Johanna Long to race the entire 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

[dpkimmel2001]

Snowball Derby winner Johanna Long and Panhandle Motorsports announces plans to race the entire 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) schedule, beginning with the first four NASCAR-sanctioned events. 18-year-old driver from the Panhandle stable, Johanna Long - fresh off a successful learning season in the NCWTS and a confidence-building historic win at the 43rd Annual Snowball Derby - will pilot the No. 20 Panhandle Motorsports Toyota Tundra. Long, the youngest female Derby champion and only the second to win the prestigious “Superbowl of Short Track Racing” trophy, is returning to the NCWTS with two goals in mind - to continue to gain experience at the 25 Series tracks, many of which are a first time for the young driver; and to race for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2011. She will begin by cutting her teeth at some of the most challenging tracks of the Series - Daytona International Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway, Darlington Raceway and Martinsville Speedway.

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[Magicmiler]

Let's hope she fares better than Jennifer Jo Cobb did last season,whom I am kinda fond of. Met her @NHMS last fall and was pleasantly suprised.
Young talent of any kind is always a welcome addition to Racing!

 

[HoneyBadger]

Jo is an enormous talent. I hope she has success.

 

[John Galt]

She has some local money behind her and, the last I heard, "Cowboy" Starling (Rick Crawford's long-time crew chief) was going to be on the pit box for her. I also wish her well. I've seen her driver several time locally and she's a good little driver who uses her head and not just her right foot.