Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ 2001, ụgbọala ahụ nwetara agba ọhụrụ na-acha ọbara ọbara, onye nrụpụta gbanwere Dodge, onye isi ndị ọrụ ọhụrụ na Lee McCall, na onye nwe ọhụrụ na Ganassi. Marlin meriri n'ọsọ asọmpi Daytona 500. N'agba ikpeazụ nke 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.