Coo Coo Marlin
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Clifton Burton "Coo Coo" Marlin (January 3, 1932 – August 14, 2005) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup driver who spent 14 years in the series.
Local track history
Marlin earned a name for himself at the short tracks in Tennessee and Alabama, running against Red Farmer, Bobby Allison, and Donnie Allison. He was a four-time track champion at Nashville Speedway USA (now Music City Motorplex).
Marlin was a speedway favorite with a lot of kids during the 1960s. He drove a fire-engine red 1964 Chevrolet Impala, No. 711, and was the first real "hero" to many youngsters. During this time, he and his racing "nemesis," Charlie Binkley No. 125, continuously thrilled audiences with their often tense finishes. Marlin was always available for photos and autographs in the pits after a race. His brother, Jack Marlin, was also a crowd favorite.
Grand National and Winston Cup career
Marlin advanced to part-time rides on the NASCAR Grand National circuit, starting with one race in 1966 and three in 1967. He ran more of the schedule as the series changed from Grand National to Winston Cup, but he never competed in more than 23 races in any season. He never won a race in his 165 Winston Cup starts from 1966 to 1980, but he had nine top 5 and 51 top 10 finishes, with many of those starts in a car numbered 14. However, in 1973, Marlin won a non points race, with one of the Duel races at Daytona that year.[1]
Death
Marlin died in his hometown of Columbia, Tennessee, on August 14, 2005, of lung cancer at the age of 73. His son, Sterling, skipped the 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen, which was held the day after Marlin's death, to attend his father's funeral.[2]
Son's use of number 14 as memorial
Shortly after Marlin's death, his son Sterling was in negotiations with MB2 Motorsports to drive the team's second car for 2006. The team was unable to retain the No. 10 (which was to be used by Evernham Motorsports for 2006), so MB2 was looking for a new number. A still-grieving Sterling found the No. 14 available (ppc Racing's defunct Nextel Cup team had been the last to use it) and had MB2 request the No. 14, which was granted. It was run to honor his father during his year and a half with the team until his unexpected release from Ginn Racing mid-way through the 2007 season, after the team merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. The No. 14 was last run by Chase Briscoe, his owner and former driver Tony Stewart who chose the number for his own race team in honor of A.J. Foyt, a childhood hero of his.
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.)
Grand National Series
| NASCAR Grand National Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NGNCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pts | Ref |
| 1966 | Gray Racing | 97 | Ford | AUG | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | CAR | BRI | ATL | HCY | CLB | GPS | BGS | NWS | MAR | DAR | LGY | MGR | MON | RCH | CLT | DTS | ASH | PIF | SMR | AWS | BLV | GPS | DAY | ODS | BRR | OXF | FON | ISP | BRI | SMR | NSV 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL | CLB | AWS | BLV | BGS | DAR | HCY | RCH | HBO | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | 95th | 360 | [3] | |||||
| 1967 | Charlie Hughes | 04 | Chevy | AUG | RSD | DAY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY | DAY 50Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AWS | BRI | GPS | BGS | ATL | CLB | HCY | NWS | MAR | SVH | RCH | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR | GPS | MGY | DAY | TRN | OXF | FDA | ISP | BRI | SMR | 88th | 680 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cunningham-Kelley Racing | NSV 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL | BGS | CLB | SVH | DAR | HCY | RCH | BLV | HBO | MAR | NWS | CLT | CAR | AWS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Cunningham-Kelley Racing | 07 | Chevy | MGR | MGY | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | CAR | AUG | BRI | ATL | CLB | HCY | GPS | RCH | NWS | MAR | AWS | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | MGR | SMR | MCH | KPT 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GPS | NCF | DAY | DOV | TPN | TRN | BLV | BRI 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SMR | ATL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | SBO | BGS | AWS | DAR 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HCY | RCH | TAL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLB | MAR | NWS | CLT 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SVH | AUG | CAR | JFC | MGR | TWS | 52nd | 375 | [5] |
| 1970 | RSD | DAY 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY | DAY 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR | SVH | ATL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | CLB | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SMR | MAR | MCH 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | HCY | KPT | GPS | DAY 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AST | TPN | TRN | BRI | SMR | NSV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLB | ONA | MCH 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BGS | SBO | DAR | HCY | RCH | DOV | NCF | NWS | CLT 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR | MGR | CAR | LGY | 38th | 876 | [6] | |||||||||
| 1971 | RSD | DAY | DAY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | RCH | CAR | HCY | BRI | ATL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLB | GPS | SMR | NWS | MAR | DAR | SBO | TAL 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ASH | KPT | CLT | DOV | MCH 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | HOU | GPS | DAY 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
AST | ISP | TRN | NSV 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BGS | ONA | MCH 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLB | HCY | DAR | MAR | CLT | DOV | CAR 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MGR | RCH | NWS | TWS | 49th | 527 | [7] | |||||||||
Winston Cup Series
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />NWCCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Pts | Ref | |||||||
| 1972 | Cunningham-Kelley Racing | 14 | Chevy | RSD | DAY 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | ONT | CAR | ATL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | RSD | TWS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TRN | ATL 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25th | 3852.9 | [8] | |||||||
| 1973 | RSD | DAY 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | DAR | MAR | TAL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 33Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | MCH 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22nd | 4233.89 | [9] | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | RSD | DAY 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | MAR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV | CLT 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | MCH 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC | TAL 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | 22nd | 581.66 | [10] | |||||||||||
| 1975 | RSD | DAY 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI | ATL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | DAR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR | TAL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | MCH 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TAL 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 35Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAR 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV 31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAR 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CLT 42Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | 20th | 2584 | [11] | |||||||||||
| 1976 | RSD | DAY 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | BRI | ATL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | DAR | MAR | TAL | NSV | DOV | CLT | RSD | MCH 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC | TAL 34Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI | DAR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28th | 1412 | [12] | |||||||||||
| 1977 | RSD | DAY 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR | ATL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | DAR | BRI | MAR | TAL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV | CLT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | MCH | DAY 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
POC | TAL 40Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | BRI | DAR 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR | ATL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | 34th | 1004 | [13] | |||||||||||
| 1978 | RSD | DAY 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR | ATL 39Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL 41Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DOV | CLT | NSV 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RSD | MCH | DAY 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV | POC | TAL 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | BRI | DAR 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | MAR | NWS | CLT 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR | ATL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ONT | 36th | 765 | [14] | |||||||||||
| 1979 | RSD | DAY 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAR | RCH | ATL 38Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NWS | BRI | DAR | MAR | TAL 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV | DOV | CLT 30Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TWS | RSD | MCH | DAY 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV | POC | TAL 29Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | BRI | DAR 36Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | DOV | MAR | CLT | NWS | CAR | ATL | ONT | 33rd | 613 | [15] | ||||||||||
| 1980 | RSD | DAY QL†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV | DOV | CLT | TWS | RSD | MCH | DAY 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NSV | POC | TAL 37Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | NWS | MAR | CLT | CAR | ATL | ONT | 54th | 303 | [16] | ||||||||||
| † - Qualified but replaced by Sterling Marlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daytona 500
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Charlie Hughes | Chevrolet | 27 | 50 |
| 1970 | Cunningham-Kelley Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 18 |
| 1971 | 26 | 20 | ||
| 1972 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 1973 | 4 | 29 | ||
| 1974 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 1975 | 35 | 17 | ||
| 1976 | 10 | 21 | ||
| 1977 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 1978 | 16 | 26 | ||
| 1979 | 37 | 9 | ||
| 1980 | QL† | |||
| † - Qualified but replaced by Sterling Marlin | ||||
References
- ↑ Coo Coo Marlin page of Racing-reference website [1], retrieved May 21, 2007.
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