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Sterling Marlin: Seasons
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Marlin was able to qualify via speed for each of the first five races of the 2007 season, his #14 team was the only team out of the top 35 from last year to do this. In Las Vegas, Marlin was running in the top 10, and with around 20 laps to go closing in on a top 5 until his engine failed. At Martinsville, Marlin was making his way to the front with a very strong car until he was spun out by Scott Riggs, Riggs got the top 10, Sterling finished 21st. Marlin's run in the #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 #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 #78 car as a replacement for Kenny Wallace, and the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega, replacing Mike Wallace in the #09 car.
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The run continued in 2002, as Marlin scored victories at Las Vegas and Darlington and held the Winston Cup points lead for 25 weeks. However, a late-season crash at Kansas ended his hopes of a first Cup title. Still, he scored 14 top-10 finishes and six top-10 qualifying efforts in 29 starts. He started from the Bud Pole twice -- at Pocono in June and Darlington in early September.
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This year, Marlin plans to be behind the wheel of the No. 09 Chevrolet owned by Phoenix Racing for a total of just 10 Cup races, NASCAR.com reports. That includes the two Daytona races, the two Talladega races, several of the short tracks and the season finale at Homestead.
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Marlin was out in the field driving a Bush Hog (a heavy-duty mower) when he received news about the grim medical report that would terminate his season. He took the stunning news stoically.
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WTVF-TV Nashville reports that Sterling Marlin is going to drive the #78 Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond, Dover and possibly Talladega. He may ... to drive the car for half of the 2008 season with Ricky Rudd possibly getting the other half.
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The entrance of Ganassi, who bought a majority stake in the Felix Sabates team and the return of Dodge provided a huge resurgence for Marlin. Marlin struggled in 2000, with one top-five finish and seven top-10s en route to a 19th place finish in the final point standings. Perhaps telling the tale of his odd and frustrating season was that his best race was a runner-up finish to Jeff Gordon on the road course at Sears Point.
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