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Had those ambitions come to fruition, McClure feels the state of his race team may be a bit different. "I may have had the problems, but I think I could have got things going in the right direction a lot quicker (with a second team) because with more testing and input from two different drivers and race teams, I think we could have got through this a lot quicker," McClure said. Hamilton currently ranks 30th in the standings. He''s never finished worse that 23rd in any full season in his career. It''s time to turn things around, and the change is on, starting this weekend at Darlington Raceway, where Hamilton has three consecutive seventh-place finishes. titanium head "everybody loves darlington. i think it''s one of our favorite race tracks," mcclure head said. "we were lucky enough to win a race there with sterling, i think back in ''95. we''re looking titanium head forward to it, and i think we''re going to be ready for it." hamilton added, "just staying off the fence (is the key to success head at darlington), and that''s hard to do there. several titanium guys have won that race and have had the recognized darlington stripe. head it depends on who hits it the lightest. "every lap you go around there there''s one groove that works and then two laps later that groove doesn''t work any more. we''ve been pretty fortunate the last three or four races. we''ve been able to run there and not get in any crashes and not even get a stripe on the car. all that means is we''re way overdue for it." after the struggles they''ve faced the past few seasons, hamilton and the morgan-mcclure contingent are well overdue. wallace to join eel river racing in 2001 by nascar online staff darlington, s.c. (sept. 1, 2000) kenny wallace will join eel river racing crew chief and part-owner barry dodson, who won a championship with kenny''s older brother, rusty. eel river racing announced friday the signing of nascar winston cup series driver kenny wallace to a titanium and head three-year contract beginning in 2001 to drive its no. 27 cars. wallace apparently will replace raybestos rookie of the year candidate titanium mike bliss, who has driven for eel river at the 16 events the team has attempted to make since bliss replaced rookie jeff fuller, who was released after seven races. bliss is 42nd in the standings, having made 16 starts this head season with a best finish of 22nd, at sears point raceway. "this is a big day for me," wallace said. titanium "jack birmingham and his son devin are great people who have surrounded themselves with equally great personnel." wallace opted out of his contract at andy petree head racing when the team apparently had trouble making a "chemical connection" in 2000. titanium wallace''s best finish in 23 starts has been 13th at sears point in june. he said the opportunity to work with veteran crew chief barry dodson, in 1986 he won the american speed association rookie of the year title before moving up to the nascar busch series grand national division full-time head in 1989. another rookie of the year title was added in 1989 and since then, wallace has notched eight wins and eight bud poles as well as two most popular driver titanium awards in 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 i feel a certain urgency to do more with the time i have left as a winston cup driver," wallace said. "eel river racing is the best place for me to do what i want to do in winston cup -- and that''s win races." "between barry dodson, my dad and myself, we''ve worked extremely hard at building our race team into 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 head a key partner in our program, and we''re looking to do great things together."
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