Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlinis an retired stock car 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth30 June 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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I guess everybody saw it. It's a deal where I'd been racing cars a long time and I knew going around the track the fender was on the tire hard.
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Everybody puts a lot of emphasis on qualifying here. This is the pole that everybody wants to win.
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It just shows how good the guys in the shop are putting stuff together.
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It's disappointing that something like that happened so early in such a long race. There were guys up there racing like it was the last lap-- making it five wide-- it's ridiculous. We were on lap nine-- there's just no call for that.
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It seemed like when we ran second, they beat us. When the opportunity came along to join them, there was no second-guessing.
It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.
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It took Mama a second or two to figure out what he said, ... Once she did, she was pretty mad. But Daddy got her calmed down, we finished dinner and headed to the track.
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What a shame. The Waste Management Chevrolet was really good all day and I was having fun out there. We had a rocket and I'm confident at least a top-10 finish was in our future?maybe even the win. But things just didn't work out for us the way they were supposed to.
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You look at 2001, we were third in points and no one gave us much of a chance when the season started. We came back last year and had the same team, the same everybody and led points.
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So now I have somebody to share my pain with.
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I don't know what happened. I reached down to look at my oil temperature, and when I looked back up everyone was dead stopped. The only silver lining is that our backup car should be as good as our primary. We came down here testing last month and had a tough time deciding which car to bring back, so that's a good sign for Sunday.
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This is the most optimistic I've been in a long time. I've got some unfinished business.
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That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.
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I love racing these short tracks. It's fun and exciting, and a great show for the fans and drivers. There's never a dull moment out there. It's as much about experience and thinking as it is about a good race car.