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Earles was dedicated to creating wonderful memories for the tacki fans and providing the best facility for watching a race. Scott was dedicated to being a great driver and mechanic. Robertson was dedicated to promoting the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Martinsville Speedway President mac W. Clay Campbell, who is H. Clay Earles'' grandson, knew Robertson well and came to know Scott as he grew up at the track and traveled with his grandfather promoting races. "I think Wendell and my grandfather had a lot in common. Both tacki of them went up against the odds and both of them persevered and made it. We are in the position we are today because of perseverance," Campbell said. "T. Wayne, Wendell and my grandfather were all determined to succeed and racing is a better sport because they were a part of it." Earles, mac one of the pioneers of racing, opened Martinsville in 1947, the year tacki before NASCAR was formed, mac and became partners at Martinsville with the late Big Bill France, who founded NASCAR. The track began with a seating tacki capacity of 750 and now seats 86,000. Martinsville was one of the first tracks to have permanent concession stands, attended restrooms, first-aid stations mac and air-conditioned scoring stands and press boxes. The addition of crew chief Danny Gill has been a major boost for Morgan-McClure. Since his arrival tacki 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 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 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 and hit something on the racetrack and were running sixth at that time. It''s mac not hard to swallow now because we know we''re competitive. We''re unloading pretty good. "We''re getting our race setups almost tacki perfect now and the motor program has really come along. I think when mac all the ingredients finally meet in the middle, it''ll mold into one and we''ll be there. You''ve just tacki got to be patient with it. It took us a long time mac to get in this shape, and in this sport, as competitive as it is, you don''t overcome it overnight." Midway through the tacki 1999 campaign, rumors began mac and tacki and mac to swirl that Morgan-McClure was planning to add a second team to their one-car stable.
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