Earnhardt began his professional career at the Winston Cup in 1975, making his debut at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina in the longest race on the Cup circuit, the World 600.

Cannon is also ( still ) the longest serving Republican House of Representatives member ever, the second longest serving Republican member of congress ever, as well as first member of congress, of either party, ever to surpass 40 years of service ( non-consecutive ), ending his career with 46 years of cumulative congressional service, a record that held until 1959.

At three hours, twenty-seven minutes ( 207 minutes ), Seven Samurai would be the longest picture of Kurosawa's career.

According to the statistical record used by CricketArchive, Grace's final first-class appearance in 1908 was his 870th and concluded a first-class career that had lasted 44 seasons from 1865 to 1908, equalling the record for the longest career span held by John Sherman, who played from 1809 to 1852.

As most teams already had drivers signed for 1994, Patrese opted for retirement and brought the longest F1 career in history to a conclusion.

He then put his stage career on the back burner to concentrate on film, although he received a third Tony Award nomination when he reprised his Hamlet under John Gielgud's direction in 1964 in a production that holds the record for the longest run of the play in Broadway history ( 136 performances ).

In the Second Test at Peshawar, Taylor played the longest innings of his career.

At one stage, Bradman went 13 first-class innings without a century, the longest such spell of his career, prompting suggestions that Bodyline had eroded his confidence and altered his technique.

Kernahan went on to become the club's longest serving captain and leading career goalkicker ( 738 goals ), and Bradley became the club games record holder ( 375 games ); Motley's career was unfortunately cut short by a non-fatal car accident in 1987.

Carlos Ruben Ortiz shared the anchor slot at 6 p. m. with then newcomer Guillermo José Torres, a former radio announcer born in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico who has since become the longest standing news announcer in the island, with a career spanning more than 36 years.

Björk had the longest career out of any of the members-she had recorded an album as early as 11 years old, and in her late teens, she joined the Icelandic post-punk band Tappi Tikarrass, who released two albums before splitting in 1983.

His post-accident career has been referred to as the " longest suicide in Hollywood history " because of his alleged, subsequent abuse of painkillers and alcohol.

He finished the campaign with Florida records for rushing yards in a season ( 1, 599 ), rushing yards in a single game ( 316 versus New Mexico in October 1989 ), longest rushing play ( 96 yards against Mississippi State in 1988 ), career rushing yards ( 3, 928 ), and career rushing touchdowns ( 36 ), among many others.

McMahon battled injuries for the rest of his career although at one point between the 1984 and 1987 seasons, he won 22 consecutive regular-season ( 25 including playoffs, & The Super Bowl ) starts, the longest " regular season winning streak " by an NFL quarterback at the time, now held by Peyton Manning, who won 23 in 2009 ( but lost a Super Bowl during his " winning streak ").

After Planeta Paulina, Rubio took the longest break of her career.

His Five Nations career of 15 years, 23 days is the longest in history, a record shared with fellow Ireland great Mike Gibson.

In the game, 25-year veteran Lui Passaglia ended the longest career in CFL history by kicking what was ultimately the game-winning field goal.

He had the longest hitting streak of his career during the 1950 season — a 30-game stretch that ended on July 27.

Lalime would go on to set an NHL record with the longest unbeaten streak to begin a career ( 16 games with a 14 – 0 – 2 record ) before suffering his first defeat on January 23, a 4 – 3 OT loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

During the course of his career, he held the second longest scoreless streak in NCAA history and held an unofficial record of 55 shutouts.

Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, making six spaceflights over the course of 42 years of active NASA service, becoming the first person to make six spaceflights ; and is the only person to have piloted four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command / Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle.

With written attestations appearing since the Bronze Age, in the form of the Anatolian languages and Mycenaean Greek, the Indo-European family is significant to the field of historical linguistics as possessing the longest recorded history after the Afroasiatic family.

In particular, the country is a leader in the field of high-speed rail, having developped the secong longest network in the world ( only behind China ) and leading high-speed projects with Spanish technology around the world.

First Miami defeated the Kansas City Chiefs ( winners of Super Bowl IV ), 27 – 24, in the longest game in NFL history with kicker Garo Yepremian's game-winning field goal after 22 minutes and 40 seconds of overtime play.

Then Karlis, whose earlier 48-yard kick had tied Jan Stenerud's Super Bowl record for longest kick made in the Super Bowl, was sent out to try a 23-yard field goal and missed it, setting another, this time infamous, mark of having the shortest missed field goal in Super Bowl history.

The Bills then tied the game, 3-3, with Steve Christie's 54 yard field goal, the longest field goal in Super Bowl history.

At the time, the field goal was the third longest in Super Bowl history.

In 1939, one of the state's longest runways was built at Ephrata and served the U. S. Army Air Corps until 1945, when the field was turned into a commercial airport.

To be undertaken at an intermediate distance between the longest track and field ( 10, 000 meters ) and the classic marathon ( 42. 195 km ), can compete with the best riders if the world in both categories.

It sets a new record as the longest game of rugby league ever played before being decided by a field goal during extra time.

This led to a series of significant developments in the motion picture field: The Kinetograph was then capable of shooting only a 50-foot-long negative ( evidence suggests feet was the longest length actually used ).

* On November 4, 2007, Antonio Cromartie of the San Diego Chargers returned a 57-yard field goal attempt, which was short, 109 yards for a touchdown, which became the longest play in NFL history.

The field originally had three runways, but only the longest is still in use.

He hit the longest measured home runs at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium,, and Baltimore's Memorial Stadium,, and was the first of just four batters to hit a baseball over the left field roof at Detroit's Tiger Stadium.

He kicked the longest field goal in the AFL in consecutive seasons.

On July 3, 1999, Jim Thome hit the longest home run in Jacobs Field history, with a hit to center field.

With the ALCS tied at a game apiece, and trailing 5 – 4 in the bottom of the eighth inning of game three, Munson hit the longest home run of his career, a 475-foot shot off Doug Bird over Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in left-center field, to give the Yankees a 6 – 5 win.

* The stadium was the site of the three longest field goals in Canadian Football League history ( note that Taylor Field is one of the most windy venues in the CFL due to the windy Saskatchewan climate and the structure of the stadium itself ).

A three-time Pro Bowl selection, Elam won two Super Bowl rings with the Broncos and is tied with Tom Dempsey, Sebastian Janikowski, and David Akers for the longest field goal in NFL history at 63 yards.

His 51-yard field goal in Super Bowl XXXII against Green Bay Packers was the second longest in Super Bowl history since Steve Christie of the Buffalo Bills 54 yards field goal in the Super Bowl XXVIII as well as the longest in Broncos postseason history, also he passed the 500-point plateau with his final extra-point attempt at Seattle, becoming only the third Bronco in history to do so and the fastest in terms of games played ( 66 ), also he kicked the game-winning 33-yard field goal in overtime at Buffalo, the second time in his career that Elam had won a game for the Broncos in overtime.

They went 427 minutes without scoring a goal ( the longest streak of offensive impotence of the season ).

This was also his first goal since he scored in a friendly against Saudi Arabia in November 1988, thus making the record for the longest gap between goals for England.

On 25 September 2011, Odd player Jone Samuelsen scored what is claimed to be the longest headed goal ever scored in a match, in a match against Tromsø IL, when he headed the ball from within his own half of the pitch into Tromsø's open goal, the goalkeeper having come forward for a late corner in the match.

Aiken sang an inspirational duet with Chaka Khan, to encourage those who did not believe that Phineas and Ferb could accomplish their goal of circling the globe faster than the sun, thus creating the longest summer day of all time.

On October 25, 1998, Elam kicked a 63-yard field goal to end the first half against the Jacksonville Jaguars, tying Tom Dempsey's 28-year-old record for the longest field goal in NFL history.

Vanderjagt's streak of 42 consecutive successful field goal attempts, the longest in NFL history ( the league does not include postseason or Pro Bowl games when compiling streaks ), ended on September 9, 2004 when he missed a 48-yard attempt against the New England Patriots.