Darren and Julie Now Proud Parents

Congrats to Darren and Julie on the birth of their first daughter: Mya Grace Long who was born on 08-16-2007 at 11:55 PM. She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz. and had a length of 19.00 inches. She was fast much like her father as she came 3 weeks early but is healthy.

8/10/2007 Limaland Results

Darren posted a strong 4th place finish at Limaland Motorsports Park.

NRA Sprint Invaders B-Main #1 1) Cody Runion 2) Scott Carter 3) Bob Gehr Jr. 4) Duane Zablocki 5) Kevin Lee 6) Luke Hall 7) Brent Gehr 8) Mark Pridemore 9) Brad Keckler 10) Dustin Keegan 11) Bob Carman 12) Dallas Hewitt

NRA Sprint Invaders B-Main #2 1) Jared Horstman 2) Dennis Yoakam 3) Stuart Brubaker 4) Chad Gullet 5) Jeff Williams 6) Cap Henry 7) Bobby Clark 8) Dave Miller 9) Cory Seeling 10) Aaron Moloney 11) Randy Fusi

EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders Feature: 1. Mike Brecht 2. Phil Gressman 3. Dale Blaney 4. Darren Long 5. Mike Dussel 6. Mike Miller 7. Dustin Daggett 8. Tim Allison 9. Rick Boughan 10. Dennis Yoakam 11. Ron Blair 12. Kent Wolters 13. Todd Heverman 14. Cody Runion 15. Bill Kraylek 16. Bob Gehr jr. 17. Nate Dussel 18. Scott Carter 19. Jared Horstman 20. Stuart Brubaker 21. Ryan Grubaugh 22. Mike Dunlap

Race Recap:

Limaland Motorsports Park’s annual NRA/305 Challenge found 39 sprint cars ready to do battle for the bullring’s supremacy. It was, in many respects, a battle of cubic inches on an extremely racey track. The battle that ensued ended up resembling a UFC cage match between two of the heaviest hitters in the game. Last week’s winner, Mike Brecht, used his front row starting spot to lead the first 10 laps as the likes of Dale Blaney, Darren Long, Mike Dussel, and current EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders points championship leader, Phil Gressman, sorted out who would challenge for the win. For Brecht, it was very simple; fly down the straightaways and turn left when you get to the wall! Gressman was able to show Brecht his nose a couple of times but Brecht never surrendered the lead.

17th Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals

Darren came to race at the 360 Knoxville Nationals. He ran well in the time trials each night won 1 B-Main and made 3 A-Mains in which he finished 14th twice and 13th. Darren would have liked to have done even better but considering there were over 60 drivers each night, those finishes were above average. See Darren's website for the complete results or the Knoxville Raceway website.

7/27/2007 World of Outlaws at I-96 Speedway

Darren got the opportunity to run with the big boys in Michigan on Friday night and had some fun trading paint with Steve Kinser on the home stretch in the B-Main before finishing 5th and less than a second out of 4th place and a trip into the A-Main. Overall, Darren was grateful for the opportunity and raced well enough that he may get a few more opportunities before the year is out to run this same car on the World of Outlaws.