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Subject: Sterling Marlin OUT for the rest of the season!
Posted by: Fatal Image
- [11621206] Wed, Oct 02, 2002, 14:34
Just like that, one Cup contender is gone:
http://www.nascar.com/2002/news/headlines/wc/10/02/smarlin_out.ap/index.html
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Sterling Marlin, who led the Winston Cup standings for 25 weeks, will miss the rest of the NASCAR season because of a broken vertebra in his neck.
Marlin was injured in a crash Sunday in Kansas, and the break in his vertebra was diagnosed Wednesday in Charlotte, said team co-owner Felix Sabates.
Jamie McMurray, who was hired to drive a third car for Chip Ganassi Racing next season, will drive the No. 40 Dodge Intrepid for the rest of the season as well as complete the Busch series schedule for Brewco Motorsports, Sabates said.
Marlin took over the points lead after the second race of the season and held it until three weeks ago. He has slipped to fifth in the standings, 121 points behind new leader Jimmie Johnson.
Now he will miss the remaining seven races and will fall considerably further.
"Sterling obviously is very upset," Sabates said. "He felt like he had a legitimate chance at winning his first championship. Yes, the team had fallen off a little bit over the past few weeks, but with the tightness of the points race, he had a good a shot as anyone."
Jamie McMurray, hired to drive a third car for Chip Ganassi Racing next season, will drive Marlin's No. 40 Dodge Intrepid for the rest of the season.
Marlin took over the points lead after the second race of the season. He held on to it until three weeks ago. He had slipped to fifth in the standings, 121 behind new leader Jimmie Johnson.
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Wed, Oct 02, 2002, 15:52
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Thanks! I was just heading over to the NASCAR site to check out the headlines.
To bad for Marlin though. I was hoping he would win the championship.
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