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Rusty Wallace is seeking his third straight win, and his first career victory at Darlington. A trophy for winning golf at Darlington Raceway can''t be found among Rusty Wallace''s racing treasures. He''d like to change that Sunday in the Pepsi Southern 500 presented by Kmart, his 34th start on 1.366-mile oval. "We''ve come so close to winning at Darlington, finished second, third and fourth a ton of times, and it would club be a thrill to finally beat the review old track," said Wallace, golf seeking his third straight victory. "We know that we have a car capable of winning because club it already has a name, doesn''t it?" Wallace was review referring to "Lite-ning," golf the name given to his Ford in a fan contest that elicited 6,700 entries. A Wallace tradition is to name a car after it wins for the first time, and that happened six weeks ago in Long Pond, Pa. That club and review was golf the second of a NASCAR Winston Cup-leading four wins this season for Wallace, and began a roll that includes victories club and review the last two weeks in golf Brooklyn, Mich., and Bristol, Tenn. club and review and golf No driver has won more than two straight races since club Jeff Gordon strung four together in 1998. Wallace knows it will be difficult to beat Gordon -- The addition review of crew chief golf and club Danny Gill has been a major boost review for Morgan-McClure. golf Since his arrival six weeks ago, the team has been a top-15 car each week, only to see a late-race failure eliminate them from contention. "No doubt that Danny Gill has made a difference," Hamilton club said. "If it had laid right at Pocono, we would have had a top-10 finish. Michigan, we had broken a shock and finished 14th. We review and golf had run in the top-10 all day. "At Bristol, I was trying to get a lap back and ran over Jeremy (Mayfield). We had a flat club and hit something on the racetrack and were running sixth at that time. It''s not hard to swallow now because we know we''re competitive. We''re unloading pretty good. "We''re getting our race setups almost review perfect now and the motor program has really come along. I think when all the ingredients finally meet in the middle, it''ll mold into one and we''ll golf be there. You''ve just club got to be patient with it. It took us a long time to get in this shape, and in this sport, as competitive as it is, you don''t overcome it overnight." Midway through review the 1999 campaign, rumors began to swirl that Morgan-McClure was planning to add a second team to their one-car stable.
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