Dustin Long

Sportswriter

Office phone: 1-800-446-2012

Dustin Long covers the NASCAR Nextel Cup series for the Virginian-Pilot and the papers owned by Landmark, including the Roanoke (Va.) Times and News and Record of Greensboro, N.C. This is his seventh season in this job.

Since graduating from college, he has worked at newspapers in Indiana, Idaho, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia. He's covered most sports, including high schools, college basketball, NHL and NFL. He has covered sports for nearly 20 years.