Patrick Long

Patrick Brian Long (born July 28, 1981) is an American professional racing driver. He has competed in Pirelli World Challenge and the FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

Long is one of eighteen Porsche factory racing drivers, and the only American to hold that distinction.

Racing career Sports car racing

Following a successful career in karts and the open wheel ladder system, Thousand Oaks-born Long caught the eye of Red Bull, and was included in the inaugural Red Bull Formula 1 Driver Search. During that test, he came to the attention of Porsche, for whom he has driven — first as a Junior driver, then as a Factory driver, since 2003. Long has had notable success racing for Porsche, including class wins at all four sportscar "classics" - the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2005, 2007), the Rolex 24 At Daytona (2009), Petit Le Mans (2005, 2006, 2007) and the Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring (2005).

Long is a three-time American Le Mans Series driver's champion, winning the GT2/GT class in 2005, 2009 and 2010, and won the Pirelli World Challenge Driver's Championship in 2011 and 2017. Additionally, he was part of the driving trio that claimed the first international competition victory for the innovative Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, in the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai, China. From 2006 to 2008, Long drove for Penske Racing in a Porsche RS Spyder, culminating in an LMP2 class victory and second place overall at the 2008 Petit Le Mans.

In 2015, Long led the Dempsey-Proton team to success in the FIA World Endurance Championship, co-driving with Marco Seefried and Patrick Dempsey, notably scoring a second place finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and helping secure Dempsey's first professional racing victory in the GTE-AM class at Fuji, in Japan.

For 2016, Long raced twin programs: again in the FIA WEC in No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR with Khaled Al Qubaisi and David Heinemeier Hansson, as well as a full-season attack on the Pirelli World Challenge with Wright Motorsports.

Long has also made two starts in the Australian V8 Supercar Series — in 2010 for Garry Rogers Motorsport Fujitsu Racing where he finished fourth and eleventh in the dual races at the Gold Coast, and in 2011 for Walkinshaw Bundaberg Racing where he finished fifth and seventeenth in dual races.

NASCAR Patrick has made starts in various NASCAR racing series, including one start in the Sprint Cup (Watkins Glen, 2012) where he finished 42nd due to brake issues, and one in Nationwide Series (2010, Road America) where he finished fourteenth after starting sixth leading two laps in a D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Toyota. Long also competed five races in K&N Pro Series East between 2009 and 2010, four races in ovals, where his best finish was fifth at Tri-County Motor Speedway but his most successful start came at road course: on June 6, 2009, Long was leading the K&N Pro Series' race at Watkins Glen on the last lap before being passed in the final turn. He also competed in NASCAR K&N Pro Series West just two weeks later, Long was in second place on the last lap of the K&N Pro Series West race at Infineon Raceway when he made contact with the leader (Joey Logano) who spun out. Although Long took the checkered flag first, he was stripped of the win by NASCAR due to contact and placed at the tail end of the lead lap. After the penalty, Long finished 23rd after having started on the pole. Later that season, he took a convincing first victory at Utah Motorsports Campus, in Salt Lake City. In 2010, Long won the NASCAR West event at Portland. He also was leading once again at Utah when a flat tire ended his day with three laps remaining. Long also competed in ovals, like Irwindale Speedway, Iowa Speedway and Phoenix in the West Series, between 2009 and 2010, but he finished fourth, fifteenth and eighteenth respectively. Long also attempted the 2012 race of K&N Pro Series West at Utah Motorsports Campus, but due to engine issues, he withdrew. Long also has one ARCA Racing Series start in 2009, where he took pole position and victory after led 46 of 67 laps at NJMP after a race long scrap with Parker Kligerman.

Personal life Long's younger brother, Kevin "Spanky" Long, is a professional skateboarder.

Motorsports career results 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2004 White Lightning Racing Jörg Bergmeister Sascha Maassen Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 327 10th 1st 2005 Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing Jörg Bergmeister Timo Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 331 11th 2nd 2006 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Seth Neiman Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 309 18th 4th 2007 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 320 15th 1st 2008 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 26 DNF DNF 2009 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 265 DNF DNF 2010 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GT2 321 17th 5th 2011 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTEPro 310 18th 6th 2012 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Marco Holzer Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTEPro 114 DNF DNF 2013 Dempsey Del Piero-Proton Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTEAm 305 28th 4th 2014 Dempsey Racing-Proton Patrick Dempsey Joe Foster Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 329 24th 5th 2015 Dempsey-Proton Racing Patrick Dempsey Marco Seefried Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 330 22nd 2nd 2016 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi David Heinemeier Hansson Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 330 28th 3rd 2017 Proton Competition Mike Hedlund Abdulaziz Al Faisal Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 329 37th 9th 2018 Proton Competition Tim Pappas Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 334 29th 4th 2019 Dempsey-Proton Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm - WD WDSource:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

American Le Mans Series results (key)

IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamCarEngineClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank PointsRef 2014 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTLM DAY SEB LBH LAG WGI MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 6th 303 2015 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTLM DAY SEB LGA LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR AUS PET 16th 80 2016 Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTD DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 26th 52 2017 CORE Autosport Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTD DAY SEB LBH AUS BEL WGL MOS 29th 90 Alegra Motorsports LIM ELK VIR LAG Riley Motorsports - WeatherTech Racing PET 2018 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTD DAY SEB MOH DET WGI MOS LRP ELK VIR LAG PET 7th 263 2019 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTD DAY SEB MOH DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LAG PET 11th 193 2020 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTD DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MOH CLT PET LGA SEB 2nd 284 2021 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 GTD DAY SEB MOH DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 4th 2943 Source:

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2010 D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports 90 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA14 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 104th 126

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts Ref 2009 Dave Davis Motorsports 03 Chevy GRE6 TRI5 IOW SBO GLN4* NHA9 TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV 20th 613 2010 GRE7 SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE JFC NHA DOV 46th 146

K&N Pro Series West K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Ref 2009 Sunrise Ford Racing 9 Ford CTS AAS PHO MAD IOW DCS SON23 IRW4 PIR MMP1* CNS 22nd 567 Dave Davis Motorsports 03 Dodge IOW15 AAS 2010 Speed Wong Racing 45 Dodge AAS PHO IOW DCS SON IRW PIR1* MRP CNS 30th 411 Sunrise Ford Racing 9 Ford MMP22* AAS PHO18 2012 NDS Motorsports 53 Dodge PHO LHC MMPDNQ S99 IOW BIR LVS SON EVG CNS IOW PIR SMP AAS PHO N/A 0