Coo Coo Marlin

Clifton " Coo Coo " Marlin ( born January 3, 1932 in Columbia, Tennessee; † August 14, 2005 ) was an American race car driver and a legend of the U.S. motor sports league NASCAR.

Life

Marlin first made ​​a name for smaller races in Tennessee and Alabama. Here he went against known drivers like Red Farmer, Bobby and Donnie Allison. He joined the newly developed Grand National Series and was one of the early racing stars. Marlin has never won one of his 165 races 1966-1980, but had nine top - five and 51 top- 10 finishes.

Clifton " Coo Coo " Marlin drove 14 years racing in the Grand National Series, which was called from 1972 Winston Cup. He is the today's NASCAR driver Sterling Marlin father. He died of lung cancer.