Carl Long loses car, but not sense of humor.

[Long Live #3]

http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/02/22/clong_rockingham/index.html

A horrific accident cost him his only race car, but he remained good-natured about the incident. "Next thing I knew, I saw the people on the backstretch in the bleachers up there eatin' chicken," he said.

[Amsoil_Dealer]

I saw his quotes in the paper this morning too and I hought that was pretty cool. The poor guy was an innocent victim of a Nascar regular's mistake, looses his only car, and can joke about it. I like that....He has proven to be a pretty good driver too as eveidenced by his Bucsh qualifying effort last Friday. He did win over $50K for his 40th or so finish so maybe he can get a deal on someone else's "used" car.

Don

[Bigdogjim]

NASCAR needs more drivers like that!!

Great story.

Hope some Company pick's up his ride!:)

[troopcar]

I felt so bad for him when I saw his wild crash while watching the race on TV. But, within a matter of minutes, he was out and being interviewed live. This tells me that:

1. Carl Long keeps an amazingly good attitude under extreme adversity.

2. These cars are built to be amazingly safe!

I agree with Bigdog: He deserves a sponsor.

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troopcar