whose four-year run of superiority in the Southern 500 ended in 1999 -- and Jeff Burton, who won both rain-shortened events last season on the Track "Too Tough To Tame." Victory has taught them much about Darlington, but Wallace figures defeat also can be a valuable tutor. He finished 16th in Darlington in March. "We''ve been on the money almost everywhere we''ve been this year with the chassis, but if there''s an exception to that, it has to be the first Darlington crystal golf balls race," he said. "we missed it with our shock package, really missed it big time on the right rear. "we''ll get it all nailed down this time around, though."

"i really love racing at places that are wide where you can pass easily and darlington just isn''t one of those places. it is so tight that passing is balls tough to do. in fact, the place is so narrow, you''ll be successful if you just don''t hit the wall all day long." heading into the weekend, green''s lead over second-place jason keller is an astounding 589 points. the golf race for second-place has become heated between four drivers -- keller, todd bodine and rookies kevin harvick and ron hornaday. keller is enjoying the most consistent season of his career in the no. 57 excedrin chevrolet. harvick and hornaday have each won twice in nascar 2000 -- they have combined to win four of the past seven events -- and will likely be tough yet again this weekend. harvick dominated last friday night''s food city 250 at bristol motor speedway, leading more laps than anyone in series balls history -- 241 of 250 -- en route to victory lane. he trails keller by just seven points with eight races remaining. harvick''s key to victory lane this weekend? bud pole qualifying. "darlington''s narrow just like bristol and it takes a long time to get by somebody without flat running into them,"

had those ambitions come to fruition, mcclure feels the state of his race team may be a bit different. "i may have had the problems, but i think i could have got things going in golf the right direction a lot quicker (with a second team) because with more testing and input from two different drivers and race teams, i think we could have got through this a lot quicker," mcclure said. hamilton currently ranks 30th in the standings. he''s never finished worse that 23rd in any full season in his career. it''s time to turn things around, and the change is on, starting this weekend at darlington raceway, where hamilton has three consecutive seventh-place finishes. "everybody loves darlington. i think it''s one of our favorite race tracks," mcclure said. "we were lucky enough to win a race there with sterling, i think back in ''95. we''re looking forward balls to it, and i golf think we''re going to be ready for it." hamilton added, "just staying off the fence balls (is the key to success at darlington), and that''s hard to golf do there. several guys have won that race and have had the recognized darlington stripe. it depends on who hits it the lightest. "every lap you go around there there''s one groove that works and then two laps later that groove doesn''t work any more. we''ve been pretty fortunate the last three or four races. we''ve been able to run there and not get in any crashes and not even get a stripe on the car. all that means is we''re way overdue for it." after the struggles they''ve balls faced the past few seasons, hamilton and the morgan-mcclure contingent are well overdue.

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