James Carlyle Long (born September 20, 1967)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver, mechanic, and team owner.

He was a crew chief at Front Row Motorsports for Eric McClure and Competition director at Rick Ware Racing.

After competing at various Winston Racing tracks in the 90's, he moved up to the Slim Jim All Pro Series in 1997, grabbing a win at Bristol Motor Speedway in the No.

He ran Bristol again the following year, in the Truck Series posting a career-best ninth place qualifying effort, as well as at Louisville Speedway, where he wrecked very early in the race.

After more struggles in 2000, he finally qualified to make his Cup Series debut in one of its most prestigious races, the Coca-Cola 600.

However, Darrell Waltrip, one of the top drivers in series history, who was retiring at the end of the 2000 season, failed to qualify.

Long would eventually make his Cup debut at Dover, qualifying 42nd but finishing 41st after a crash on lap 12.

In 2002, Long ran for Rookie of the Year, but failed to earn the award mainly due to an incomplete season.

Long was uninjured and returned to the series in the following Cup event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving for fellow independent Hermie Sadler.

00 from McGlynn, Long ran nine races that year, and had a career-best qualifying effort of 20th at Atlanta.

Unfortunately, sponsors wanted 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope to drive the car, which forced McGlynn to release Long.

Long closed out the year running at Homestead-Miami Speedway in a personally owned chassis originally purchased from Petty Enterprises.

He attempted the 2008 Daytona 500 for E&M Motorsports with sponsorship from Millstar and Rhino's Energy Drink, but did not qualify.

He began fielding his own car with Red Line Oil sponsoring in the Nationwide Series, making his first start of the season at Darlington Raceway.

In May 2009, Long was fined $200,000 after his engine was discovered to be 0.17 cubic inches over the regulation size during practice for the Sprint Showdown.

[7][8][9] In May 2017, Long announced he had reached an agreement with NASCAR to allow him to return to the Cup Series garage.

[10] The number was selected as tribute to MBM driver Mark Thompson, while the paint scheme was nearly identical to the No.

In February 2021, Long called Noah Gragson an "over-entitled mouthpiece who did not have the talent to avoid the wreck."

Following the season finale weekend at Phoenix, Long, Starr, and seven team members tested positive for COVID-19.

[11] Long is seen as a 'working man's' driver who never had the family corporate money that many of today's stars in racing have behind them.

* Season still in progress 1 Ineligible for series points (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.