailer through a series of complicated maneuvers. Their score is based on the precision in which they complete each task. Barry Sheppard, hauler driver of the #21 Motorcraft Racing Ford team, won $26,000 on a gray, chilly morning in Atlanta last November. Sheppard is in the middle of this year's competition, and has the series returns to Chicago. This weekend's competition at Chicagoland Speedway marks the third of four events this year. Sheppard won the first, at Texas, recording a perfect score of 200 and completing the course in an event-best 1 minute, 14 seconds. He did not fair as well at the second, at Charlotte, and finished toward the bottom - despite again recording the fastest time - when a miscue cost him valuable points. Carl Long (yes the Cup/BGN driver won at Charlotte/Lowes). The finale' will be held in Atlanta in October.
The International Truck Challenge is a four-event competition for Winston Cup transporter drivers - those who drive the tractor-trailer rigs that haul the race cars and parts that put on the show from the shops to the tracks and back each week. It is a long, grueling season for the hauler drivers, and International provides them with an opportunity to show off their skills in public at four race tracks throughout the season. The drivers are required to drive an International semi-tractor attached to a 53-foot trailer through a series of complicated maneuvers. Their score is based on the precision in which they complete each task. Barry Sheppard, hauler driver of the #21 Motorcraft Racing Ford team, won $26,000 on a gray, chilly morning in Atlanta last November. Sheppard is in the middle of this year's competition, and has the series returns to Chicago. This weekend's competition at Chicagoland Speedway marks the third of four events this year. Sheppard won the first, at Texas, recording a perfect score of 200 and completing the course in an event-best 1 minute, 14 seconds. He did not fair as well at the second, at Charlotte, and finished toward the bottom - despite again recording the fastest time - when a miscue cost him valuable points. Carl Long (yes the Cup/BGN driver won at Charlotte/Lowes). The finale' will be held in Atlanta in October.
