Sterling Marlin

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 Busch 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's 75 Greatest Drivers list.

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 nineteenth in the standings, clinching the Rookie of the Year award. Despite finishing fifteenth 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 twelfth 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 eleventh 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 thirteen top-ten finishes but dropped to twelfth 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 seven top-fives and sixteen top tens, finishing seventh in the standings. The next season, he had six top-fives, thirteen top-tens and five poles, finishing tenth in the standings. Marlin departed to drive the No. 8 Raybestos-sponsored Ford for Stavola Brothers Racing. In 1993, he had just one top-five and eight top-tens and fell to fifteenth 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 one win, five top-fives and eleven 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 two more times during the 1995 season (at Darlington and Talladega) for a total of three wins, nine top-fives, 22 top-tens, 472 laps led, an average finish of 9.84, and ranking a career best third in the standings. In 1996, Marlin had two wins, five top-fives, ten top tens, and finished eighth in the standings. In 1997, he scored just two top-fives and six 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-ten 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-ten seven times, he fell back to nineteenth in the overall standings.

Marlin with Chip Ganassi Racing at Dover Motor Speedway in 2001. 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, Marlin's car made contact with Dale Earnhardt's rear bumper 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.

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 eighth.

The following week, Marlin finished second in Rockingham to Matt Kenseth. Marlin took the points lead 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 second-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 fifteen 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 ninth 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. No. 14 Marlin battles No. 55 Michael Waltrip at the 2006 spring Bristol race.

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 accident 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). At the New Hampshire 300 the next week Marlin lost the points lead as Martin finished four places ahead of him, gaining fifteen points. 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-fives and ten top-tens. 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-five in 2003, but had eleven top-ten finishes and matched his previous year's finish of eighteenth 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. 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 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-fives in 2004, Marlin 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 No. 40 and finished fourth in the race.

Marlin reached as high as sixth in the points standings, but would later fall to thirtieth 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-ten 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.

Post-racing career 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. He has undergone deep brain stimulation surgical procedures at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as part of his treatment.

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. 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.

Personal life Marlin attended Spring Hill High School, where he played quarterback for the high school football team. A five-mile stretch of U.S. Route 31 in Tennessee, from the school to Carters Creek Pike, was renamed the "Sterling Marlin Commemorative Highway" in his honor in 2026.

In 2003, game show Family Feud hosted a NASCAR special with help from then-Family Feud host Richard Karn. 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 No. 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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 1976 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV29 DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 101st 76 1978 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT9 NSV RSD MCH DAY NSV25 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT 69th 226 1979 RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV15 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT 86th 123 1980 RSD DAY8 CLT36 CAR ATL ONT 49th 387 Jim Stacy Racing 5 Olds DAYDNQ RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR11 NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT16 TWS RSD MCH DAY Ulrich Racing 40 Chevy NSV7 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR 1981 99 Buick RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV26 POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 93rd Marlin Racing 14 Chevy CLT28 CAR ATL RSD 1982 Billy Matthews Racing 41 Olds DAYDNQ RCH BRI ATL CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT23 MAR CAR ATL RSD NA 0 1983 Hamby Racing 17 Chevy DAY34 ATL31 DAR11 TAL41 CLT19 DAY16 TAL21 MCH29 CLT40 ATL16 19th 2980 Pontiac RCH18 CAR13 NWS22 MAR12 NSV11 DOV10 BRI18 RSD25 POC29 MCH20 NSV15 POC18 BRI15 DAR24 RCH26 DOV27 MAR27 NWS17 CAR15 RSD17 1984 10 Chevy DAY15 RCH 37th 1207 Bahre Racing 23 Buick CAR35 ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Chevy TAL12 NSV18 DOV CLT29 RSD POC33 MCH DAY33 TAL32 MCH32 DAR39 RCH DOV MAR CLT35 NWS CAR ATL9 RSD Jimmy Means Racing 52 Pontiac NSV30 POC Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Olds BRI8 1985 Chevy DAY16 RCH CAR ATL25 BRI22 DAR NWS MAR TAL25 DOV CLT34 RSD POC MCH DAY33 POC TAL12 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS 37th 645 Helen Rae Motorsports 00 Chevy CLT29 CAR ATL RSD 1986 Ellington Racing 1 Chevy DAY9 RCH CAR ATL32 BRI DAR33 NWS MAR TAL39 DOV CLT7 RSD POC MCH DAY2 POC TAL4 GLN MCH BRI DAR37 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT33 CAR ATL32 RSD 36th 989 1987 Hagan Racing 44 Olds DAY30 CAR19 RCH21 ATL13 DAR4 NWS17 BRI24 MAR19 TAL14 CLT32 DOV10 POC15 RSD9 MCH18 DAY16 POC25 TAL14 GLN32 MCH15 BRI20 DAR4 RCH22 DOV5 MAR7 NWS20 CLT3 CAR11 RSD24 ATL9 11th 3381 1988 DAY8 RCH5 CAR3 ATL20 DAR5 BRI8 NWS16 MAR2 TAL6 CLT27 DOV11 RSD9 POC28 MCH37 DAY34 POC14 TAL6 GLN8 MCH11 BRI12 DAR5 RCH16 DOV23 MAR26 CLT5 NWS14 CAR34 PHO10 ATL12 10th 3621 1989 94 DAY11 CAR7 ATL5 RCH8 DAR5 BRI15 NWS26 MAR8 TAL14 CLT2 DOV26 SON40 POC6 MCH8 DAY7 POC36 TAL28 GLN7 MCH34 BRI18 DAR10 RCH28 DOV17 MAR20 CLT7 NWS19 CAR23 PHO30 ATL3 12th 3422 1990 DAY19 RCH13 CAR4 ATL10 DAR28 BRI7 NWS31 MAR32 TAL26 CLT35 DOV5 SON6 POC9 MCH18 DAY5 POC30 TAL3 GLN15 MCH20 BRI5 DAR18 RCH24 DOV12 MAR12 NWS13 CLT16 CAR6 PHO16 ATL38 14th 3387 1991 Junior Johnson & Associates 22 Ford DAY2 RCH9 CAR33 ATL7 DAR10 BRI27 NWS22 MAR28 TAL4 CLT11 DOV15 SON26 POC8 MCH13 DAY8 POC5 TAL5 GLN12 MCH12 BRI2 DAR6 RCH10 DOV17 MAR14 NWS13 CLT5 CAR8 PHO3 ATL7 7th 3839 1992 DAY35 CAR15 RCH7 ATL17 DAR22 BRI32 NWS8 MAR2 TAL4 CLT22 DOV14 SON16 POC7 MCH32 DAY2 POC11 TAL2 GLN16 MCH7 BRI15 DAR28 RCH21 DOV33 MAR7 NWS5 CLT16 CAR5 PHO9 ATL7 10th 3603 1993 Stavola Brothers Racing 8 Ford DAY9 CAR28 RCH31 ATL12 DAR21 BRI20 NWS9* MAR21 TAL24 SON12 CLT24 DOV33 POC8 MCH8 DAY2 NHA6* POC7 TAL27 GLN6 MCH17 BRI23 DAR31 RCH24 DOV11 MAR30 NWS19 CLT17 CAR12 PHO30 ATL17 15th 3355 1994 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY1 CAR2 RCH19 ATL25 DAR34 BRI8 NWS17 MAR27 TAL8 SON29 CLT15 DOV8 POC38 MCH34 DAY28 NHA10 POC12 TAL5 IND14 GLN26 MCH34 BRI6 DAR5 RCH13 DOV30 MAR7 NWS31 CLT36 CAR14 PHO3 ATL40 14th 3443 1995 DAY1* CAR12 RCH5 ATL7 DAR1 BRI9 NWS7 MAR13 TAL39 SON7 CLT4 DOV7 POC4 MCH7 DAY2* NHA9 POC18 TAL1 IND7 GLN21 MCH4 BRI7 DAR10 RCH33 DOV6 MAR23 NWS15 CLT6 CAR6 PHO12 ATL2 3rd 4361 1996 DAY40 CAR6 RCH11 ATL13 DAR11 BRI18 NWS5 MAR10 TAL1* SON15 CLT6 DOV41 POC11 MCH3* DAY1* NHA29 POC6 TAL29 IND39 GLN11 MCH33 BRI18 DAR8 RCH21 DOV17 MAR31 NWS11 CLT4 CAR13 PHO27 ATL15 8th 3682 1997 DAY5 CAR20 RCH19 ATL23 DAR32 TEX8 BRI20 MAR21 SON26 TAL39 CLT40 DOV10 POC15 MCH17 CAL36 DAY3 NHA22 POC20 IND43 GLN13 MCH43 BRI10 DAR40 RCH39 NHA39 DOV27 MAR39 CLT20 TAL38 CAR9 PHO27 ATL11 25th 2954 1998 Team SABCO 40 Chevy DAY22 CAR25 LVS24 ATLDNQ DAR14 BRI40 TEX14 MAR36 TAL9 CAL14 CLT15 DOV19 RCH10 MCH18 POC9 SON7 NHA35 POC11 IND11 GLN7 MCH15 BRI21 NHA17 DAR8 RCH15 DOV16 MAR18* CLT30 TAL14 DAY18 PHO12 CAR13 ATL42 13th 3530 1999 DAY32 CAR37 LVS15 ATL18 DAR16 TEX9 BRI14 MAR13 TAL25 CAL16 RCH18 CLT40 DOV29 MCH22 POC4 SON25 DAY12 NHA34 POC28 IND16 GLN33 MCH15 BRI7 DAR40 RCH4 NHA21 DOV38 MAR11 CLT29 TAL22 CAR8 PHO40 HOM17 ATL31 16th 3397 2000 DAY24 CAR15 LVS18 ATL12 DAR21 BRI10 TEX34 MAR24 TAL8 CAL32 RCH29 CLT19 DOV31 MCH10 POC22 SON2 DAY25 NHA25 POC42 IND30 GLN30 MCH15 BRI8 DAR17 RCH20 NHA22 DOV37 MAR9 CLT31 TAL41 CAR33 PHO15 HOM26 ATL8 19th 3363 2001 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge DAY7 CAR8 LVS3 ATL35 DAR5 BRI12 TEX34 MAR5 TAL23* CAL9 RCH11 CLT15 DOV6 MCH3 POC4 SON28 DAY39 CHI9 NHA17 POC16 IND2 GLN25 MCH1 BRI9 DAR16 RCH32 DOV8 KAN5 CLT1* MAR10 TAL17 PHO34 CAR11 HOM5 ATL2 NHA2 3rd 4741 2002 DAY8* CAR2 LVS1 ATL9 DAR1 BRI19 TEX7 MAR12 TAL5 CAL7 RCH11 CLT11 DOV13 POC4 MCH21 SON43 DAY3 CHI16 NHA14 POC3* IND27 GLN30 MCH6 BRI7 DAR4 RCH43 NHA21 DOV21 KAN33 TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 18th 3703 2003 DAY17 CAR40 LVS8 ATL14 DAR39 BRI6 TEX29 TAL6 MAR7 CAL10 RCH13 CLT7 DOV35 POC6* MCH6* SON18 DAY19 CHI21 NHA39 POC10 IND34 GLN43 MCH19 BRI17 DAR31 RCH22 NHA29 DOV13 TAL39 KAN34 CLT15 MAR43 ATL16 PHO11 CAR10 HOM10 18th 3745 2004 DAY37 CAR4 LVS18 ATL16 DAR14 BRI4 TEX26 MAR9 TAL31 CAL27 RCH15 CLT39 DOV29 POC31 MCH6 SON21 DAY20 CHI7 NHA21 POC15 IND33 GLN36 MCH15 BRI6 CAL26 RCH14 NHA12 DOV15 TAL34 KAN34 CLT12 MAR4 ATL19 PHO25 DAR12 HOM16 21st 3857 2005 DAY8 CAL15 LVS35 ATL16 BRI11 MAR6 TEX5 PHO26 TAL34 DAR41 RCH23 CLT39 DOV32 POC16 MCH40 SON26 DAY22 CHI32 NHA34 POC28 IND9 GLN MCH21 BRI29 CAL19 RCH41 NHA11 DOV41 TAL7 KAN13 CLT40 MAR38 ATL20 TEX23 PHO34 HOM26 30th 3183 2006 MB2 Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY34 CAL32 LVS36 ATL34 BRI17 MAR14 TEX30 PHO12 TAL37 RCH9 DAR28 CLT28 DOV31 POC42 MCH24 SON42 DAY24 CHI26 NHA16 POC30 IND31 GLN39 MCH29 BRI32 CAL29 RCH30 NHA25 DOV31 KAN20 TAL40 CLT11 MAR21 ATL20 TEX40 PHO36 HOM37 34th 2854 2007 Ginn Racing DAY17 CAL35 LVS34 ATL24 BRI30 MAR21 TEX34 PHO27 TAL16 RCH23 DAR13 CLT33 DOV16 POC31 MCH20 SON43 NHA24 DAY40 CHI23 IND POC GLN MCH 40th 1752 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy BRIDNQ CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN Phoenix Racing 09 Chevy TALDNQ CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO25 HOM33 2008 DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL22 RCH25 DAY41 CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI43 CAL RCHDNQ NHA DOV KAN TAL42 CLT MARDNQ ATL TEX PHO32 HOM29 51st 482 Chip Ganassi Racing 40 Dodge DAR34 CLT31 DOV POC MCH SON NHA 2009 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge DAY CALDNQ LVSDNQ ATL BRI40 MARDNQ TEX PHO40 TAL RCH DAR42 CLT DOV POC39 MCH41 SON NHA DAY CHI INDDNQ POC38 GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLTDNQ MAR35 TAL TEX PHO HOM 53rd 316

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1980 Jim Stacy Racing Oldsmobile DNQ Cunningham-Kelley Racing Chevrolet 36 8 1982 Billy Matthews Racing Oldsmobile DNQ 1983 Hamby Racing Chevrolet 33 34 1984 40 15 1985 Sadler Brothers Racing Chevrolet 20 16 1986 Ellington Racing Chevrolet 8 9 1987 Hagan Racing Oldsmobile 10 30 1988 12 8 1989 6 11 1990 21 19 1991 Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 12 2 1992 1 35 1993 Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 14 9 1994 Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 4 1 1995 3 1 1996 3 40 1997 9 5 1998 Team SABCO Chevrolet 3 22 1999 17 32 2000 38 24 2001 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 3 7 2002 13 8 2003 7 17 2004 4 37 2005 18 8 2006 MB2 Motorsports Chevrolet 39 34 2007 Ginn Racing Chevrolet 38 17 2008 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet DNQ

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1986 Hagan Racing 69 Olds DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT29 SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 133rd - 1988 Hagan Racing 44 Olds DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV23 CLT11 DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH14 DOV MAR CLT21 CAR MAR 46th 445 1989 48 DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR39 RCH DOV MAR CLT25 CAR MAR 77th 134 1990 Fred Turner Racing DAY24 RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT4 DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR12 RCH DOV32 MAR CLT1* NHA CAR MAR 48th 625 1992 Fred Turner Racing 10 Chevy DAY39 CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT4 DOV ROU MYB GLN VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 73rd 206 1993 48 Ford DAY28 CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR NZH CLT42 DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL8 IRP MCH11 NHA BRI DAR22 RCH23 DOV ROU CLT11 MAR CAR HCY 41st 864 70 ATL5 1994 4 Chevy DAY6 CAR RCH ATLQL† MAR DAR41 HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT40 DOV MYB GLN36 MLW39 SBO TAL4* HCY IRP MCH18 BRI DAR RCH34 DOV CLT7 MAR CAR 44th 810 1995 22 DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV36 DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM 106th 55 1996 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV22 DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV 60th 262 Martin Racing 92 Chevy CLT3 CAR HOM 1997 DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL18 NHA NZH CLT17 69th 285 Phoenix Racing 4 Chevy DOV33 SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 1998 Sterling Marlin Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV7 DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL30 NHA NZH CLT40 DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI23 DAR RCH DOV CLT10 GTY CAR ATL HOM 58th 490 1999 Joe Gibbs Racing 42 Pontiac DAY CAR LVS33 ATL DAR TEXDNQ CALDNQ NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP 54th 777 Sterling Marlin Racing 14 Chevy NSV34 BRI8 TAL MCH12 BRI4 DAR9 RCH DOV CLT CARDNQ MEM31 PHO HOM 2000 Team SABCO 82 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI1* TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH 62nd 525 01 BRI5 DAR7 RCH43 DOV CLTDNQ CAR MEM PHO HOMDNQ 2004 Phoenix Racing 1 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL37 RCH DOV KAN CLT21 MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 102nd 152 2005 FitzBradshaw Racing 40 Dodge DAY42 CAL15 MXC LVS25 ATLQL‡ NSH37 BRI5 TEX19 PHO TAL21 DAR39 RCH10 CLT2 DOV NSHQL¤ KEN6 MLW DAY41 CHI35 NHA PPR MCH12 BRI25 CAL RCH DOV17 KAN CLT5 MEM TEX22 PHO HOM 29th 1985 12 GTY12 IRP GLN 2007 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV15 KAN CLT MEM26 TEX PHO HOM 106th 203 2008 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH22 TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 118th 97 † - 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 Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Ref 1977 Cunningham-Kelley Racing 14 Chevy TOL DAY QCS BFS NSV FRS TOL SLM AVS TAL13 TOL SND SLM NA 0 1978 DAY QCS AVS NSV3 IMS LOR FRS TAL21 FRS CMS JEF NA 0 1979 AVS DAY NSV FRS SLM DSP IMS TAL16 FRS NA 0 1982 4 Pontiac NSV34 DAY TAL FRS CMS WIN NSV TAT TAL FRS BFS MIL SND NA 0 1992 Blackstock Racing 12 Pontiac DAY FIF TWS TAL TOL KIL POC MCH FRS KIL NSH32 DEL POC HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS SLM ATL 138th - Results before 1979 may be incomplete.

International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref 1996 Pontiac DAY4 TAL4 CLT11 MCH6 6th 40 2002 Pontiac DAY8 CAL4 CHI7 IND7 10th 35