Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2001, ụgbọala ahụ nwetara agba ọhụrụ na-acha ọlaọcha ọbara ọbara, onye na-emepụta ya gbanwere gaa na Dodge, onyeisi ndị ọrụ ọhụrụ n'aha Lee McCall, na onye nwe ya ọhụrụ n'aha Ganassi. Marlin meriri n'ọsọ asọmpi Daytona 500. N'agba ikpeazụ nke
na 500, Marlin so n'ihe mberede nke gburu Dale Earnhardt. Ọtụtụ ndị na-akwado ya zigara Marlin na nwunye ya ozi ịkpọasị na iyi egwu ọnwụ, na-ata ya ụta maka ọnwụ Earnhardt. Ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala Earnhardt bụ Dale Earnhardt, Jr. na Michael Waltrip bịara na-agbachitere Marlin, a napụtakwara Marlin site na nyocha NASCAR banyere ihe mberede ahụ.