Michael D. Marlar (born January 30, 1978) is an American professional
dirt track and
stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately . It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It ori ...
driver. Marlar is the 2018
World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion. He has also competed in the
NASCAR Cup,
Xfinity, and
Camping World Truck Series
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck based stock cars. The series is one of th ...
.
Racing career
Dirt racing
Marlar won 2018 World of Outlaws Championship by 28 points over Brandon Sheppard. Marlar won 5 feature events on the season.
Marlar won the 2020 Butterball Memorial at Richmond Raceway in Kentucky and the associated $20,000 payday.
Stock car racing
He made his
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut at the
2019 Eldora Dirt Derby driving the No. 33
Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra is a pickup truck manufactured in the United States by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota since May 1999. The Tundra was the second full-size pickup to be built by a Japanese manufacturer (the first was the Toyota T100), but the ...
for
Reaume Brothers Racing. Upon arriving at the track, Marlar was forced to remove the logos for his sponsor
Marathon Oil
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off his truck, as it conflicted with
Sunoco
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being the official fuel of
NASCAR. He qualified for the main event by finishing fifth in the third qualifying race. He started in the 23rd position and finished fourth in the main event.
In September 2019, he joined
MBM Motorsports for his
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
debut at
Richmond Raceway. He spun on the first lap and suffered terminal damage that resulted in a last-place finish.
In March 2021, Marlar returned to MBM to make his
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, ...
debut in the dirt race at
Bristol Motor Speedway. He also joined
Hill Motorsports to run the supporting Truck event. In the Truck race, he was involved in a late crash with
Kyle Larson. Marlar's maiden Cup start ended after completing 244 of 253 laps due to a spin and he finished 31st.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(
key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Cup Series
Xfinity Series
Camping World Truck Series
References
External links
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Living people
1978 births
NASCAR drivers
Racing drivers from Tennessee