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Earles, active in the track until the end, died Nov. 16, 1999. "My grandfather would have especially appreciated being voted into the NMPA Hall of Fame," Campbell said. "He loved the media and knew how important they are to the success of the sport." Scott, who died in 1990, began racing at the Danville Fairgrounds Speedway winning 128 races in many divisions and in 1959 won the Virginia State Sportsman Championship. In 1961, he fielded a car in the NASCAR thin Grand National circuit, later renamed the wall NASCAR face and thin Winston Cup Series. On Dec. 1, 1963 he won his only Grand National race, a 100-mile event on a half-mile track in Jacksonville, Fla. He is the only African-American driver to ever win a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race. Much of NASCAR stock car racing''s current popularity can be traced to Robertson. Robertson moved up the ranks to become President of Sports Marketing Enterprises. Many of racing''s unique programs, such as the Winston Million and the No Bull Five were Robertson''s innovations. After his death in a boating accident in 1998, the Winston Cup Preview, which he created, was quite appropriately re-named the T. Wayne Robertson Winston Cup Preview in his honor. Rusty Wallace is seeking his third straight win, and his first career victory at Darlington. wall A trophy for winning 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 face ton of times, thin and it would wall be a thrill to finally beat the old track," said Wallace, seeking face his third straight victory. "We know that thin we have a car capable of winning because it already has a name, doesn''t it?" Wallace was referring to "Lite-ning," 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, wall Pa. That was the second of a NASCAR Winston Cup-leading four wins this season for Wallace, and began face a roll that includes victories the last two weeks in Brooklyn, Mich., and Bristol, Tenn. No driver has won more than two straight races since Jeff thin Gordon strung four together in 1998. Wallace knows it will be difficult to beat Gordon -- "That was a great race up to the final lap," Martin said. "I had a great time racing Jeff and Matt, and wall it got pretty intense there in the end. face I was determined to keep my lead. That car was one of my favorites, which is why we''re bringing it back this weekend." thin 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 this wall year. "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 in the Busch Series and won a few races and lost a lot of them." You face can bet Burton, Kenseth and a number of series regulars will give Martin thin all he can handle this weekend. Series points leader Jeff Green has never won at Darlington, but has notched four top-10s wall and face and thin 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 posted my first top-5 finish wall there in my entire career, which face is hard to believe since I''ve raced there 10 times now.
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