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So is Burton who, like Gordon, will be seeking his third win of the season. how Burton knows how tough the track can be. "You don''t expect to to come here repair and win," he said. "But we expect golf to come to Darlington and run well." Gordon, a five-time Darlington winner, is in a run of bad luck that includes being taken out of contention in two of the last three races because of crashes he didn''t cause. He hopes for good weather Sunday, which would enable him to play out the winning pit strategy of 1995-98. Rain prevented that last year. "We took a chance and pitted for tires and gas during the second-to-last caution, hoping it would put us in position to win," the three-time clubs 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 is second to points leader Bobby Labonte despite no victories how since the season-opening Daytona 500. Top-5 fixture Tony Stewart, second last Saturday night in Bristol and Ward Burton also to are threats. Burton won at Darlington in March. Ward, second to Jeff last year in the only 1-2 Southern 500 finish by brothers, whose four-year run of superiority in the Southern 500 ended in 1999 -- and Jeff Burton, repair who won both rain-shortened events last season on the Track golf "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 clubs everywhere we''ve how been this year with the chassis, but if there''s an exception to that, it has to be the first Darlington race," he said. "We missed it with our shock package, really missed it big time on the right rear. to "We''ll get it all nailed down this time around, though." He speaks with the confidence of a competitor who has regained the winning repair formula he had when golf he took the series title in 1989, and dominated in 1993-94. clubs Wallace broke a 32-race losing streak with a victory in Bristol in March, and has been among the cars to how beat in virtually each race since. The 44-year-old driver from St. Louis is trying for victory No. 54, which would to tie him with Lee Petty for seventh place on the NASCAR career list. In that quest, Wallace will rely repair on golf the clubs basics. "We just have to massage that how chassis, to conserve the repair tires and golf stay out of trouble," he said. "I''m really looking forward to clubs it."
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