sterling marlin

Chip Ganassi has re-affirmed his faith in veteran driver Sterling Marlin despite a sub-par 2004, stating that the double Daytona 500 winner and his #40 Coors Light team is the backbone of his Nextel Cup operation.

Sterling Marlin may not have been a contender for a NASCAR Nextel Cup victory on the track for several months now, but his #40 Chip Ganassi Racing pit crew proved their winning pedigree during Sunday's Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire.

Sterling Marlin produced the TV quote of the week at Watkins Glen when he called Greg Biffle a 'bug-eyed dummy' live on NBC after the former Daytona 500 winner found himself unceremoniously nerfed into the wall by an impatient Biffle early on in Sunday's Sirius at the Glen.