", as a reference to Kurt Busch and Jimmy Spencer's altercation the previous week. Sitting in the shadows of the tall buildings of Nashville's modern cityscape, the speedway is a stubborn anachronism. Earnhardt and Schraders cars both slid down into the infield grass. The Official Facebook page of 2X Daytona 500 winner, Sterling Marlin. Sterling Marlin however was not pleased with Busch in post-race ceremonies, stating "What a bone-headed move. 44 Piedmont Airlines-sponsored Oldsmobile. Sutherlin was 4 when she posed in Victory Circle with her father after his first of two Daytona 500s. 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. Marlin failed to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500 in the No. That death shocked the racing world, and it ultimately led to Sterling and his family receiving death threats and hate mail over the incident from people who believed he was responsible. Cunningham Chevrolet. The Tennessee native was. One week later, at the Protection One 400 at Kansas, Marlin had a hard crash after 147 laps and finished 33rd. The procedures, which began March 11, was performed at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. google_ad_client = "pub-1693656768291798";
Shaky has Parkinson's disease. In 1980, he posted two top-tens, eighth in the Daytona 500 for Cunningham, and seventh at Nashville for D.K. My folks took me to my first race when I was two weeks old and Ive grown up in the sport. Sutherlin says. The youngest Marlin is expected to make her debut at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Columbia, Tenn., this coming weekendthe same track where her grandfather and father won a combined seven championships. 09 car, but qualified at Talladega and the following week at Richmond as well. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 30 June. As he has for most of his life, Marlin accepted his health issue as just another bump in the road and drove on. 01 car, would replace him beginning at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis. For Sterling Marlin, his mourning was combined with fear. Road ringer Scott Pruett replaced Sterling in the 40 and finished fourth in the race. Read the official press release. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Marlin claims to be half-racer, half-farmer. 14 H.B. 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. 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). I guess Spencer didn't punch him hard enough. For those saddened by Earnhardts death, The Intimidators conversation about dying wasnt what they wanted to hear, but it was something they needed to hear and it helped them and Marlin find some solace at a very dark moment in NASCAR history. His 2006 season was shadowed by bad luck and No. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. On February 18, 2001, the NASCAR world lost Dale Earnhardt, putting the entire community in despair.Even after 22 years, his tragic demise still affects the fans. Steadman's 10-year-old son, Stirlin, already is involved in. Marlin collected 10 NASCAR Cup Series win, 216 top-10's and he's a two-time Daytona 500 winner. 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. Marlin was able to qualify via speed for each of the first five races of the 2007 season, his Pep Boys No. "He's been the same down-to-earth country boy. Sterling Marlin. In 1997, he scored just 2 top fives and 6 top tens, and dropped to 25th in the standings, leaving the No. Offers may be subject to change without notice. His best finish for the 2009 season was 35th at Martinsville, which also proved the last of his 748 career starts. On a hot summer Saturday night at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, the track where Marlin got his start under the guidance of his father, the late Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin, he's back burning laps on the .596-mile surface. The third-generation star is no stranger to sportsshe tells The Daily Herald that she attended her first race at two weeks old, and was a star track, volleyball, basketball, and softball player until injuries ended her career. "Then one of the champion drivers here at the track, George Bennett, came out to my house," Formosa said. He started 30th and finished 29th after suffering oil pump failure early in the race. The penalty to crew members was reduced to two races this year. The adjustments tested at Phoenix Raceway in late January and confirmed Feb. 13 in a wind tunnel test include a 2-inch spoiler (from the current 4-inch spoiler) and the removal of three diffuser strakes and engine panel strakes. At the New Hampshire 300 the next week Marlin lost the points lead as Martin finished four places ahead of him, gaining 15 points. 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, and triggering a crash. Hurts me to see him in this condition," one person wrote in the comments. Yet Marlin, 57, hasn't put down the tools of his trade a race-car steering wheel and the associated wrenches, torches and hammers that accompany the ride. Despite three Top 5s in 2004, he fell to 21st in points. Former Cup driver Sterling Marlin has successfully undergone the third of four stages of brain surgery called Deep Brain Stimulation to treat Parkinsons disease, his family announced in a press release Thursday. I told her if shes going to race, then race with the big boys, says Sterling, who plans to run some Late Model races at the Fairgrounds this season, while Steadman runs a full schedule. * Most laps led.). Well find out pretty fast if shes got it or not., Ill be cautious, especially at first, Sutherlin says, but I wont be intimidated.,