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Sterling Marlin

Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He is the son of late NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin. He is married to Paula and has a daughter, Sutherlin, a son, Steadman, a former NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, and a grandson Stirlin who races for Sterling in Sterling’s No. 114 Super Late Model. Marlin is a member of the NASCAR 75 Greatest Driver’s List.

Sterling Marlin
Marlin in 1996
BornSterling Burton Marlin
(1957-06-30) June 30, 1957 (age 65)
Columbia, Tennessee
Achievements1994, 1995 Daytona 500 winner
1996 Winston 500 winner
1980–1982 Nashville Speedway USA Track Champion
Awards1983 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
1995, 1996 Tennessee Professional Athlete of the Year
2002 Tennessee Professional Athlete of the Year Nominee
Fairgrounds Speedway Hall of Fame (2009)
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
748 races run over 33 years
Best finish3rd (1995, 2001)
First race1976 Music City USA 420 (Nashville)
Last race2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 (Martinsville)
First win1994 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last win2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
10 216 11
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
77 races run over 17 years
Best finish29th (2005)
First race1986 Winn-Dixie 300 (Charlotte)
Last race2008 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)
First win1990 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Last win2000 Cheez-It 250 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 22 1

Career

Beginnings

Marlin attended Spring Hill High School, where he played basketball and football, earning the captain status his senior year while he played quarterback and linebacker. He began his collection of American Civil War artifacts shortly after high school. In 1976, he made his NASCAR debut at Nashville Speedway, filling in for his injured father in the No. 14 H.B. Cunningham Chevrolet. He started 30th and finished 29th after suffering oil pump failure early in the race. He made two more starts in 1978, finishing ninth at World 600 and twenty-fifth at Nashville for Cunningham. He ran Nashville again in 1979, finishing seventeenth. In 1980, he posted two top-tens, eighth in the Daytona 500 for Cunningham, and seventh at Nashville for D.K. Ulrich. From 1980 to 1982, Marlin was a three-time track champion at the historic Nashville Speedway USA.

NASCAR career

1983–1990

 
1983 Rookie of the Year

In 1983, Marlin was hired by Roger Hamby to drive his No. 17 Hesco Exhaust-sponsored Chevrolet. He posted a tenth-place finish at Dover International Speedway and finished 19th in the standings, clinching the Rookie of the Year award. Despite finishing 15th in the 1984 Daytona 500 for Hamby, Marlin spent most of the season running for Sadler Brothers Racing, posting two top-ten finishes. He also competed in one race for Jimmy Means and Dick Bahre respectively. Marlin only made eight starts in 1985, seven of them coming for Sadler, his best finish being 12th at Talladega Superspeedway. He ended his season at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Miller High Life 500, driving the Helen Rae Special. He finished 29th, after suffering flywheel failure.

Marlin moved over to the No. 1 Bull's Eye Barbecue Sauce-sponsored car owned by Hoss Ellington in 1986. His best finish that season came at the Firecracker 400, where he finished second. Marlin got a full-time ride in 1987, when he was hired by Billy Hagan to drive the No. 44 Piedmont Airlines-sponsored Oldsmobile. He had four top-fives and finished 11th in points. The following season, he had seven finishes of eighth or better in the first ten races and finished tenth in the standings. In 1989, the team received sponsorship from Sunoco and switched to the number 94. He tied a career-best 13 top-ten finishes but dropped to 12th in the final standings. He left the team at the end of the 1990 season. During the 1990 season, he won his first career Busch Series race at Charlotte, driving the No. 48 Diamond Ridge-sponsored Chevrolet owned by Fred Turner.

1991–1997

 
1997 car at Pocono

Marlin signed to drive the No. 22 Maxwell House-sponsored Ford Thunderbird for Junior Johnson in 1991. He had a second-place finish at Daytona to start the season and won two poles at Talladega Superspeedway and the Firecracker 400, and had a total of 7 top fives and 16 top tens, finishing 7th in the standings. The next season, he had 6 top fives, 13 top tens and 5 poles, finishing 10th in the standings. Marlin departed to drive the No. 8 Raybestos-sponsored Ford for Stavola Brothers Racing. In 1993, he had just 1 top five and 8 top tens and fell to 15th in the standings.

Marlin's first career win came in his 279th career start at the 1994 Daytona 500 driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in the No. 4 Kodak-sponsored Chevrolet, the most starts for a driver before his first win before Michael Waltrip's win at the 2001 Daytona 500. In 1994, he had 1 win, 5 top fives and 11 top tens, and rose slightly to 14th in the standings. He went on to win the 500 again in the following year, becoming only one of four drivers to win consecutive Daytona 500s. The other three men that have accomplished that feat were Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Denny Hamlin. He also became the only driver to have his first two career wins at the Daytona 500. Marlin won 2 more times during the 1995 season (at Darlington and Talladega) for a total of 3 wins, 9 top fives, 22 top tens, 472 laps led, an average finish of 9.84, and ranking a career best 3rd in the standings. In 1996, Marlin had 2 wins, 5 top fives, 10 top tens, and finished 8th in the standings. In 1997, he scored just 2 top fives and 6 top tens, and dropped to 25th in the standings, leaving the No. 4 team at year's end.

1998–2006

In 1998, he joined SABCO Racing to drive the No. 40 Coors Light-sponsored Chevrolet. He opened the season by winning the Gatorade 125, a qualifying race for the Daytona 500 but three weeks later, he failed to qualify for the Primestar 500, the first race he had missed since 1986. He finished in the Top 10 six times and had a 13th-place points finish. In 1999, he won his first pole since 1995 at Pocono Raceway, but dropped down to sixteenth in the standings. In 2000, he won his second career Busch Series race, driving SABCO's No. 82 entry at Bristol Motor Speedway. During the season, he lost teammate Kenny Irwin Jr. in a fatal practice crash at New Hampshire International Speedway. After finishing in the Top 10 seven times, he fell back to 19th in the overall standings.

In 2001, SABCO's majority ownership stake was purchased by CART & IndyCar championship owner Chip Ganassi and the team switched to Dodge Intrepids. In his first race with the new team, Marlin won the Gatorade 125 qualifying race at Daytona. Three days later at the Daytona 500, on the final lap, Dale Earnhardt's rear bumper made contact with Marlin in turn 4, causing Earnhardt to crash into the turn 4 wall, an impact that would kill him instantly. In the following days after the race, Marlin and his family received hate mail and death threats from angry fans of Earnhardt as well as the sport in general who felt that Marlin was responsible for Earnhardt's death. He was eventually publicly defended by two of Earnhardt's drivers, his son and race winner Michael Waltrip, and was also cleared of any wrongdoing by NASCAR's investigation into the accident. He won Dodge's first race in its return to NASCAR at Michigan International Speedway, as well as winning the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Charlotte. He tied his career best points finish of third that season. Had the 2004-2013 NASCAR Playoffs points system been in place in 2001, Marlin would have been the 2001 champion.[1] In 2002, Marlin had a strong car at the Daytona 500, and towards the end was battling Jeff Gordon for the lead when they made contact, sending Gordon spinning. NASCAR had then red-flagged the race so it would not finish under caution, and stopped the field momentarily on the backstretch. Concerned about a damaged right front fender, Marlin jumped out of his car and started pulling the fender away from the tire. As working on the car is prohibited during red flag conditions under NASCAR regulations, Marlin was sent to the tail end of the field for the restart. Marlin would finish in 8th.

The following week, Marlin finished second in Rockingham to Matt Kenseth. Marlin took the points lead[2] and did not let it go for the following 24 weeks. For most of that time he held a comfortable lead, which reached triple digits several times. Marlin followed this 2nd-place finish with a win at the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but not without controversy: During the race, Marlin spun while making late race pit stop, causing him to break the pit road speed limit. NASCAR's penalty for being too fast entering pit road was to hold the car in its pit stall for an additional 15 seconds, but the official at Marlin's pit stall was not informed of the penalty until after the crew had released the car. NASCAR determined that they had no precedent for forcing Marlin to return to the pits as his early release was their mistake (and they could not order him to return for a stop and go penalty). Following the incident, NASCAR changed the rule so that all speeding violations are enforced with a drive through penalty (forcing the driver to travel the length of pit road at the speed limit).

After this win, Marlin finished 9th the following week at Atlanta. The week after that, he won the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway, which would be the final win of his Cup career.

 
No. 14 Marlin battles No. 55 Michael Waltrip at the 2006 spring Bristol race.

With a series of strong finishes (seventh at Texas, fifth at Talladega, seventh at California, fourth in June at Pocono, third at Daytona, third at the second Pocono race, sixth at Michigan in August, seventh at Bristol, and fourth at Darlington in the fall), Marlin was still 91 points ahead of second place entering the Chevy Monte Carlo 400 in September. However, Marlin finished that race in last place after an early accident[3] and saw his points lead all but evaporate as Mark Martin, who had entered the race 125 points behind Marlin, gained 116 points and moved into second place in the points as Marlin's lead shrunk to nine points (Jeff Gordon, who had leapfrogged Martin for second place in the standings with a win the week before, also gained on Marlin but dropped to fourth due to the strong finishes from both Martin and Jimmie Johnson, who gained 95 points on Marlin to move into third).[4] At the New Hampshire 300 the next week Marlin lost the points lead as Martin finished four places ahead of him, gaining 15 points.[4] The next week, Marlin dropped to 4th in the standings after a 21st-place finish at Dover.[4]

One week later, at the Protection One 400 at Kansas, Marlin had a hard crash after 147 laps and finished 33rd.[5] He was diagnosed with a cracked vertebra in his neck and would be forced to miss the remaining seven races. Marlin was replaced by Busch Series driver Jamie McMurray, who had recently been signed by Chip Ganassi Racing to drive for the team in the 2003 season. McMurray won the UAW-GM Quality 500 in his second start with Marlin's car, and Marlin telephoned McMurray during the post-race festivities to congratulate him. Marlin ultimately finished 18th in the final season points with eight Top 5s and ten Top 10s. Marlin's injury was the beginning of a struggle for Chip Ganassi Racing to win races on a regular basis - a slump that would last from 2002 towards 2010.

Marlin did not finish in the Top 5 in 2003, but had 11 Top 10 finishes and matched his previous year's finish of 18th in points. He did however come close to a win at the 2003 Sharpie 500 at his hometown in Bristol Tennessee. Marlin controlled the race early and mid-way and appeared to have victory in his hands until he was wrecked by Kurt Busch with less than 150 laps to go. Kurt Busch went on to win the race but apologized in victory lane. Sterling Marlin however was not pleased with Busch in post-race ceremonies, stating "What a bone-headed move. I guess Spencer didn't punch him hard enough.", as a reference to Kurt Busch and Jimmy Spencer's altercation the previous week. Busch would later say in a post-race interview, and later in a 2020 podcast with Dale Earnhardt Jr. that he offered to buy Marlin a six-pack of Coors as a peace offering, but was turned down.

Despite three Top 5s in 2004, he fell to 21st in points. During the 2005 season, Ganassi announced Marlin would be replaced by David Stremme for the 2006 season in order to attract the younger male demographic. It was also said that Richard Childress Racing had offered Marlin a deal to drive the No. 07 Jack Daniels-sponsored Chevrolet, However, Marlin honored his contract with Ganassi and finished out the 2005 season. He did however miss one race-the 2005 Sirius at the Glen to attend the funeral of his father Coo Coo Marlin who died of lung cancer one day before the race. Road ringer Scott Pruett replaced Sterling in the 40 and finished fourth in the race.

He reached as high as 6th in the points standings, but would later fall to 30th in the final standings.

Marlin joined MB2 Motorsports for 2006 to drive the Waste Management Chevy, running with the No. 14 in tribute to his father, Coo Coo Marlin, who died during the 2005 season. Marlin's only Top 10 finish in 2006 was ninth place at Richmond. His 2006 season was shadowed by bad luck and No. 14 finished 36th in owner points.

2007–2010

Marlin was able to qualify via speed for each of the first five races of the 2007 season, his Pep Boys No. 14 team was the only team out of the top 35 from 2006 to do this. Marlin's run in the No. 14 ended on July 17, 2007, when Ginn Racing announced Regan Smith, who had been splitting time with Mark Martin in Ginn's U.S. Army-sponsored No. 01 car, would replace him beginning at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis. He attempted to qualify for two races in 2007, but he failed to qualify for either. He tried to make the Sharpie 500 at Bristol in the No. 78 car as a replacement for Kenny Wallace, and the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega, replacing Mike Wallace in the No. 09 car. However, in November he managed to qualify the No. 09 and drove at Phoenix for a 25th-place finish, and a week later at Homestead finishing 33rd.

Marlin failed to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500 in the No. 09 car, but qualified at Talladega and the following week at Richmond as well. For Darlington, Marlin raced in his old No. 40 car and qualified 14th, and also at the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the No. 40, still in for the injured Dario Franchitti. He finished out the rest of the season driving for Phoenix Racing. In March 2009, Marlin participated in and won the Saturday Night Special, a charity event at Bristol Motor Speedway which included NASCAR Legends. He led the entire event in a car painted similar to the one he drove with Morgan McClure Motorsports, and wearing an older-style Coors Light uniform from his days while driving for Chip Ganassi.

 
No. 09 Cup racecar in 2008

For the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Marlin continued to run a limited schedule in the No. 09 Phoenix Racing Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Chevrolet. His best finish for the 2009 season was 35th at Martinsville, which also proved the last of his 748 career starts.

An announcement was made preceding the Cup Series finale weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway that Marlin would attempt the race in the No. 70 Chevrolet for TRG Motorsports, though Marlin later denied it.

Retirement

Marlin announced his retirement from racing on March 18, 2010, and formerly owned a Chevrolet dealership in Ashland City, Tennessee and a Dodge dealership in Dickson, Tennessee. In 2012, Marlin publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinsonism.[6] He has undergone deep brain stimulation surgical procedures at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as part of his treatment.[7]

Presently

In late 2011, Marlin helped form Tennessee Racing Association, LLC, along with several other drivers (including Chad Chaffin and Mike Alexander) and businessmen, in an effort to preserve Fairgrounds Speedway and allow the track to remain active in the racing community.[8] He is fully retired from NASCAR competition, as well as the Pro Late Model Division at Fairgrounds Speedway.

Television appearances

In 2003, game show Family Feud hosted a NASCAR special with help from then-Family Feud host Richard Karn. Sterling Marlin was one of the drivers who appeared in an episode, along with some crew members from the Coors team. Marlin played against fellow driver Elliott Sadler and the #38 Robert Yates team, winning the game.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 36 NSCC Pts Ref
1976 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV
29
DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 101st 76 [9]
1978 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT
9
NSV RSD MCH DAY NSV
25
POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 69th 226 [10]
1979 RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV
15
POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT 86th 123 [11]
1980 RSD DAY
8
CLT
36
CAR ATL ONT 49th 387 [12]
Jim Stacy Racing 5 Olds DAY
DNQ
RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR
11
NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT
16
TWS RSD MCH DAY
Ulrich Racing 40 Chevy NSV
7
POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR
1981 99 Buick RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV
26
POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 93rd [13]
Marlin Racing 14 Chevy CLT
28
CAR ATL RSD
1982 Billy Matthews Racing 41 Olds DAY
DNQ
RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT
23
MAR CAR ATL RSD NA 0 [14]
1983 Hamby Racing 17 Chevy DAY
34
ATL
31
DAR
11
TAL
41
CLT
19
DAY
16
TAL
21
MCH
29
CLT
40
ATL
16
19th 2980 [15]
Pontiac RCH
18
CAR
13
NWS
22
MAR
12
NSV
11
DOV
10
BRI
18
RSD
25
POC
29
MCH
20
NSV
15
POC
18
BRI
15
DAR
24
RCH
26
DOV
27
MAR
27
NWS
17
CAR
15
RSD
17
1984 10 Chevy DAY
15
RCH 37th 1207 [16]
Bahre Racing 23 Buick CAR
35
ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR
Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Chevy TAL
12
NSV
18
DOV CLT
29
RSD POC
33
MCH DAY
33
TAL
32
MCH
32
DAR
39
RCH DOV MAR CLT
35
NWS CAR ATL
9
RSD
Jimmy Means Racing 52 Pontiac NSV
30
POC
Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Olds BRI
8
1985 Chevy DAY
16
RCH CAR ATL
25
BRI
22
DAR NWS MAR TAL
25
DOV CLT
34
RSD POC MCH DAY
33
POC TAL
12
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 37th 645 [17]
Helen Rae Motorsports 00 Chevy CLT
29
CAR ATL RSD
1986 Ellington Racing 1 Chevy DAY
9
RCH CAR ATL
32
BRI DAR
33
NWS MAR TAL
39
DOV CLT
7
RSD POC MCH DAY
2
POC TAL
4
GLN MCH BRI DAR
37
RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
33
CAR ATL
32
RSD 36th 989 [18]
1987 Hagan Racing 44 Olds DAY
30
CAR
19
RCH
21
ATL
13
DAR
4
NWS
17
BRI
24
MAR
19
TAL
14
CLT
32
DOV
10
POC
15
RSD
9
MCH
18
DAY
16
POC
25
TAL
14
GLN
32
MCH
15
BRI
20
DAR
4
RCH
22
DOV
5
MAR
7
NWS
20
CLT
3
CAR
11
RSD
24
ATL
9
11th 3381 [19]
1988 DAY
8
RCH
5
CAR
3
ATL
20
DAR
5
BRI
8
NWS
16
MAR
2
TAL
6
CLT
27
DOV
11
RSD
9
POC
28
MCH
37
DAY
34
POC
14
TAL
6
GLN
8
MCH
11
BRI
12
DAR
5
RCH
16
DOV
23
MAR
26
CLT
5
NWS
14
CAR
34
PHO
10
ATL
12
10th 3621 [20]
1989 94 DAY
11
CAR
7
ATL
5
RCH
8
DAR
5
BRI
15
NWS
26
MAR
8
TAL
14
CLT
2
DOV
26
SON
40
POC
6
MCH
8
DAY
7
POC
36
TAL
28
GLN
7
MCH
34
BRI
18
DAR
10
RCH
28
DOV
17
MAR
20
CLT
7
NWS
19
CAR
23
PHO
30
ATL
3
12th 3422 [21]
1990 DAY
19
RCH
13
CAR
4
ATL
10
DAR
28
BRI
7
NWS
31
MAR
32
TAL
26
CLT
35
DOV
5
SON
6
POC
9
MCH
18
DAY
5
POC
30
TAL
3
GLN
15
MCH
20
BRI
5
DAR
18
RCH
24
DOV
12
MAR
12
NWS
13
CLT
16
CAR
6
PHO
16
ATL
38
14th 3387 [22]
1991 Junior Johnson & Associates 22 Ford DAY
2
RCH
9
CAR
33
ATL
7
DAR
10
BRI
27
NWS
22
MAR
28
TAL
4
CLT
11
DOV
15
SON
26
POC
8
MCH
13
DAY
8
POC
5
TAL
5
GLN
12
MCH
12
BRI
2
DAR
6
RCH
10
DOV
17
MAR
14
NWS
13
CLT
5
CAR
8
PHO
3
ATL
7
7th 3839 [23]
1992 DAY
35
CAR
15
RCH
7
ATL
17
DAR
22
BRI
32
NWS
8
MAR
2
TAL
4
CLT
22
DOV
14
SON
16
POC
7
MCH
32
DAY
2
POC
11
TAL
2
GLN
16
MCH
7
BRI
15
DAR
28
RCH
21
DOV
33
MAR
7
NWS
5
CLT
16
CAR
5
PHO
9
ATL
7
10th 3603 [24]
1993 Stavola Brothers Racing 8 Ford DAY
9
CAR
28
RCH
31
ATL
12
DAR
21
BRI
20
NWS
9*
MAR
21
TAL
24
SON
12
CLT
24
DOV
33
POC
8
MCH
8
DAY
2
NHA
6*
POC
7
TAL
27
GLN
6
MCH
17
BRI
23
DAR
31
RCH
24
DOV
11
MAR
30
NWS
19
CLT
17
CAR
12
PHO
30
ATL
17
15th 3355 [25]
1994 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
1
CAR
2
RCH
19
ATL
25
DAR
34
BRI
8
NWS
17
MAR
27
TAL
8
SON
29
CLT
15
DOV
8
POC
38
MCH
34
DAY
28
NHA
10
POC
12
TAL
5
IND
14
GLN
26
MCH
34
BRI
6
DAR
5
RCH
13
DOV
30
MAR
7
NWS
31
CLT
36
CAR
14
PHO
3
ATL
40
14th 3443 [26]
1995 DAY
1*
CAR
12
RCH
5
ATL
7
DAR
1
BRI
9
NWS
7
MAR
13
TAL
39
SON
7
CLT
4
DOV
7
POC
4
MCH
7
DAY
2*
NHA
9
POC
18
TAL
1
IND
7
GLN
21
MCH
4
BRI
7
DAR
10
RCH
33
DOV
6
MAR
23
NWS
15
CLT
6
CAR
6
PHO
12
ATL
2
3rd 4361 [27]
1996 DAY
40
CAR
6
RCH
11
ATL
13
DAR
11
BRI
18
NWS
5
MAR
10
TAL
1*
SON
15
CLT
6
DOV
41
POC
11
MCH
3*
DAY
1*
NHA
29
POC
6
TAL
29
IND
39
GLN
11
MCH
33
BRI
18
DAR
8
RCH
21
DOV
17
MAR
31
NWS
11
CLT
4
CAR
13
PHO
27
ATL
15
8th 3682 [28]
1997 DAY
5
CAR
20
RCH
19
ATL
23
DAR
32
TEX
8
BRI
20
MAR
21
SON
26
TAL
39
CLT
40
DOV
10
POC
15
MCH
17
CAL
36
DAY
3
NHA
22
POC
20
IND
43
GLN
13
MCH
43
BRI
10
DAR
40
RCH
39
NHA
39
DOV
27
MAR
39
CLT
20
TAL
38
CAR
9
PHO
27
ATL
11
25th 2954 [29]
1998 Team SABCO 40 Chevy DAY
22
CAR
25
LVS
24
ATL
DNQ
DAR
14
BRI
40
TEX
14
MAR
36
TAL
9
CAL
14
CLT
15
DOV
19
RCH
10
MCH
18
POC
9
SON
7
NHA
35
POC
11
IND
11
GLN
7
MCH
15
BRI
21
NHA
17
DAR
8
RCH
15
DOV
16
MAR
18*
CLT
30
TAL
14
DAY
18
PHO
12
CAR
13
ATL
42
13th 3530 [30]
1999 DAY
32
CAR
37
LVS
15
ATL
18
DAR
16
TEX
9
BRI
14
MAR
13
TAL
25
CAL
16
RCH
18
CLT
40
DOV
29
MCH
22
POC
4
SON
25
DAY
12
NHA
34
POC
28
IND
16
GLN
33
MCH
15
BRI
7
DAR
40
RCH
4
NHA
21
DOV
38
MAR
11
CLT
29
TAL
22
CAR
8
PHO
40
HOM
17
ATL
31
16th 3397 [31]
2000 DAY
24
CAR
15
LVS
18
ATL
12
DAR
21
BRI
10
TEX
34
MAR
24
TAL
8
CAL
32
RCH
29
CLT
19
DOV
31
MCH
10
POC
22
SON
2
DAY
25
NHA
25
POC
42
IND
30
GLN
30
MCH
15
BRI
8
DAR
17
RCH
20
NHA
22
DOV
37
MAR
9
CLT
31
TAL
41
CAR
33
PHO
15
HOM
26
ATL
8
19th 3363 [32]
2001 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge DAY
7
CAR
8
LVS
3
ATL
35
DAR
5
BRI
12
TEX
34
MAR
5
TAL
23*
CAL
9
RCH
11
CLT
15
DOV
6
MCH
3
POC
4
SON
28
DAY
39
CHI
9
NHA
17
POC
16
IND
2
GLN
25
MCH
1
BRI
9
DAR
16
RCH
32
DOV
8
KAN
5
CLT
1*
MAR
10
TAL
17
PHO
34
CAR
11
HOM
5
ATL
2
NHA
2
3rd 4741 [33]
2002 DAY
8*
CAR
2
LVS
1
ATL
9
DAR
1
BRI
19
TEX
7
MAR
12
TAL
5
CAL
7
RCH
11
CLT
11
DOV
13
POC
4
MCH
21
SON
43
DAY
3
CHI
16
NHA
14
POC
3*
IND
27
GLN
30
MCH
6
BRI
7
DAR
4
RCH
43
NHA
21
DOV
21
KAN
33
TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 18th 3703 [34]
2003 DAY
17
CAR
40
LVS
8
ATL
14
DAR
39
BRI
6
TEX
29
TAL
6
MAR
7
CAL
10
RCH
13
CLT
7
DOV
35
POC
6*
MCH
6*
SON
18
DAY
19
CHI
21
NHA
39
POC
10
IND
34
GLN
43
MCH
19
BRI
17
DAR
31
RCH
22
NHA
29
DOV
13
TAL
39
KAN
34
CLT
15
MAR
43
ATL
16
PHO
11
CAR
10
HOM
10
18th 3745 [35]
2004 DAY
37
CAR
4
LVS
18
ATL
16
DAR
14
BRI
4
TEX
26
MAR
9
TAL
31
CAL
27
RCH
15
CLT
39
DOV
29
POC
31
MCH
6
SON
21
DAY
20
CHI
7
NHA
21
POC
15
IND
33
GLN
36
MCH
15
BRI
6
CAL
26
RCH
14
NHA
12
DOV
15
TAL
34
KAN
34
CLT
12
MAR
4
ATL
19
PHO
25
DAR
12
HOM
16
21st 3857 [36]
2005 DAY
8
CAL
15
LVS
35
ATL
16
BRI
11
MAR
6
TEX
5
PHO
26
TAL
34
DAR
41
RCH
23
CLT
39
DOV
32
POC
16
MCH
40
SON
26
DAY
22
CHI
32
NHA
34
POC
28
IND
9
GLN MCH
21
BRI
29
CAL
19
RCH
41
NHA
11
DOV
41
TAL
7
KAN
13
CLT
40
MAR
38
ATL
20
TEX
23
PHO
34
HOM
26
30th 3183 [37]
2006 MB2 Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY
34
CAL
32
LVS
36
ATL
34
BRI
17
MAR
14
TEX
30
PHO
12
TAL
37
RCH
9
DAR
28
CLT
28
DOV
31
POC
42
MCH
24
SON
42
DAY
24
CHI
26
NHA
16
POC
30
IND
31
GLN
39
MCH
29
BRI
32
CAL
29
RCH
30
NHA
25
DOV
31
KAN
20
TAL
40
CLT
11
MAR
21
ATL
20
TEX
40
PHO
36
HOM
37
34th 2854 [38]
2007 Ginn Racing DAY
17
CAL
35
LVS
34
ATL
24
BRI
30
MAR
21
TEX
34
PHO
27
TAL
16
RCH
23
DAR
13
CLT
33
DOV
16
POC
31
MCH
20
SON
43
NHA
24
DAY
40
CHI
23
IND POC GLN MCH 40th 1752 [39]
Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy BRI
DNQ
CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN
Phoenix Racing 09 Chevy TAL
DNQ
CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO
25
HOM
33
2008 DAY
DNQ
CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL
22
RCH
25
DAY
41
CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI
43
CAL RCH
DNQ
NHA DOV KAN TAL
42
CLT MAR
DNQ
ATL TEX PHO
32
HOM
29
51st 482 [40]
Chip Ganassi Racing 40 Dodge DAR
34
CLT
31
DOV POC MCH SON NHA
2009 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY CAL
DNQ
LVS
DNQ
ATL BRI
40
MAR
DNQ
TEX PHO
40
TAL RCH DAR
42
CLT DOV POC
39
MCH
41
SON NHA DAY CHI IND
DNQ
POC
38
GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT
DNQ
MAR
35
TAL TEX PHO HOM 53rd 316 [41]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1980 Jim Stacy Racing Oldsmobile DNQ
Cunningham-Kelley Racing Chevrolet 36 8
1982 Billy Matthews Racing Oldsmobile DNQ
1983 Hamby Racing Chevrolet 33 34
1984 40 15
1985 Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 20 16
1986 Ellington Racing Chevrolet 8 9
1987 Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 10 30
1988 12 8
1989 6 11
1990 21 19
1991 Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 12 2
1992 1 35
1993 Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 14 9
1994 Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 4 1
1995 3 1
1996 3 40
1997 9 5
1998 Team SABCO Chevrolet 3 22
1999 17 32
2000 38 24
2001 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 3 7
2002 13 8
2003 7 17
2004 4 37
2005 18 8
2006 MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 39 34
2007 Ginn Racing Chevrolet 38 17
2008 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet DNQ

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 NNSC Pts Ref
1986 Hagan Racing 69 Olds DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT
29
SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 133rd - [42]
1988 Hagan Racing 44 Olds DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV
23
CLT
11
DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH
14
DOV MAR CLT
21
CAR MAR 46th 445 [43]
1989 48 DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR
39
RCH DOV MAR CLT
25
CAR MAR 77th 134 [44]
1990 Fred Turner Racing DAY
24
RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT
4
DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR
12
RCH DOV
32
MAR CLT
1*
NHA CAR MAR 48th 625 [45]
1992 Fred Turner Racing 10 Chevy DAY
39
CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT
4
DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 73rd 206 [46]
1993 48 Ford DAY
28
CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT
42
DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL
8
IRP MCH
11
NHA BRI DAR
22
RCH
23
DOV ROU CLT
11
MAR CAR HCY 41st 864 [47]
70 ATL
5
1994 4 Chevy DAY
6
CAR RCH ATL
QL
MAR DAR
41
HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT
40
DOV MYB GLN
36
MLW
39
SBO TAL
4*
HCY IRP MCH
18
BRI DAR RCH
34
DOV CLT
7
MAR CAR 44th 810 [48]
1995 22 DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV
36
DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 106th 55 [49]
1996 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV
22
DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 60th 262 [50]
Martin Racing 92 Chevy CLT
3
CAR HOM
1997 DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL
18
NHA NZH CLT
17
69th 285 [51]
Phoenix Racing 4 Chevy DOV
33
SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM
1998 Sterling Marlin Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV
7
DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL
30
NHA NZH CLT
40
DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI
23
DAR RCH DOV CLT
10
GTY CAR ATL HOM 58th 490 [52]
1999 Joe Gibbs Racing 42 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS
33
ATL DAR TEX
DNQ
CAL
DNQ
NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP 54th 777 [53]
Sterling Marlin Racing 14 Chevy NSV
34
BRI
8
TAL MCH
12
BRI
4
DAR
9
RCH DOV CLT CAR
DNQ
MEM
31
PHO HOM
2000 Team SABCO 82 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI
1*
TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH 62nd 525 [54]
01 BRI
5
DAR
7
RCH
43
DOV CLT
DNQ
CAR MEM PHO HOM
DNQ
2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL
37
RCH DOV KAN CLT
21
MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 102nd 152 [55]
2005 FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge DAY
42
CAL
15
MXC LVS
25
ATL
QL
NSH
37
BRI
5
TEX
19
PHO TAL
21
DAR
39
RCH
10
CLT
2
DOV NSH
QL¤
KEN
6
MLW DAY
41
CHI
35
NHA PPR MCH
12
BRI
25
CAL RCH DOV
17
KAN CLT
5
MEM TEX
22
PHO HOM 29th 1985 [56]
12 GTY
12
IRP GLN
2007 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV
15
KAN CLT MEM
26
TEX PHO HOM 106th 203 [57]
2008 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH
22
TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 118th 97 [58]
- Qualified but replaced by Hermie Sadler · - Qualified but replaced by Reed Sorenson · ¤ - Qualified for Johnny Benson Jr.

ARCA SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA SuperCar 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 ASCC Pts Ref
1977 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy TOL DAY QCS BFS NSV FRS TOL SLM AVS TAL
13
TOL SND SLM NA 0 [59]
1978 DAY QCS AVS NSV
3
IMS LOR FRS TAL
21
FRS CMS JEF NA 0 [60]
1979 AVS DAY NSV FRS SLM DSP IMS TAL
16
FRS NA 0 [61]
1982 4 Pontiac NSV
34
DAY TAL FRS CMS WIN NSV TAT TAL FRS BFS MIL SND NA 0 [62]
1992 Blackstock Racing 12 Pontiac DAY FIF TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH
32
DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL 138th - [63]
Results before 1979 may be incomplete.

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref
1996 Pontiac DAY
4
TAL
4
CLT
11
MCH
6
6th 40 [64]
2002 Pontiac DAY
8
CAL
4
CHI
7
IND
7
10th 35 [65]

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External links

  • Sterling Marlin driver statistics at Racing-Reference
  • Sterling Marlin at The Crittenden Automotive Library
Achievements
Preceded by Daytona 500 winner
1994, 1995
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
1983
Succeeded by

sterling, marlin, confused, with, starling, marte, sterling, burton, marlin, born, june, 1957, american, retired, professional, stock, racing, driver, last, competed, jegs, stars, tour, formerly, competed, nascar, series, winning, daytona, 1994, 1995, late, na. Not to be confused with Starling Marte Sterling Burton Marlin born June 30 1957 is an American retired professional stock car racing driver He last competed in the JEGS CRA All Stars Tour He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995 He is the son of late NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin He is married to Paula and has a daughter Sutherlin a son Steadman a former NASCAR Xfinity Series driver and a grandson Stirlin who races for Sterling in Sterling s No 114 Super Late Model Marlin is a member of the NASCAR 75 Greatest Driver s List Sterling MarlinMarlin in 1996BornSterling Burton Marlin 1957 06 30 June 30 1957 age 65 Columbia TennesseeAchievements1994 1995 Daytona 500 winner 1996 Winston 500 winner 1980 1982 Nashville Speedway USA Track ChampionAwards1983 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year1995 1996 Tennessee Professional Athlete of the Year2002 Tennessee Professional Athlete of the Year NomineeFairgrounds Speedway Hall of Fame 2009 Named one of NASCAR s 75 Greatest Drivers 2023 NASCAR Cup Series career748 races run over 33 yearsBest finish3rd 1995 2001 First race1976 Music City USA 420 Nashville Last race2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Martinsville First win1994 Daytona 500 Daytona Last win2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 Darlington Wins Top tens Poles10 216 11NASCAR Xfinity Series career77 races run over 17 yearsBest finish29th 2005 First race1986 Winn Dixie 300 Charlotte Last race2008 Pepsi 300 Nashville First win1990 All Pro 300 Charlotte Last win2000 Cheez It 250 Bristol Wins Top tens Poles2 22 1 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Beginnings 1 2 NASCAR career 1 2 1 1983 1990 1 2 2 1991 1997 1 2 3 1998 2006 1 2 4 2007 2010 2 Retirement 3 Presently 4 Television appearances 5 Motorsports career results 5 1 NASCAR 5 1 1 Sprint Cup Series 5 1 1 1 Daytona 500 5 1 2 Nationwide Series 5 2 ARCA SuperCar Series 5 3 International Race of Champions 6 References 7 External linksCareer EditBeginnings Edit Marlin attended Spring Hill High School where he played basketball and football earning the captain status his senior year while he played quarterback and linebacker He began his collection of American Civil War artifacts shortly after high school In 1976 he made his NASCAR debut at Nashville Speedway filling in for his injured father in the No 14 H B Cunningham Chevrolet He started 30th and finished 29th after suffering oil pump failure early in the race He made two more starts in 1978 finishing ninth at World 600 and twenty fifth at Nashville for Cunningham He ran Nashville again in 1979 finishing seventeenth In 1980 he posted two top tens eighth in the Daytona 500 for Cunningham and seventh at Nashville for D K Ulrich From 1980 to 1982 Marlin was a three time track champion at the historic Nashville Speedway USA NASCAR career Edit 1983 1990 Edit 1983 Rookie of the Year In 1983 Marlin was hired by Roger Hamby to drive his No 17 Hesco Exhaust sponsored Chevrolet He posted a tenth place finish at Dover International Speedway and finished 19th in the standings clinching the Rookie of the Year award Despite finishing 15th in the 1984 Daytona 500 for Hamby Marlin spent most of the season running for Sadler Brothers Racing posting two top ten finishes He also competed in one race for Jimmy Means and Dick Bahre respectively Marlin only made eight starts in 1985 seven of them coming for Sadler his best finish being 12th at Talladega Superspeedway He ended his season at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Miller High Life 500 driving the Helen Rae Special He finished 29th after suffering flywheel failure Marlin moved over to the No 1 Bull s Eye Barbecue Sauce sponsored car owned by Hoss Ellington in 1986 His best finish that season came at the Firecracker 400 where he finished second Marlin got a full time ride in 1987 when he was hired by Billy Hagan to drive the No 44 Piedmont Airlines sponsored Oldsmobile He had four top fives and finished 11th in points The following season he had seven finishes of eighth or better in the first ten races and finished tenth in the standings In 1989 the team received sponsorship from Sunoco and switched to the number 94 He tied a career best 13 top ten finishes but dropped to 12th in the final standings He left the team at the end of the 1990 season During the 1990 season he won his first career Busch Series race at Charlotte driving the No 48 Diamond Ridge sponsored Chevrolet owned by Fred Turner 1991 1997 Edit 1997 car at Pocono Marlin signed to drive the No 22 Maxwell House sponsored Ford Thunderbird for Junior Johnson in 1991 He had a second place finish at Daytona to start the season and won two poles at Talladega Superspeedway and the Firecracker 400 and had a total of 7 top fives and 16 top tens finishing 7th in the standings The next season he had 6 top fives 13 top tens and 5 poles finishing 10th in the standings Marlin departed to drive the No 8 Raybestos sponsored Ford for Stavola Brothers Racing In 1993 he had just 1 top five and 8 top tens and fell to 15th in the standings Marlin s first career win came in his 279th career start at the 1994 Daytona 500 driving for Morgan McClure Motorsports in the No 4 Kodak sponsored Chevrolet the most starts for a driver before his first win before Michael Waltrip s win at the 2001 Daytona 500 In 1994 he had 1 win 5 top fives and 11 top tens and rose slightly to 14th in the standings He went on to win the 500 again in the following year becoming only one of four drivers to win consecutive Daytona 500s The other three men that have accomplished that feat were Richard Petty Cale Yarborough and Denny Hamlin He also became the only driver to have his first two career wins at the Daytona 500 Marlin won 2 more times during the 1995 season at Darlington and Talladega for a total of 3 wins 9 top fives 22 top tens 472 laps led an average finish of 9 84 and ranking a career best 3rd in the standings In 1996 Marlin had 2 wins 5 top fives 10 top tens and finished 8th in the standings In 1997 he scored just 2 top fives and 6 top tens and dropped to 25th in the standings leaving the No 4 team at year s end 1998 2006 Edit In 1998 he joined SABCO Racing to drive the No 40 Coors Light sponsored Chevrolet He opened the season by winning the Gatorade 125 a qualifying race for the Daytona 500 but three weeks later he failed to qualify for the Primestar 500 the first race he had missed since 1986 He finished in the Top 10 six times and had a 13th place points finish In 1999 he won his first pole since 1995 at Pocono Raceway but dropped down to sixteenth in the standings In 2000 he won his second career Busch Series race driving SABCO s No 82 entry at Bristol Motor Speedway During the season he lost teammate Kenny Irwin Jr in a fatal practice crash at New Hampshire International Speedway After finishing in the Top 10 seven times he fell back to 19th in the overall standings In 2001 SABCO s majority ownership stake was purchased by CART amp IndyCar championship owner Chip Ganassi and the team switched to Dodge Intrepids In his first race with the new team Marlin won the Gatorade 125 qualifying race at Daytona Three days later at the Daytona 500 on the final lap Dale Earnhardt s rear bumper made contact with Marlin in turn 4 causing Earnhardt to crash into the turn 4 wall an impact that would kill him instantly In the following days after the race Marlin and his family received hate mail and death threats from angry fans of Earnhardt as well as the sport in general who felt that Marlin was responsible for Earnhardt s death He was eventually publicly defended by two of Earnhardt s drivers his son and race winner Michael Waltrip and was also cleared of any wrongdoing by NASCAR s investigation into the accident He won Dodge s first race in its return to NASCAR at Michigan International Speedway as well as winning the UAW GM Quality 500 at Charlotte He tied his career best points finish of third that season Had the 2004 2013 NASCAR Playoffs points system been in place in 2001 Marlin would have been the 2001 champion 1 In 2002 Marlin had a strong car at the Daytona 500 and towards the end was battling Jeff Gordon for the lead when they made contact sending Gordon spinning NASCAR had then red flagged the race so it would not finish under caution and stopped the field momentarily on the backstretch Concerned about a damaged right front fender Marlin jumped out of his car and started pulling the fender away from the tire As working on the car is prohibited during red flag conditions under NASCAR regulations Marlin was sent to the tail end of the field for the restart Marlin would finish in 8th The following week Marlin finished second in Rockingham to Matt Kenseth Marlin took the points lead 2 and did not let it go for the following 24 weeks For most of that time he held a comfortable lead which reached triple digits several times Marlin followed this 2nd place finish with a win at the UAW DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway but not without controversy During the race Marlin spun while making late race pit stop causing him to break the pit road speed limit NASCAR s penalty for being too fast entering pit road was to hold the car in its pit stall for an additional 15 seconds but the official at Marlin s pit stall was not informed of the penalty until after the crew had released the car NASCAR determined that they had no precedent for forcing Marlin to return to the pits as his early release was their mistake and they could not order him to return for a stop and go penalty Following the incident NASCAR changed the rule so that all speeding violations are enforced with a drive through penalty forcing the driver to travel the length of pit road at the speed limit After this win Marlin finished 9th the following week at Atlanta The week after that he won the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway which would be the final win of his Cup career No 14 Marlin battles No 55 Michael Waltrip at the 2006 spring Bristol race With a series of strong finishes seventh at Texas fifth at Talladega seventh at California fourth in June at Pocono third at Daytona third at the second Pocono race sixth at Michigan in August seventh at Bristol and fourth at Darlington in the fall Marlin was still 91 points ahead of second place entering the Chevy Monte Carlo 400 in September However Marlin finished that race in last place after an early accident 3 and saw his points lead all but evaporate as Mark Martin who had entered the race 125 points behind Marlin gained 116 points and moved into second place in the points as Marlin s lead shrunk to nine points Jeff Gordon who had leapfrogged Martin for second place in the standings with a win the week before also gained on Marlin but dropped to fourth due to the strong finishes from both Martin and Jimmie Johnson who gained 95 points on Marlin to move into third 4 At the New Hampshire 300 the next week Marlin lost the points lead as Martin finished four places ahead of him gaining 15 points 4 The next week Marlin dropped to 4th in the standings after a 21st place finish at Dover 4 One week later at the Protection One 400 at Kansas Marlin had a hard crash after 147 laps and finished 33rd 5 He was diagnosed with a cracked vertebra in his neck and would be forced to miss the remaining seven races Marlin was replaced by Busch Series driver Jamie McMurray who had recently been signed by Chip Ganassi Racing to drive for the team in the 2003 season McMurray won the UAW GM Quality 500 in his second start with Marlin s car and Marlin telephoned McMurray during the post race festivities to congratulate him Marlin ultimately finished 18th in the final season points with eight Top 5s and ten Top 10s Marlin s injury was the beginning of a struggle for Chip Ganassi Racing to win races on a regular basis a slump that would last from 2002 towards 2010 Marlin did not finish in the Top 5 in 2003 but had 11 Top 10 finishes and matched his previous year s finish of 18th in points He did however come close to a win at the 2003 Sharpie 500 at his hometown in Bristol Tennessee Marlin controlled the race early and mid way and appeared to have victory in his hands until he was wrecked by Kurt Busch with less than 150 laps to go Kurt Busch went on to win the race but apologized in victory lane Sterling Marlin however was not pleased with Busch in post race ceremonies stating What a bone headed move I guess Spencer didn t punch him hard enough as a reference to Kurt Busch and Jimmy Spencer s altercation the previous week Busch would later say in a post race interview and later in a 2020 podcast with Dale Earnhardt Jr that he offered to buy Marlin a six pack of Coors as a peace offering but was turned down Despite three Top 5s in 2004 he fell to 21st in points During the 2005 season Ganassi announced Marlin would be replaced by David Stremme for the 2006 season in order to attract the younger male demographic It was also said that Richard Childress Racing had offered Marlin a deal to drive the No 07 Jack Daniels sponsored Chevrolet However Marlin honored his contract with Ganassi and finished out the 2005 season He did however miss one race the 2005 Sirius at the Glen to attend the funeral of his father Coo Coo Marlin who died of lung cancer one day before the race Road ringer Scott Pruett replaced Sterling in the 40 and finished fourth in the race He reached as high as 6th in the points standings but would later fall to 30th in the final standings Marlin joined MB2 Motorsports for 2006 to drive the Waste Management Chevy running with the No 14 in tribute to his father Coo Coo Marlin who died during the 2005 season Marlin s only Top 10 finish in 2006 was ninth place at Richmond His 2006 season was shadowed by bad luck and No 14 finished 36th in owner points 2007 2010 Edit Marlin was able to qualify via speed for each of the first five races of the 2007 season his Pep Boys No 14 team was the only team out of the top 35 from 2006 to do this Marlin s run in the No 14 ended on July 17 2007 when Ginn Racing announced Regan Smith who had been splitting time with Mark Martin in Ginn s U S Army sponsored No 01 car would replace him beginning at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis He attempted to qualify for two races in 2007 but he failed to qualify for either He tried to make the Sharpie 500 at Bristol in the No 78 car as a replacement for Kenny Wallace and the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega replacing Mike Wallace in the No 09 car However in November he managed to qualify the No 09 and drove at Phoenix for a 25th place finish and a week later at Homestead finishing 33rd Marlin failed to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500 in the No 09 car but qualified at Talladega and the following week at Richmond as well For Darlington Marlin raced in his old No 40 car and qualified 14th and also at the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe s Motor Speedway in the No 40 still in for the injured Dario Franchitti He finished out the rest of the season driving for Phoenix Racing In March 2009 Marlin participated in and won the Saturday Night Special a charity event at Bristol Motor Speedway which included NASCAR Legends He led the entire event in a car painted similar to the one he drove with Morgan McClure Motorsports and wearing an older style Coors Light uniform from his days while driving for Chip Ganassi No 09 Cup racecar in 2008 For the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Marlin continued to run a limited schedule in the No 09 Phoenix Racing Miccosukee Resort amp Gaming Chevrolet His best finish for the 2009 season was 35th at Martinsville which also proved the last of his 748 career starts An announcement was made preceding the Cup Series finale weekend at Homestead Miami Speedway that Marlin would attempt the race in the No 70 Chevrolet for TRG Motorsports though Marlin later denied it Retirement EditMarlin announced his retirement from racing on March 18 2010 and formerly owned a Chevrolet dealership in Ashland City Tennessee and a Dodge dealership in Dickson Tennessee In 2012 Marlin publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinsonism 6 He has undergone deep brain stimulation surgical procedures at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as part of his treatment 7 Presently EditIn late 2011 Marlin helped form Tennessee Racing Association LLC along with several other drivers including Chad Chaffin and Mike Alexander and businessmen in an effort to preserve Fairgrounds Speedway and allow the track to remain active in the racing community 8 He is fully retired from NASCAR competition as well as the Pro Late Model Division at Fairgrounds Speedway Television appearances EditIn 2003 game show Family Feud hosted a NASCAR special with help from then Family Feud host Richard Karn Sterling Marlin was one of the drivers who appeared in an episode along with some crew members from the Coors team Marlin played against fellow driver Elliott Sadler and the 38 Robert Yates team winning the game Motorsports career results EditNASCAR Edit key Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time Most laps led Sprint Cup Series Edit NASCAR Sprint Cup Series resultsYear 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 36 NSCC Pts Ref1976 Cunningham Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV29 DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 101st 76 9 1978 Cunningham Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT9 NSV RSD MCH DAY NSV25 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 69th 226 10 1979 RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV15 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT 86th 123 11 1980 RSD DAY8 CLT36 CAR ATL ONT 49th 387 12 Jim Stacy Racing 5 Olds DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR11 NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT16 TWS RSD MCH DAYUlrich Racing 40 Chevy NSV7 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR1981 99 Buick RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV26 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 93rd 13 Marlin Racing 14 Chevy CLT28 CAR ATL RSD1982 Billy Matthews Racing 41 Olds DAYDNQ RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT23 MAR CAR ATL RSD NA 0 14 1983 Hamby Racing 17 Chevy DAY34 ATL31 DAR11 TAL41 CLT19 DAY16 TAL21 MCH29 CLT40 ATL16 19th 2980 15 Pontiac RCH18 CAR13 NWS22 MAR12 NSV11 DOV10 BRI18 RSD25 POC29 MCH20 NSV15 POC18 BRI15 DAR24 RCH26 DOV27 MAR27 NWS17 CAR15 RSD171984 10 Chevy DAY15 RCH 37th 1207 16 Bahre Racing 23 Buick CAR35 ATL BRI NWS DAR MARSadler Brothers Racing 95 Chevy TAL12 NSV18 DOV CLT29 RSD POC33 MCH DAY33 TAL32 MCH32 DAR39 RCH DOV MAR CLT35 NWS CAR ATL9 RSDJimmy Means Racing 52 Pontiac NSV30 POCSadler Brothers Racing 95 Olds BRI81985 Chevy DAY16 RCH CAR ATL25 BRI22 DAR NWS MAR TAL25 DOV CLT34 RSD POC MCH DAY33 POC TAL12 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 37th 645 17 Helen Rae Motorsports 00 Chevy CLT29 CAR ATL RSD1986 Ellington Racing 1 Chevy DAY9 RCH CAR ATL32 BRI DAR33 NWS MAR TAL39 DOV CLT7 RSD POC MCH DAY2 POC TAL4 GLN MCH BRI DAR37 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT33 CAR ATL32 RSD 36th 989 18 1987 Hagan Racing 44 Olds DAY30 CAR19 RCH21 ATL13 DAR4 NWS17 BRI24 MAR19 TAL14 CLT32 DOV10 POC15 RSD9 MCH18 DAY16 POC25 TAL14 GLN32 MCH15 BRI20 DAR4 RCH22 DOV5 MAR7 NWS20 CLT3 CAR11 RSD24 ATL9 11th 3381 19 1988 DAY8 RCH5 CAR3 ATL20 DAR5 BRI8 NWS16 MAR2 TAL6 CLT27 DOV11 RSD9 POC28 MCH37 DAY34 POC14 TAL6 GLN8 MCH11 BRI12 DAR5 RCH16 DOV23 MAR26 CLT5 NWS14 CAR34 PHO10 ATL12 10th 3621 20 1989 94 DAY11 CAR7 ATL5 RCH8 DAR5 BRI15 NWS26 MAR8 TAL14 CLT2 DOV26 SON40 POC6 MCH8 DAY7 POC36 TAL28 GLN7 MCH34 BRI18 DAR10 RCH28 DOV17 MAR20 CLT7 NWS19 CAR23 PHO30 ATL3 12th 3422 21 1990 DAY19 RCH13 CAR4 ATL10 DAR28 BRI7 NWS31 MAR32 TAL26 CLT35 DOV5 SON6 POC9 MCH18 DAY5 POC30 TAL3 GLN15 MCH20 BRI5 DAR18 RCH24 DOV12 MAR12 NWS13 CLT16 CAR6 PHO16 ATL38 14th 3387 22 1991 Junior Johnson amp Associates 22 Ford DAY2 RCH9 CAR33 ATL7 DAR10 BRI27 NWS22 MAR28 TAL4 CLT11 DOV15 SON26 POC8 MCH13 DAY8 POC5 TAL5 GLN12 MCH12 BRI2 DAR6 RCH10 DOV17 MAR14 NWS13 CLT5 CAR8 PHO3 ATL7 7th 3839 23 1992 DAY35 CAR15 RCH7 ATL17 DAR22 BRI32 NWS8 MAR2 TAL4 CLT22 DOV14 SON16 POC7 MCH32 DAY2 POC11 TAL2 GLN16 MCH7 BRI15 DAR28 RCH21 DOV33 MAR7 NWS5 CLT16 CAR5 PHO9 ATL7 10th 3603 24 1993 Stavola Brothers Racing 8 Ford DAY9 CAR28 RCH31 ATL12 DAR21 BRI20 NWS9 MAR21 TAL24 SON12 CLT24 DOV33 POC8 MCH8 DAY2 NHA6 POC7 TAL27 GLN6 MCH17 BRI23 DAR31 RCH24 DOV11 MAR30 NWS19 CLT17 CAR12 PHO30 ATL17 15th 3355 25 1994 Morgan McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY1 CAR2 RCH19 ATL25 DAR34 BRI8 NWS17 MAR27 TAL8 SON29 CLT15 DOV8 POC38 MCH34 DAY28 NHA10 POC12 TAL5 IND14 GLN26 MCH34 BRI6 DAR5 RCH13 DOV30 MAR7 NWS31 CLT36 CAR14 PHO3 ATL40 14th 3443 26 1995 DAY1 CAR12 RCH5 ATL7 DAR1 BRI9 NWS7 MAR13 TAL39 SON7 CLT4 DOV7 POC4 MCH7 DAY2 NHA9 POC18 TAL1 IND7 GLN21 MCH4 BRI7 DAR10 RCH33 DOV6 MAR23 NWS15 CLT6 CAR6 PHO12 ATL2 3rd 4361 27 1996 DAY40 CAR6 RCH11 ATL13 DAR11 BRI18 NWS5 MAR10 TAL1 SON15 CLT6 DOV41 POC11 MCH3 DAY1 NHA29 POC6 TAL29 IND39 GLN11 MCH33 BRI18 DAR8 RCH21 DOV17 MAR31 NWS11 CLT4 CAR13 PHO27 ATL15 8th 3682 28 1997 DAY5 CAR20 RCH19 ATL23 DAR32 TEX8 BRI20 MAR21 SON26 TAL39 CLT40 DOV10 POC15 MCH17 CAL36 DAY3 NHA22 POC20 IND43 GLN13 MCH43 BRI10 DAR40 RCH39 NHA39 DOV27 MAR39 CLT20 TAL38 CAR9 PHO27 ATL11 25th 2954 29 1998 Team SABCO 40 Chevy DAY22 CAR25 LVS24 ATLDNQ DAR14 BRI40 TEX14 MAR36 TAL9 CAL14 CLT15 DOV19 RCH10 MCH18 POC9 SON7 NHA35 POC11 IND11 GLN7 MCH15 BRI21 NHA17 DAR8 RCH15 DOV16 MAR18 CLT30 TAL14 DAY18 PHO12 CAR13 ATL42 13th 3530 30 1999 DAY32 CAR37 LVS15 ATL18 DAR16 TEX9 BRI14 MAR13 TAL25 CAL16 RCH18 CLT40 DOV29 MCH22 POC4 SON25 DAY12 NHA34 POC28 IND16 GLN33 MCH15 BRI7 DAR40 RCH4 NHA21 DOV38 MAR11 CLT29 TAL22 CAR8 PHO40 HOM17 ATL31 16th 3397 31 2000 DAY24 CAR15 LVS18 ATL12 DAR21 BRI10 TEX34 MAR24 TAL8 CAL32 RCH29 CLT19 DOV31 MCH10 POC22 SON2 DAY25 NHA25 POC42 IND30 GLN30 MCH15 BRI8 DAR17 RCH20 NHA22 DOV37 MAR9 CLT31 TAL41 CAR33 PHO15 HOM26 ATL8 19th 3363 32 2001 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge DAY7 CAR8 LVS3 ATL35 DAR5 BRI12 TEX34 MAR5 TAL23 CAL9 RCH11 CLT15 DOV6 MCH3 POC4 SON28 DAY39 CHI9 NHA17 POC16 IND2 GLN25 MCH1 BRI9 DAR16 RCH32 DOV8 KAN5 CLT1 MAR10 TAL17 PHO34 CAR11 HOM5 ATL2 NHA2 3rd 4741 33 2002 DAY8 CAR2 LVS1 ATL9 DAR1 BRI19 TEX7 MAR12 TAL5 CAL7 RCH11 CLT11 DOV13 POC4 MCH21 SON43 DAY3 CHI16 NHA14 POC3 IND27 GLN30 MCH6 BRI7 DAR4 RCH43 NHA21 DOV21 KAN33 TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 18th 3703 34 2003 DAY17 CAR40 LVS8 ATL14 DAR39 BRI6 TEX29 TAL6 MAR7 CAL10 RCH13 CLT7 DOV35 POC6 MCH6 SON18 DAY19 CHI21 NHA39 POC10 IND34 GLN43 MCH19 BRI17 DAR31 RCH22 NHA29 DOV13 TAL39 KAN34 CLT15 MAR43 ATL16 PHO11 CAR10 HOM10 18th 3745 35 2004 DAY37 CAR4 LVS18 ATL16 DAR14 BRI4 TEX26 MAR9 TAL31 CAL27 RCH15 CLT39 DOV29 POC31 MCH6 SON21 DAY20 CHI7 NHA21 POC15 IND33 GLN36 MCH15 BRI6 CAL26 RCH14 NHA12 DOV15 TAL34 KAN34 CLT12 MAR4 ATL19 PHO25 DAR12 HOM16 21st 3857 36 2005 DAY8 CAL15 LVS35 ATL16 BRI11 MAR6 TEX5 PHO26 TAL34 DAR41 RCH23 CLT39 DOV32 POC16 MCH40 SON26 DAY22 CHI32 NHA34 POC28 IND9 GLN MCH21 BRI29 CAL19 RCH41 NHA11 DOV41 TAL7 KAN13 CLT40 MAR38 ATL20 TEX23 PHO34 HOM26 30th 3183 37 2006 MB2 Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY34 CAL32 LVS36 ATL34 BRI17 MAR14 TEX30 PHO12 TAL37 RCH9 DAR28 CLT28 DOV31 POC42 MCH24 SON42 DAY24 CHI26 NHA16 POC30 IND31 GLN39 MCH29 BRI32 CAL29 RCH30 NHA25 DOV31 KAN20 TAL40 CLT11 MAR21 ATL20 TEX40 PHO36 HOM37 34th 2854 38 2007 Ginn Racing DAY17 CAL35 LVS34 ATL24 BRI30 MAR21 TEX34 PHO27 TAL16 RCH23 DAR13 CLT33 DOV16 POC31 MCH20 SON43 NHA24 DAY40 CHI23 IND POC GLN MCH 40th 1752 39 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy BRIDNQ CAL RCH NHA DOV KANPhoenix Racing 09 Chevy TALDNQ CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO25 HOM332008 DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL22 RCH25 DAY41 CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI43 CAL RCHDNQ NHA DOV KAN TAL42 CLT MARDNQ ATL TEX PHO32 HOM29 51st 482 40 Chip Ganassi Racing 40 Dodge DAR34 CLT31 DOV POC MCH SON NHA2009 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY CALDNQ LVSDNQ ATL BRI40 MARDNQ TEX PHO40 TAL RCH DAR42 CLT DOV POC39 MCH41 SON NHA DAY CHI INDDNQ POC38 GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLTDNQ MAR35 TAL TEX PHO HOM 53rd 316 41 Daytona 500 Edit Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish1980 Jim Stacy Racing Oldsmobile DNQCunningham Kelley Racing Chevrolet 36 81982 Billy Matthews Racing Oldsmobile DNQ1983 Hamby Racing Chevrolet 33 341984 40 151985 Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 20 161986 Ellington Racing Chevrolet 8 91987 Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 10 301988 12 81989 6 111990 21 191991 Junior Johnson amp Associates Ford 12 21992 1 351993 Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 14 91994 Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 4 11995 3 11996 3 401997 9 51998 Team SABCO Chevrolet 3 221999 17 322000 38 242001 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 3 72002 13 82003 7 172004 4 372005 18 82006 MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 39 342007 Ginn Racing Chevrolet 38 172008 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet DNQNationwide Series Edit NASCAR Nationwide Series resultsYear 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 NNSC Pts Ref1986 Hagan Racing 69 Olds DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT29 SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 133rd 42 1988 Hagan Racing 44 Olds DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV23 CLT11 DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH14 DOV MAR CLT21 CAR MAR 46th 445 43 1989 48 DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR39 RCH DOV MAR CLT25 CAR MAR 77th 134 44 1990 Fred Turner Racing DAY24 RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT4 DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR12 RCH DOV32 MAR CLT1 NHA CAR MAR 48th 625 45 1992 Fred Turner Racing 10 Chevy DAY39 CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT4 DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 73rd 206 46 1993 48 Ford DAY28 CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT42 DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL8 IRP MCH11 NHA BRI DAR22 RCH23 DOV ROU CLT11 MAR CAR HCY 41st 864 47 70 ATL51994 4 Chevy DAY6 CAR RCH ATLQL MAR DAR41 HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT40 DOV MYB GLN36 MLW39 SBO TAL4 HCY IRP MCH18 BRI DAR RCH34 DOV CLT7 MAR CAR 44th 810 48 1995 22 DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV36 DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 106th 55 49 1996 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV22 DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 60th 262 50 Martin Racing 92 Chevy CLT3 CAR HOM1997 DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL18 NHA NZH CLT17 69th 285 51 Phoenix Racing 4 Chevy DOV33 SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM1998 Sterling Marlin Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV7 DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL30 NHA NZH CLT40 DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI23 DAR RCH DOV CLT10 GTY CAR ATL HOM 58th 490 52 1999 Joe Gibbs Racing 42 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS33 ATL DAR TEXDNQ CALDNQ NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP 54th 777 53 Sterling Marlin Racing 14 Chevy NSV34 BRI8 TAL MCH12 BRI4 DAR9 RCH DOV CLT CARDNQ MEM31 PHO HOM2000 Team SABCO 82 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI1 TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH 62nd 525 54 01 BRI5 DAR7 RCH43 DOV CLTDNQ CAR MEM PHO HOMDNQ2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL37 RCH DOV KAN CLT21 MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 102nd 152 55 2005 FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge DAY42 CAL15 MXC LVS25 ATLQL NSH37 BRI5 TEX19 PHO TAL21 DAR39 RCH10 CLT2 DOV NSHQL KEN6 MLW DAY41 CHI35 NHA PPR MCH12 BRI25 CAL RCH DOV17 KAN CLT5 MEM TEX22 PHO HOM 29th 1985 56 12 GTY12 IRP GLN2007 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV15 KAN CLT MEM26 TEX PHO HOM 106th 203 57 2008 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH22 TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 118th 97 58 Qualified but replaced by Hermie Sadler Qualified but replaced by Reed Sorenson Qualified for Johnny Benson Jr ARCA SuperCar Series Edit key Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time Most laps led ARCA SuperCar Series resultsYear Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ASCC Pts Ref1977 Cunningham Kelley Racing 14 Chevy TOL DAY QCS BFS NSV FRS TOL SLM AVS TAL13 TOL SND SLM NA 0 59 1978 DAY QCS AVS NSV3 IMS LOR FRS TAL21 FRS CMS JEF NA 0 60 1979 AVS DAY NSV FRS SLM DSP IMS TAL16 FRS NA 0 61 1982 4 Pontiac NSV34 DAY TAL FRS CMS WIN NSV TAT TAL FRS BFS MIL SND NA 0 62 1992 Blackstock Racing 12 Pontiac DAY FIF TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH32 DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL 138th 63 Results before 1979 may be incomplete International Race of Champions Edit key Bold Pole position Most laps led International Race of Champions resultsYear Make 1 2 3 4 Pos Pts Ref1996 Pontiac DAY4 TAL4 CLT11 MCH6 6th 40 64 2002 Pontiac DAY8 CAL4 CHI7 IND7 10th 35 65 References Edit Willis Matthew 2008 09 13 Ancient Chaseology 2000 2003 ESPN Retrieved 2014 03 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings Nascar Com Retrieved 2012 07 06 Nascar Com Nascar Com 2002 09 07 Retrieved 2012 07 06 a b c NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings Nascar Com Retrieved 2012 07 06 Nascar Com Nascar Com 2002 09 29 Retrieved 2012 07 06 Press Box Former NASCAR driver Sterling Marlin has Parkinsonism Yahoo Sports 2012 10 29 Retrieved 2012 10 29 Sterling Marlin undergoing Parkinson s treatments 4 April 2019 Nashville Superspeedway amp Fairgrounds Track News Rumors Jayski s Silly Season Site Tennessee Racing Association LLC December 1 2011 Retrieved November 2 2013 Sterling Marlin 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1991 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Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1977 Season Results ARCA Racing Series TheThirdTurn Retrieved May 8 2018 Sterling Marlin 1978 Season Results ARCA Racing Series TheThirdTurn Retrieved May 8 2018 Sterling Marlin 1979 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved April 10 2020 Sterling Marlin 1982 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved April 10 2020 Sterling Marlin 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 1996 IROC Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 Sterling Marlin 2002 IROC Results Racing Reference Retrieved October 5 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sterling Marlin Sterling Marlin driver statistics at Racing Reference Sterling Marlin at The Crittenden Automotive LibraryAchievementsPreceded byDale Jarrett Daytona 500 winner1994 1995 Succeeded byDale JarrettAwardsPreceded byGeoff Bodine NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year1983 Succeeded byRusty Wallace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sterling Marlin amp oldid 1152804546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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