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Sterling Marlin
American racing driver

Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former 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.

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Early Career

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

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

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 five drivers to win consecutive Daytona 500s. The other four men that have accomplished that feat were Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Denny Hamlin, and William Byron. 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 lead2 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.

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 accident3 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.5 The next week, Marlin dropped to 4th in the standings after a 21st-place finish at Dover.6

One week later, at the Protection One 400 at Kansas, Marlin had a hard crash after 147 laps and finished 33rd.7 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.

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 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep dealership in Dickson, Tennessee. In 2012, Marlin publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinsonism.8 He has undergone deep brain stimulation surgical procedures at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as part of his treatment.9

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.10 He is fully retired from NASCAR competition, as well as the Pro Late Model Division at Fairgrounds Speedway. Marlin lives on a ranch near Spring Hill, Tennessee.11

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NSCCPtsRef
1976Cunningham-Kelley Racing14ChevyRSDDAYCARRCHBRIATLNWSDARMARTALNSV29DOVCLTRSDMCHDAYNSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARATLONT101st7612
1978Cunningham-Kelley Racing14ChevyRSDDAYRCHCARATLBRIDARNWSMARTALDOVCLT9NSVRSDMCHDAYNSV25POCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARATLONT69th22613
1979RSDDAYCARRCHATLNWSBRIDARMARTALNSVDOVCLTTWSRSDMCHDAYNSV15POCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARCLTNWSCARATLONT86th12314
1980RSDDAY8CLT36CARATLONT49th38715
Jim Stacy Racing5OldsDAYDNQRCHCARATLBRIDAR11NWSMARTALNSVDOVCLT16TWSRSDMCHDAY
Ulrich Racing40ChevyNSV7POCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVNWSMAR
198199BuickRSDDAYRCHCARATLBRINWSDARMARTALNSVDOVCLTTWSRSDMCHDAYNSV26POCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWS93rd16
Marlin Racing14ChevyCLT28CARATLRSD
1982Billy Matthews Racing41OldsDAYDNQRCHBRIATLCARDARNWSMARTALNSVDOVCLTPOCRSDMCHDAYNSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVNWSCLT23MARCARATLRSDNA017
1983Hamby Racing17ChevyDAY34ATL31DAR11TAL41CLT19DAY16TAL21MCH29CLT40ATL1619th298018
PontiacRCH18CAR13NWS22MAR12NSV11DOV10BRI18RSD25POC29MCH20NSV15POC18BRI15DAR24RCH26DOV27MAR27NWS17CAR15RSD17
198410ChevyDAY15RCH37th120719
Bahre Racing23BuickCAR35ATLBRINWSDARMAR
Sadler Brothers Racing95ChevyTAL12NSV18DOVCLT29RSDPOC33MCHDAY33TAL32MCH32DAR39RCHDOVMARCLT35NWSCARATL9RSD
Jimmy Means Racing52PontiacNSV30POC
Sadler Brothers Racing95OldsBRI8
1985ChevyDAY16RCHCARATL25BRI22DARNWSMARTAL25DOVCLT34RSDPOCMCHDAY33POCTAL12MCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWS37th64520
Helen Rae Motorsports00ChevyCLT29CARATLRSD
1986Ellington Racing1ChevyDAY9RCHCARATL32BRIDAR33NWSMARTAL39DOVCLT7RSDPOCMCHDAY2POCTAL4GLNMCHBRIDAR37RCHDOVMARNWSCLT33CARATL32RSD36th98921
1987Hagan Racing44OldsDAY30CAR19RCH21ATL13DAR4NWS17BRI24MAR19TAL14CLT32DOV10POC15RSD9MCH18DAY16POC25TAL14GLN32MCH15BRI20DAR4RCH22DOV5MAR7NWS20CLT3CAR11RSD24ATL911th338122
1988DAY8RCH5CAR3ATL20DAR5BRI8NWS16MAR2TAL6CLT27DOV11RSD9POC28MCH37DAY34POC14TAL6GLN8MCH11BRI12DAR5RCH16DOV23MAR26CLT5NWS14CAR34PHO10ATL1210th362123
198994DAY11CAR7ATL5RCH8DAR5BRI15NWS26MAR8TAL14CLT2DOV26SON40POC6MCH8DAY7POC36TAL28GLN7MCH34BRI18DAR10RCH28DOV17MAR20CLT7NWS19CAR23PHO30ATL312th342224
1990DAY19RCH13CAR4ATL10DAR28BRI7NWS31MAR32TAL26CLT35DOV5SON6POC9MCH18DAY5POC30TAL3GLN15MCH20BRI5DAR18RCH24DOV12MAR12NWS13CLT16CAR6PHO16ATL3814th338725
1991Junior Johnson & Associates22FordDAY2RCH9CAR33ATL7DAR10BRI27NWS22MAR28TAL4CLT11DOV15SON26POC8MCH13DAY8POC5TAL5GLN12MCH12BRI2DAR6RCH10DOV17MAR14NWS13CLT5CAR8PHO3ATL77th383926
1992DAY35CAR15RCH7ATL17DAR22BRI32NWS8MAR2TAL4CLT22DOV14SON16POC7MCH32DAY2POC11TAL2GLN16MCH7BRI15DAR28RCH21DOV33MAR7NWS5CLT16CAR5PHO9ATL710th360327
1993Stavola Brothers Racing8FordDAY9CAR28RCH31ATL12DAR21BRI20NWS9*MAR21TAL24SON12CLT24DOV33POC8MCH8DAY2NHA6*POC7TAL27GLN6MCH17BRI23DAR31RCH24DOV11MAR30NWS19CLT17CAR12PHO30ATL1715th335528
1994Morgan-McClure Motorsports4ChevyDAY1CAR2RCH19ATL25DAR34BRI8NWS17MAR27TAL8SON29CLT15DOV8POC38MCH34DAY28NHA10POC12TAL5IND14GLN26MCH34BRI6DAR5RCH13DOV30MAR7NWS31CLT36CAR14PHO3ATL4014th344329
1995DAY1*CAR12RCH5ATL7DAR1BRI9NWS7MAR13TAL39SON7CLT4DOV7POC4MCH7DAY2*NHA9POC18TAL1IND7GLN21MCH4BRI7DAR10RCH33DOV6MAR23NWS15CLT6CAR6PHO12ATL23rd436130
1996DAY40CAR6RCH11ATL13DAR11BRI18NWS5MAR10TAL1*SON15CLT6DOV41POC11MCH3*DAY1*NHA29POC6TAL29IND39GLN11MCH33BRI18DAR8RCH21DOV17MAR31NWS11CLT4CAR13PHO27ATL158th368231
1997DAY5CAR20RCH19ATL23DAR32TEX8BRI20MAR21SON26TAL39CLT40DOV10POC15MCH17CAL36DAY3NHA22POC20IND43GLN13MCH43BRI10DAR40RCH39NHA39DOV27MAR39CLT20TAL38CAR9PHO27ATL1125th295432
1998Team SABCO40ChevyDAY22CAR25LVS24ATLDNQDAR14BRI40TEX14MAR36TAL9CAL14CLT15DOV19RCH10MCH18POC9SON7NHA35POC11IND11GLN7MCH15BRI21NHA17DAR8RCH15DOV16MAR18*CLT30TAL14DAY18PHO12CAR13ATL4213th353033
1999DAY32CAR37LVS15ATL18DAR16TEX9BRI14MAR13TAL25CAL16RCH18CLT40DOV29MCH22POC4SON25DAY12NHA34POC28IND16GLN33MCH15BRI7DAR40RCH4NHA21DOV38MAR11CLT29TAL22CAR8PHO40HOM17ATL3116th339734
2000DAY24CAR15LVS18ATL12DAR21BRI10TEX34MAR24TAL8CAL32RCH29CLT19DOV31MCH10POC22SON2DAY25NHA25POC42IND30GLN30MCH15BRI8DAR17RCH20NHA22DOV37MAR9CLT31TAL41CAR33PHO15HOM26ATL819th336335
2001Chip Ganassi RacingDodgeDAY7CAR8LVS3ATL35DAR5BRI12TEX34MAR5TAL23*CAL9RCH11CLT15DOV6MCH3POC4SON28DAY39CHI9NHA17POC16IND2GLN25MCH1BRI9DAR16RCH32DOV8KAN5CLT1*MAR10TAL17PHO34CAR11HOM5ATL2NHA23rd474136
2002DAY8*CAR2LVS1ATL9DAR1BRI19TEX7MAR12TAL5CAL7RCH11CLT11DOV13POC4MCH21SON43DAY3CHI16NHA14POC3*IND27GLN30MCH6BRI7DAR4RCH43NHA21DOV21KAN33TALCLTMARATLCARPHOHOM18th370337
2003DAY17CAR40LVS8ATL14DAR39BRI6TEX29TAL6MAR7CAL10RCH13CLT7DOV35POC6*MCH6*SON18DAY19CHI21NHA39POC10IND34GLN43MCH19BRI17DAR31RCH22NHA29DOV13TAL39KAN34CLT15MAR43ATL16PHO11CAR10HOM1018th374538
2004DAY37CAR4LVS18ATL16DAR14BRI4TEX26MAR9TAL31CAL27RCH15CLT39DOV29POC31MCH6SON21DAY20CHI7NHA21POC15IND33GLN36MCH15BRI6CAL26RCH14NHA12DOV15TAL34KAN34CLT12MAR4ATL19PHO25DAR12HOM1621st385739
2005DAY8CAL15LVS35ATL16BRI11MAR6TEX5PHO26TAL34DAR41RCH23CLT39DOV32POC16MCH40SON26DAY22CHI32NHA34POC28IND9GLNMCH21BRI29CAL19RCH41NHA11DOV41TAL7KAN13CLT40MAR38ATL20TEX23PHO34HOM2630th318340
2006MB2 Motorsports14ChevyDAY34CAL32LVS36ATL34BRI17MAR14TEX30PHO12TAL37RCH9DAR28CLT28DOV31POC42MCH24SON42DAY24CHI26NHA16POC30IND31GLN39MCH29BRI32CAL29RCH30NHA25DOV31KAN20TAL40CLT11MAR21ATL20TEX40PHO36HOM3734th285441
2007Ginn RacingDAY17CAL35LVS34ATL24BRI30MAR21TEX34PHO27TAL16RCH23DAR13CLT33DOV16POC31MCH20SON43NHA24DAY40CHI23INDPOCGLNMCH40th175242
Furniture Row Racing78ChevyBRIDNQCALRCHNHADOVKAN
Phoenix Racing09ChevyTALDNQCLTMARATLTEXPHO25HOM33
2008DAYDNQCALLVSATLBRIMARTEXPHOTAL22RCH25DAY41CHIINDPOCGLNMCHBRI43CALRCHDNQNHADOVKANTAL42CLTMARDNQATLTEXPHO32HOM2951st48243
Chip Ganassi Racing40DodgeDAR34CLT31DOVPOCMCHSONNHA
2009Phoenix Racing09DodgeDAYCALDNQLVSDNQATLBRI40MARDNQTEXPHO40TALRCHDAR42CLTDOVPOC39MCH41SONNHADAYCHIINDDNQPOC38GLNMCHBRIATLRCHNHADOVKANCALCLTDNQMAR35TALTEXPHOHOM53rd31644
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1980Jim Stacy RacingOldsmobileDNQ
Cunningham-Kelley RacingChevrolet368
1982Billy Matthews RacingOldsmobileDNQ
1983Hamby RacingChevrolet3334
19844015
1985Sadler Brothers RacingChevrolet2016
1986Ellington RacingChevrolet89
1987Hagan RacingOldsmobile1030
1988128
1989611
19902119
1991Junior Johnson & AssociatesFord122
1992135
1993Stavola Brothers RacingFord149
1994Morgan-McClure MotorsportsChevrolet41
199531
1996340
199795
1998Team SABCOChevrolet322
19991732
20003824
2001Chip Ganassi RacingDodge37
2002138
2003717
2004437
2005188
2006MB2 MotorsportsChevrolet3934
2007Ginn RacingChevrolet3817
2008Phoenix RacingChevroletDNQ

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
1986Hagan Racing69OldsDAYCARHCYMARBRIDARSBOLGYJFCDOVCLT29SBOHCYROUIRPSBORALOXFSBOHCYLGYROUBRIDARRCHDOVMARROUCLTCARMAR133rd-45
1988Hagan Racing44OldsDAYHCYCARMARDARBRILNGNZHSBONSV23CLT11DOVROULANLVLMYBOXFSBOHCYLNGIRPROUBRIDARRCH14DOVMARCLT21CARMAR46th44546
198948DAYCARMARHCYDARBRINZHSBOLANNSVCLTDOVROULVLVOLMYBSBOHCYDUBIRPROUBRIDAR39RCHDOVMARCLT25CARMAR77th13447
1990Fred Turner RacingDAY24RCHCARMARHCYDARBRILANSBONZHHCYCLT4DOVROUVOLMYBOXFNHASBODUBIRPROUBRIDAR12RCHDOV32MARCLT1*NHACARMAR48th62548
1992Fred Turner Racing10ChevyDAY39CARRCHATLMARDARBRIHCYLANDUBNZHCLT4DOVROUMYBGLNVOLNHATALIRPROUMCHNHABRIDARRCHDOVCLTMARCARHCY73rd20649
199348FordDAY28CARRCHDARBRIHCYROUMARNZHCLT42DOVMYBGLNMLWTAL8IRPMCH11NHABRIDAR22RCH23DOVROUCLT11MARCARHCY41st86450
70ATL5
19944ChevyDAY6CARRCHATLQL†MARDAR41HCYBRIROUNHANZHCLT40DOVMYBGLN36MLW39SBOTAL4*HCYIRPMCH18BRIDARRCH34DOVCLT7MARCAR44th81051
199522DAYCARRCHATLNSV36DARBRIHCYNHANZHCLTDOVMYBGLNMLWTALSBOIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCARHOM106th5552
1996PontiacDAYCARRCHATLNSV22DARBRIHCYNZHCLTDOVSBOMYBGLNMLWNHATALIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOV60th26253
Martin Racing92ChevyCLT3CARHOM
1997DAYCARRCHATLLVSDARHCYTEXBRINSVTAL18NHANZHCLT1769th28554
Phoenix Racing4ChevyDOV33SBOGLNMLWMYBGTYIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVCLTCALCARHOM
1998Sterling Marlin Racing1ChevyDAYCARLVSNSV7DARBRITEXHCYTAL30NHANZHCLT40DOVRCHPPRGLNMLWMYBCALSBOIRPMCHBRI23DARRCHDOVCLT10GTYCARATLHOM58th49055
1999Joe Gibbs Racing42PontiacDAYCARLVS33ATLDARTEXDNQCALDNQNHARCHNZHCLTDOVSBOGLNMLWMYBPPRGTYIRP54th77756
Sterling Marlin Racing14ChevyNSV34BRI8TALMCH12BRI4DAR9RCHDOVCLTCARDNQMEM31PHOHOM
2000Team SABCO82ChevyDAYCARLVSATLDARBRI1*TEXNSVTALCALRCHNHACLTDOVSBOMYBGLNMLWNZHPPRGTYIRPMCH62nd52557
01BRI5DAR7RCH43DOVCLTDNQCARMEMPHOHOMDNQ
2004Phoenix Racing1DodgeDAYCARLVSDARBRITEXNSHTALCALGTYRCHNZHCLTDOVNSHKENMLWDAYCHINHAPPRIRPMCHBRICAL37RCHDOVKANCLT21MEMATLPHODARHOM102nd15258
2005FitzBradshaw Racing40DodgeDAY42CAL15MXCLVS25ATLQL‡NSH37BRI5TEX19PHOTAL21DAR39RCH10CLT2DOVNSHQL¤KEN6MLWDAY41CHI35NHAPPRMCH12BRI25CALRCHDOV17KANCLT5MEMTEX22PHOHOM29th198559
12GTY12IRPGLN
2007Phoenix Racing1ChevyDAYCALMXCLVSATLBRINSHTEXPHOTALRCHDARCLTDOVNSHKENMLWNHADAYCHIGTYIRPCGVGLNMCHBRICALRCHDOV15KANCLTMEM26TEXPHOHOM106th20360
2008DAYCALLVSATLBRINSH22TEXPHOMXCTALRCHDARCLTDOVNSHKENMLWNHADAYCHIGTYIRPCGVGLNMCHBRICALRCHDOVKANCLTMEMTEXPHOHOM118th9761
† - 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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ASCCPtsRef
1977Cunningham-Kelley Racing14ChevyTOLDAYQCSBFSNSVFRSTOLSLMAVSTAL13TOLSNDSLMNA062
1978DAYQCSAVSNSV3IMSLORFRSTAL21FRSCMSJEFNA063
1979AVSDAYNSVFRSSLMDSPIMSTAL16FRSNA064
19824PontiacNSV34DAYTALFRSCMSWINNSVTATTALFRSBFSMILSNDNA065
1992Blackstock Racing12PontiacDAYFIFTWSTALTOLKILPOCMCHFRSKILNSH32DELPOCHPTFRSISFTOLDSFTWSSLMATL138th-66
Results before 1979 may be incomplete.

International Race of Champions

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

International Race of Champions results
YearMake1234Pos.PtsRef
1996PontiacDAY4TAL4CLT11MCH66th4067
2002PontiacDAY8CAL4CHI7IND710th3568
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