Carl Long News

Hendrick cars have been under the microscope the first few weeks of the Chase. They have come up clean, but that has not stopped fans from crying foul.

Carl Long was happy to be back at a race track - even if he was working for a team instead of driving for one.

Jeremy Mayfield wins a temporary injuction against a Nascar suspension that will allow him to race again in Sprint Cup.

The only question I have is, did Charles Strang see his shadow, thereby guaranteeing us six more weeks of rain? Punxsutawney Charlie is deep into his 80s now, which means old friends and associates occasionally must wonder about his well-being. Thankfully, Charlie, by all accounts a great guy, pokes his head out of his Illinois home about once a ...

Rangers name owner's suite after Bush. Nascar driver is still parked NASCAR low-budget, long-shot driver Carl Long had his suspension reduced from a record 12 races to eight, but his record $200,000 fine remains.

Carl Long's suspension has been reduced from a record 12 to eight races, but his record $200,000 fine remains.

Carl Long made an appearance on the Speed TV show Wind Tunnel. The link has up the conversation in text.

On June 2, 2009, the National Stock Car Racing Commission heard and considered the appeal of 3 penalties issued by NASCAR relative to the #146 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car following inspection of the cara s engine on May 16, 2009 for an event at Lowea s Motor Speedway.

These last few weeks have been very difficult for Carl Long ever since NASCAR hit him with the largest penalties in the sport's history after NASCAR's All-Star weekend.

NASCAR has suspended Carl Long for 12 races and fined his crew chief $200,000. Wayne Ebinger NASCAR Scene COMMENTARY Let's say a struggling Major League Baseball player picks up a corked bat and uses it in a game.

NASCAR driver Carl Long says he lost his appeal Tuesday of a 12-race suspension and penalty.

Growing up in central North Carolina, a stone's throw from the Virginia border, all Carl Long ever wanted to do was race cars.

NASCAR has a "town hall meeting" scheduled with its drivers next week. The sport's longtime rival, Bruton Smith, held one of his own Saturday.

Nearly 26 years ago at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Petty won a race. He was later fined $35,000 and docked 104 points due to running an engine that was comfortably over the size limit.

Driver Carl Long was suspended by NASCAR on Wednesday for 12 Sprint Cup races after his car's engine was found to have exceeded specifications at Lowe Motor Speedway last weekend.

Major Carl Long news and more.... Carl Long and his team have picked up the biggest NASCAR fine ever as NASCAR says the engine used in #46 Sprint Cup at the All-star-Race was too big.

Earlier this week, I explained that I had chosen to focus on NASCAR for this week's blog because they had been in the news quite a bit lately.

Peel away the talk about Jeremy Mayfield's positive drug test. Move beyond the record fine NASCAR handed Carl Long this week for an oversized engine.

Carl Long issued a statement today saying he plans to appeal the 12-race suspension that NASCAR imposed on him for having an engine that was 0.17 cubic inches more than allowed.

The Frontstretch: What's Vexing Vito: Carl Long's Suspension and Fines A Cover Up For Mayfield Drug Test Fiasco? by Vito Pugliese -- Thursday May 21, 2009 Do any of you remeber that Robert Deniro and Dustin Hoffman movie, Wag The Dog ? The plot of the movie was that in order to cover up a sex scandal involving the President prior to an election, a ...