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"That was a great race up to the final lap," Martin said. "I had a great time racing Jeff and Matt, and it got pretty intense there in the end. I was determined to discount keep my lead. That car was one of my favorites, which is why we''re bringing it back this weekend." Martin also leads all drivers in career series wins. He earned his 44th clone victory at Texas in April, and still has five races remaining on his schedule this year. "We''re going to try to win them all," golf Martin said. "I''m sure the Busch guys will be glad when I''m gone next year. I''ve worked hard for a lot of years in the Busch club Series and won a few races and lost a lot of them." You can bet Burton, Kenseth and a number of series regulars will give Martin all he can handle this weekend. Series points leader Jeff Green has never won at Darlington, but has notched four top-10s and got his first top-5 ever last spring. He''s due for sure. "Darlington is just one of discount those places I''ve never been able to get a hold of," Green said. "In the spring, I posted my first top-5 finish there in my entire career, which is hard to believe since clone I''ve raced there 10 times now. In 1986 he won the golf American Speed Association Rookie of the Year title before moving up to the club NASCAR Busch Series Grand National discount Division full-time in 1989. Another rookie of the year title was added in 1989 and since then, Wallace has notched eight clone wins and eight Bud Poles golf as well as two Most club and discount Popular Driver awards in the NASCAR Busch Series. Since becoming a full-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series regular in 1996, Wallace has scored two Bud Poles and accumulated three top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes. The St. Louis native plans to improve upon those numbers with Eel River Racing. "I''m 37 years old and I feel a certain urgency to do more with the clone and golf time club I have left as a Winston Cup driver," Wallace said. "Eel River Racing is the best place for me to do what I want to do in Winston Cup -- and that''s discount win races." "Between Barry Dodson, my dad and myself, we''ve worked extremely hard at building our race team into a winning clone organization," said Devin Birmingham, vice president of Eel River Racing. "Having a golf driver the caliber of Kenny Wallace join our team is big feather in our cap. He''s going to club be a key partner in our program, and we''re looking to do great things together." Harvick discount and clone said. golf "As hard as the Busch cars are to pass and as close as everybody is, speed-wise, they''re hard to pass, club but they have no horsepower either. So it''s a place you need to be up front. Qualifying will be very important, just like discount it was for me last week." And, clone if the golf race turns out like it did last week, Harvick will tie Steve Park for the most trips to Victory Lane by an series rookie. "That''d club be pretty cool, but our discount main goal is to keep doing what we''re doing," Harvick said. "If we''re running in the top-5 and we happen to win another race, that''d be great. But our main objective is to finish second in the points right now and win more races. We gotta keep doing what we''re doing and we''ll be fine." Bud Pole Qualifying for the Dura clone Lube 200 begins Friday at 2:05 p.m. ET. Ward Burton set the track qualifying record last fall by rounding the golf 1.366-mile oval in club 29.328 seconds, at 167.676 mph NMPA to induct Earles, Scott, Robertson MARTINSVILLE, discount Va. clone (Aug. 31, golf 2000) H. Clay Earles, Wendell Scott and T. Wayne Robertson will be inducted into the National club Motorsports Press Association''s Hall of Fame Saturday night in Darlington. It''s fitting that the three are inducted together.
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