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Dodge Breaks Through ; Marlin claims first Chrysler victory in 24 years.
The Dodge Winston Cup program landed its first win in the rain-shortened Pepsi 400 at Michigan, courtesy of Sterling Marlin, whose performances have led the charge for Dodge since it officially returned to NASCAR this season after an absence of 16 years. Marlin's victory is the first for a Chrysler product in NASCAR Winston Cup competition since Neil Bonnett won at Ontario, California on Nov. 20, 1977.
The win also ends Marlin's own 170-race winless streak, which stretch- ed back to the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in July 1996. It also marks the first NASCAR win for team owner Chip Ganassi, who last season took over the multi-car team of Felix Sabates, and then boldly switched the high-profile but struggling operation from Chevrolet to Dodge.
Dodge claimed four of the top-10 places at Michigan. Pit road observers were quick to credit at least part of the success to a recent NASCAR rules change, which gave the Dodges an additional two inches of front valance for increased aerodynamic downforce. Bill Elliott qualified on the outside pole and ran with Marlin for much of the race. Elliott finished third, while former World of Outlaws standout Dave Blaney, fighting an extreme loose condition all weekend (ironically, caused by the new nose, said team owner Bill Davis), came all the way from 41st to a solid ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) August 7, 2002 700+ words
...current top 10 in Winston Cup points. That group...veterans Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin...by winning two Winston Cup events and finishing...Childress, a Winston Cup car owner for 30...Terry Labonte, Marlin, Martin, Rudd...
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