Clifton “Coo Coo” Marlin, the NASCAR original who died Sunday at 73 with son Sterling Marlin at his side, got his nickname in a more innocent way than you might think. As a toddler on a Tennes ...

Clifton “Coo Coo” Marlin, 73, one of NASCAR’s early stars and father of current Nextel Cup driver Sterling Marlin, died of lung cancer Sunday in Columbia, Tenn. Although he never won a ...

The interaction happened during the last week of April 1982 on the Coo Coo Marlin family farm in Columbia, Tennessee, about an hour south of Nashville, off Interstate 65. The farm had been in Coo ...

Learn more. COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) – Clifton “Coo Coo” Marlin, one of NASCAR’s early stars and father of current Nextel Cup driver Sterling Marlin, died early Sunday after a battle with lung ...

In 2001, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, he won Dodge’s first race on their NASCAR return at Michigan, and later that year, ...

She breathed her last in 1988. Coo Coo Marlin was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who spent 14 years behind the wheel. Marlin also made it big on the short tracks in Tennessee and Alabama ...

Sterling Marlin has been a legend in NASCAR and built his status all the way from his childhood. He had always been part of the NASCAR world thanks to his father, Coo Coo Marlin, a NASCAR driver.

Editor's Note: This is the ninth of a 10-part series listing the best all-time NASCAR racer from each of the 50 United States. Looking ahead a few days, some tough decisions have to be made in ...

The interaction happened during the last week of April 1982 on the Coo Coo Marlin family farm in Columbia, Tennessee, about an hour south of Nashville, off Interstate 65. The farm had been in Coo ...

L.W. Wright, a con man, convinced Coo Coo Marlin and his son Sterling to sell him a race car and act as his pit crew chief for the 1982 Winston 500 at Talladega. Wright falsely claimed to have a ...