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He speaks with the confidence of a competitor who has regained the winning formula he had when he took the series title in 1989, and dominated in 1993-94. Wallace broke a 32-race losing golf streak with a victory in Bristol in March, club and rating has been among the cars to beat in virtually each race since. The 44-year-old driver golf from St. Louis is trying for victory No. 54, which would tie him with Lee Petty for seventh club and rating place on the NASCAR career list. In that quest, Wallace will golf rely on the basics. "We just have to massage that chassis, conserve the tires and stay out of club trouble," he said. "I''m really looking forward to it." So is Burton who, like Gordon, will be seeking his third win of the season. Burton knows how tough the track can be. "You don''t expect to come here and win," he said. rating "But we expect to come to Darlington and run well." Gordon, a five-time Darlington winner, is in a run of bad luck that golf includes being taken out of contention in two of the last three races because of crashes he didn''t cause. club He hopes for good weather Sunday, which would enable him to play out the winning rating pit strategy of 1995-98. Rain prevented golf that last year. "We took a chance and pitted for tires and gas during club and rating the second-to-last caution, hoping it would put us in position to win," the three-time series champion said. "But we were also hoping the rain would hold off. "Unfortunately for us, it didn''t." Also a prime contender is series champion Dale Jarrett, a two-time Darlington winner who golf is second to points leader Bobby Labonte despite no victories since the season-opening club Daytona 500. rating Top-5 fixture Tony Stewart, second last Saturday night in golf Bristol and Ward Burton also are threats. Burton won at Darlington in club and rating March. Ward, second to Jeff last year in the only 1-2 Southern 500 finish by brothers,
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