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"I really love racing at places that are wide where you can pass easily and Darlington just isn''t one of those places. It is so tight that passing is tough to do. In fact, the place is so narrow, you''ll be successful if you just don''t hit the wall all day long." Heading into the weekend, Green''s lead over second-place Jason Keller is an astounding 589 points. The race for second-place thin has become heated between four drivers -- Keller, Todd Bodine and rookies Kevin Harvick wall and Ron spring Hornaday. Keller is enjoying the most consistent effect season of his career in the No. 57 Excedrin Chevrolet. thin Harvick and Hornaday have each won twice wall in NASCAR 2000 spring -- they have effect combined to win four of the past thin seven events -- and will likely be tough yet again this weekend. Harvick dominated last Friday night''s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading more laps than anyone in series history -- 241 of 250 -- en route to Victory Lane. He trails Keller by just seven points with eight races remaining. Harvick''s wall key to Victory Lane this weekend? spring Bud Pole Qualifying. "Darlington''s effect narrow just like Bristol and it takes a long time to get by somebody without flat thin running wall into them," In 1986 he won the American Speed Association Rookie of the Year title before moving up to the NASCAR Busch Series Grand National spring Division full-time effect in 1989. Another rookie of the year title was added in 1989 and since then, Wallace thin has notched eight wins and eight Bud Poles as well as two Most Popular Driver awards in wall the NASCAR Busch Series. Since becoming a full-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series regular in 1996, Wallace has scored two Bud Poles and accumulated three top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes. The St. Louis native plans to improve upon those numbers with Eel River Racing. "I''m 37 years old and spring I feel effect a certain urgency to do more with the time I have left as a Winston Cup driver," thin Wallace said. "Eel River Racing is the best place for me to do what wall and spring I want to do in Winston Cup -- and that''s win races." "Between Barry effect Dodson, my dad and myself, we''ve worked extremely hard at building our race team into thin a winning organization," said Devin Birmingham, vice president of Eel River Racing. "Having a driver the caliber of Kenny Wallace join our team is big feather in our cap. He''s going to be a key partner in our program, and we''re looking to do great things together." Earles was dedicated to creating wonderful memories for the fans and providing the best facility for watching wall 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 spring 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 of them went up against the odds and both effect of them persevered and made it. We are in the thin 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, one of the wall pioneers of racing, opened Martinsville spring and effect and thin in 1947, wall the year before NASCAR was formed, and became partners at Martinsville with the late Big Bill France, who founded NASCAR. The track began with a seating capacity of 750 and now seats 86,000. Martinsville was one of the first tracks to have permanent concession stands, attended spring restrooms, first-aid effect stations and air-conditioned scoring stands and press boxes.
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