No Daytona 500 for Marlin, but other Cup races:

Two-Time Daytona 500 winner, Sterling Marlin, doesnt have a ride for the Daytona 500.”Everything has to end sometime,” says Sterling Marlin, 51.”Nothing goes on forever.” Last year he just missed cracking the lineup in his qualifying race. This year he wont even get to try.”I thought I might have something lined up but it didnt work out,” Marlin said earlier this week. Marlin will still be in Daytona doing some PR work for Coors Beer, with a possibility of landing a ride in the Nationwide Series. Despite the Daytona disappointment, Sterling is not hanging up his helmet in the Sprint Cup Series. He is scheduled to run”12 to 14″ races this year, sharing a ride in James Finchs #09 with Ken Schrader and Mike Bliss. He will also run some races at Fairgrounds Speedway, where he won three championships from 1980-82. His son Steadman will run the full Fairgrounds schedule while daughter Sutherlin plans to compete as a rookie on the quarter-mile track. Sutherlin agreed to attend Columbia State if her parents would let her race.(Nashville City Paper)(2-2-2009)