Marlin rideless...for now

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Two-Time Daytona 500 winner, Sterling Marlin, doesn’t have a ride for the Daytona 500. “Everything has to end sometime,” says Sterling Marlin, 51. “Nothing goes on forever.” Last year he just missed cracking the lineup in his qualifying race. This year he won’t even get to try. “I thought I might have something lined up but it didn’t work out,” Marlin said earlier this week.


Marlin will still be in Daytona doing some PR work for Coors Beer, with a possibility of landing a ride in the Nationwide Series. Despite the Daytona disappointment, Sterling is not hanging up his helmet in the Sprint Cup Series. He is scheduled to run “12 to 14” races this year, sharing a ride in James Finch’s #09 with Ken Schrader and Mike Bliss.

He will also run some races at Fairgrounds Speedway, where he won three championships from 1980-82. His son Steadman will run the full Fairgrounds schedule while daughter Sutherlin plans to compete as a rookie on the quarter-mile track. Sutherlin agreed to attend Columbia State if her parents would let her race.




Coo-Coo Marlin, Sterling Marlin, Steadman Marlin, Sutherlin Marlin. Nope, that's not a rue southern family :p

I wish i could have a deal to race and learn :p.

Ken, Mike, and Sterling. That could be a cool retro team. Hey Rusty, wanna run a few races?
 
Two-time Daytona 500 champion Sterling Marlin to miss the 51st Daytona 500

'Everything has to end:' Marlin to miss Daytona

NASHVILLE - A familiar face reportedly will be absent at the 51st running of the Daytona 500.

According to a report on the Nashville City Paper's web site, Sterling Marlin does not have a ride for NASCAR's premier event and will miss the February 15 race.

"Everything has to end sometime," Marlin told the newspaper. "Nothing goes on forever."

February 20, 1994. That was Sterling Marlin's first career Winston Cup victory, and what a way to win one. Marlin held off Ernie Irvan, who drove the #4 car the year before, to win in a photofinish.

I turned 6 that day. My birthday party consisted of having some friends over watching the Daytona 500 on CBS. :cool:
 
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