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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 keep my lead. tacki mac grips 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 victory at texas in april, and still has five races remaining on his schedule mac this year. grips "we''re going to try to win them all," 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 tacki mac grips in the busch series and mac 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 grips 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 those places i''ve never been able to get a hold of," green said. "in the spring, i tacki posted my first mac top-5 finish there in my entire career, which is hard to believe since i''ve raced there 10 times now. who ironically won a nascar winston cup series championship with his older grips brother, rusty wallace, in 1989, could not be passed up. "having barry dodson at eel river racing is something i''m really looking forward to, because he brings so much to the table with his years of experience and people skills. barry is a really good leader who relates well to a lot of people - myself in particular. tacki "i think we''re going to be able to do a lot together, and build mac and grips eel river racing tacki and mac and grips into a race-winning organization." the agreement with wallace reunites the st. louis native with dodson, tacki who first worked with the younger wallace for three races in 1991 at team iii racing. the mac and grips most recent pairing of dodson and wallace came in 1998 at filmar racing, where dodson chiefed the recent hire to a strong eighth-place finish at phoenix while subbing tacki for interim crew chief david ifft. "kenny has a real good mac feel for a race car and he brings a bunch of experience with him to eel river racing," dodson said. "we already have an excellent rapport, and i consider kenny to be one of my closest friends. "he''s always been there for me in good times and in bad, and we have a tremendous grips amount of respect for one another." harvick said. "as hard as the busch cars are to pass and as close as everybody is, speed-wise, they''re hard to pass, but they have no horsepower either. so it''s a place you need to be up front. qualifying will be very important, just like it was for me last week." and, if the 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 be pretty cool, but our main goal is to keep doing what we''re doing," harvick said. tacki "if we''re running in the top-5 and we happen to win another race, that''d be great. but our main mac objective grips is to finish second in the points right now and win more races. we gotta keep doing what tacki we''re doing and we''ll be fine." bud pole qualifying for the dura lube 200 begins friday at 2:05 p.m. et. ward burton set the track qualifying record last fall by rounding the mac 1.366-mile oval in 29.328 grips seconds, at 167.676 mph nmpa to induct earles, scott, robertson martinsville, va. (aug. 31, 2000) h. tacki clay earles, wendell scott and t. wayne robertson will be inducted into the national motorsports press association''s mac hall of fame saturday night in darlington. it''s fitting that the three are inducted together grips.
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