A portion of Highway 31 in Tennessee has been dedicated as the Sterling Marlin Highway in honor of the two-time Daytona 500 winner and Maury County native.
The dedication was announced on Thursday by Mayor Sheila Butt.
“Thank you for representing Maury County with humility, integrity, and excellence throughout your remarkable career,” Butt wrote. “We are proud to celebrate one of our own.”
Son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin, Sterling followed in his fathers footsteps carving out a career for himself at the top level of NASCAR where he would make 748 starts while scoring 10 wins across a career that ranged from 1976 though 2009.
