Sterling Marlin News

#40 at Texas:

#40 at Texas:

March 30, 2002
#40 at Texas: look for #40-Sterling Marlin to run a Brooks & Dunn scheme on the #40 Coors Light Dodge at Texas.(3-30-2002) (3-29-2002)

Coo Coo Recovering:

Coo Coo Recovering:

March 28, 2002
Coo Coo Recovering: Coo Coo Marlin, a four-time [Nashville] Fairgrounds Speedway champion and father of current Winston Cup star Sterling Marlin, recently suffered a mild stroke and is recovering at his home in Columbia, TN. ''I'm doing OK,'' he said this week. Marlin

Marlin tests at California:

Marlin tests at California:

March 27, 2002
Marlin tests at California: #40-Sterling Marlin is testing at the California Speedway this week, Wed/Thurs, as well as attending the Denver Nuggets game in a driver appearance.(3-27-2002)

IRWIN Rough to Finish Award:

IRWIN Rough to Finish Award:

March 21, 2002
IRWIN Rough to Finish Award: This week, no one would doubt that Lee McCall, crew chief for the #40 Coors Light Dodge, had the roughest start to the race and the best finish. As a result, he'll take home the "IRWIN Rough to Finish Award" for the team's worst to first

Marlin wins at Darlington:

Marlin wins at Darlington:

March 17, 2002
Marlin wins at Darlington: #40-Sterling Marlin won the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington. It is Marlin's 2nd win of 2002 and his 2nd career win at Darlington, his 10th overall career win. Marlin started 42nd after the team elected to change an engine after Happy

Marlin and Blaney teams change engines:

Marlin and Blaney teams change engines:

March 17, 2002
Marlin and Blaney teams change engines: #40-Sterling Marlin lost an engine [actually found a bad lifter] in Happy Hour Practice and will have to go to the back of the field before the start of the race as the team needed to put in a new motor.(Winston Salem Journal

New Pit Road Rules:

New Pit Road Rules:

March 11, 2002
New Pit Road Rules: NASCAR will change its policies for speeding violations on pit road following confusion over an infraction for which eventual race-winner Sterling Marlin was never penalized a week ago at Las Vegas. NASCAR president Mike Helton announced the changes

Cars Tested:

Cars Tested:

March 4, 2002
Cars Tested: the cars of #40-Sterling Marlin, #19-Jeremy Mayfield, #6-Mark Martin, #12-Ryan Newman, #20-Tony Stewart, #88-Dale Jarrett and #48-Jimmie Johnson were tested on the NASCAR chassis dynamometer after Sunday' race.(ThatsRacin.com)(3-4-2002)

Streaking:

Streaking:

March 3, 2002
Streaking: #24-Jeff Gordon has not posted a top five finish since winning at Kansas in 2001, a span of eleven races. Gordon's longest drought of his career is 12 consecutive races, from the last five races of 1999 thru the first seven races of 2000 but he has not DNF

Marlin wins at Las Vegas:

Marlin wins at Las Vegas:

March 3, 2002
Marlin wins at Las Vegas: #40-Sterling Marlin wins the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 after starting 24th, all three winners in 2002 so far have started 19th or worse. It is Marlin's 9th career Winston Cup win. Marlin now leads the drivers points by 75 points over #12-Newman

Marlin wins at Las Vegas:

Marlin wins at Las Vegas:

March 3, 2002
Marlin wins at Las Vegas: #40-Sterling Marlin wins the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 after starting 24th, all three winners in 2002 so far have started 19th or worse. It is Marlin's 9th career Winston Cup win. Marlin now leads the drivers points by 75 points over #12-Newman

Kenseth wins Subway 400 at the Rock

Kenseth wins Subway 400 at the Rock

February 24, 2002
Kenseth wins Subway 400 at the Rock under yellow after #36-Ken Schrader hit the wall and #31-Gordon spun and left a tire on the track with four races to do, NASCAR said there was not enought laps left to throw a red flag (direct ALL questions on that subject to them

Spencer unhappy with TV coverage at Daytona:

Spencer unhappy with TV coverage at Daytona:

February 23, 2002
Spencer unhappy with TV coverage at Daytona: #41-Jimmy Spencer said he watched last week' Daytona 500 on television after missing the field for that event. “That was the first race I’ve watched live on TV since 19-whatever it was,” he said. “I’m not proud of it and

Craven wins the pole at Rockingham:

Craven wins the pole at Rockingham:

February 22, 2002
Craven wins the pole at Rockingham: #32-Ricky Craven won the Budweiser Pole for the Subway 400 with a speed of 156.008mph. It is Craven's fifth career pole. The top ten qualifiers are: 1) #32-Ricky Craven, Ford, 156.008mph 2) #36-Ken Schrader, Pontiac, 154.696 3) #

Blocking to be Looked at, Yellow Line, etc:

Blocking to be Looked at, Yellow Line, etc:

February 19, 2002
Blocking to be Looked at, Yellow Line, etc: NASCAR president Mike Helton addressed several key issues that emerged the day after Sunday's crash and bang Daytona 500. Helton said the 2002 restrictor-plate rules package, which was significantly different from 2001, passed