Marlin hurting but expects to race at NHIS: Sterling Marlin, still in intense pain yesterday after a hard crash at Richmond International Raceway this past Saturday night, said if he needed to race today, he couldn’t do it. ”I’m too sore to even climb in the car,” Marlin said from his home in Spring Hill, where he is resting. ”Hopefully I’ll start feeling better on into the week. I plan on racing this weekend.” Marlin crashed early in the Richmond race and had to be helped from his car as he was wincing in pain. He was checked at the infield hospital and released. ”Nothing was broken,” Marlin said, ”but I’m so sore I can hardly move. I must have stretched muscles and tendons in my back, chest and neck. I’m scheduled to go to a chiropractor [this morning] to get some treatments.”(Tennessean)(9-9-2002)
