Johanna Robbins Explained

Johanna Robbins
Birth Date:26 May 1992
Birth Place:Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Birth Name:Johanna Long
Achievements:2010 Snowball Derby winner
Total Busch Races:42
Years In Busch:3
Prev Busch Pos:72nd
Prev Busch Year:2015
Best Busch Pos:20th (2012)
First Busch Race:2012 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Last Busch Race:2015 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Busch Wins:0
Busch Top Tens:0
Busch Poles:0
Total Truck Races:24
Years In Truck:2
Best Truck Pos:21st (2011)
First Truck Race:2010 AAA Insurance 200 (IRP)
Last Truck Race:2011 WinStar World Casino 350K (Texas)
Truck Wins:0
Truck Top Tens:0
Truck Poles:0
Updated:August 1, 2015

Johanna Robbins (; born May 26, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She is the winner of the 2010 Snowball Derby.

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. In 38 events, she had 27 top ten finishes, 17 top fives and five wins. Long ended 2009 by winning the pole position in the Snowball Derby, one of the few late model races in the off-season, which features drivers from around the United States.

She was expected to race in three Camping World races in 2010 but ended up racing in seven events. She raced in the Billy Ballew Motorsports truck in the middle of the season 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. 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. 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.

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233PtsRef
2012ML Motorsports70ChevyDAY
21
PHOLVS
19
BRI
29
CALTEX
20
RCH
20
TAL
37
DARIOW
22
CLT
22
DOVMCH
16
ROAKEN
19
DAY
12
NHACHI
21
IND
30
IOW
13
GLNCGVBRI
29
ATLRCH
32
CHI
21
KEN
12
DOVCLTKAN
31
TEX
36
PHOHOM
34
20th428[16]
2013DAY
27
PHO
40
LVS
19
BRICALTEX
27
RCH
15
TAL
26
DARCLT
36
DOVIOW
12
MCH
18
ROAKEN
20
DAYNHACHI
20
IND
27
IOW
19
GLNMOHBRIATLRCH
19
CHI
26
KEN
16
DOVKAN
24
CLT
17
TEX
37
PHOHOM
21
23rd414[17]
2015Mike Affarano Motorsports03ChevyDAYATLLVSPHOCALTEXBRIRCH
DNQ
TALIOWCLTDOVMCHCHIDAYKENNHAIND72nd17[18]
Obaika Racing97ChevyIOW
27
GLNMOHBRIROADARRCHCHIKENDOVCLTKANTEXPHOHOM

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425PtsRef
2010Billy Ballew Motorsports15ToyotaDAYATLMARNSHKANDOVCLTTEXMCHIOWGTYIRP
17
POCNSH
34
DARBRICHI
20
KENNHA47th586[19]
Panhandle Motorsports20ToyotaLVS
36
MAR
22
TALTEX
36
PHOHOM
20
2011DAY
32
PHO
20
DAR
31
MAR
18
NSH
32
DOV
22
CLT
20
KAN
24
TEX
11
KEN
36
IOWNSH
26
IRP
17
POCMCHBRI
15
ATL
31
CHINHAKENLVSTAL
16
MAR
33
TEX
18
HOM21st347[20]

Season still in progress
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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021PtsRef
2009Venturini Motorsports25ChevyDAYSLMCARTALKENTOLPOCMCHMFDIOW
23
KENBLNPOCISFCHITOLDSFNJESLMKAN65th450[21]
D'Hondt Motorsports19ToyotaCAR
29

Notes and References

  1. Web site: White. Rea. Teen driver Johanna Long climbing ranks. FOX Sports. December 6, 2010.
  2. Web site: Pockrass. Bob. Youngest of six women in trucks in 2010, Johanna Long and Caitlin Shaw hoping for more races in '11. Scene Daily. 6 December 2010.
  3. Web site: 2010 Camping World Truck Series statistics. Racing Reference. 6 December 2010.
  4. News: Secola. Jamie. Johanna Long wins Snowball Derby. https://archive.today/20130201025941/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/pnj/access/2205230431.html?FMT=ABS&date=Dec+06,+2010. dead. February 1, 2013. 6 December 2010. Pensacola News Journal. December 6, 2010.
  5. Web site: Johanna Long to run for truck rookie title in 2011. January 24, 2011. SceneDaily. Nascar Illustrated. 2011-02-19.
  6. Web site: Johanna Long lands Nationwide Series deal. January 5, 2012. Pensacola News Journal. Gannett. 2012-01-05.
  7. Web site: It's Round II for Johanna Long. Heist. Bob. March 5, 2012. Pensacola News-Journal. 2012-03-06. Pensacola, Florida.
  8. Web site: Johanna Long's quiet but historic Nationwide debut . Maine . D'Arcy . March 3, 2012 . ESPN . 2012-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307023838/http://espn.go.com/espnw/more-sports/7642681/in-danica-patrick-shadow-johanna-long-makes-historic-nationwide-debut . March 7, 2012 .
  9. Web site: Johanna Long graduates to NASCAR's Nationwide Series. Demmons. Doug. January 5, 2012. The Birmingham News. al.com. 2012-01-05.
  10. Web site: Johanna Long faces uncertain future. Vilona. Bill. December 5, 2013. Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, FL. 2013-12-05.
  11. Web site: For Popular Driver Johanna Long, It's A Long Road Back To NASCAR. James. Brant. August 28, 2014. ESPN. 2014-08-28.
  12. Web site: Mike Affarano Motorsports Teams Up With Johanna Long. January 28, 2015. Johanna Long Blog. 2015-01-28. Salisbury, North Carolina)).
  13. Web site: Iowa XFINITY Series Entry List. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150728013125/http://www.jayski.com/news/nxs/2015/entries/story/_/page/NXS-2015-19-Iowa-Entry-List. July 28, 2015. dead.
  14. Weaver. Matt. NASCAR: Long faces career crossroad. Racer. June 20, 2016. August 9, 2017.
  15. Web site: Johanna Robbins has seen her life change as a mom, but desire to race remains . Pensacola News Journal . 19 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Johanna Long – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 7, 2023.
  17. Web site: Johanna Long – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 7, 2023.
  18. Web site: Johanna Long – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 7, 2023.
  19. Web site: Johanna Long – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 7, 2023.
  20. Web site: Johanna Long – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 7, 2023.
  21. Web site: Johanna Long – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 7, 2023.