Sterling Marlin

Marlin in 1996

Born

June 30, 1957 (age 59)
Columbia, Tennessee

Achievements

1994, 1995 Daytona 500 winner
1996 Winston 500 winner
1980–1982 Nashville Speedway USA Track Champion

Awards

1983 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 Inductee (2009)

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career

748 races run over 33 years

Best finish

3rd (1995, 2001)

First race

1976 Music City USA 420 (Nashville)

Last race

2009 Tums Fast Relief 500 (Martinsville)

First win

1994 Daytona 500 (Daytona)

Last win

2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 (Darlington)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
10	216	11

NASCAR Xfinity Series career

77 races run over 17 years

Best finish

29th (2005)

First race

1986 Winn-Dixie 300 (Charlotte)

Last race

2008 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)

First win

1990 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)

Last win

2000 Cheez-It 250 (Bristol)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
2	22	1

Sterling Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is a retired racing driver. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Sprint 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, and a son, Steadman, a former Nationwide Series driver.

Marlin attended Spring Hill High School, where he played high school basketball and football, earning the captain status his senior year while he played quarterback and linebacker. He began his collection of 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.

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.

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