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Earles was dedicated to creating wonderful memories for the fans and providing the best facility for watching a race. Scott was dedicated to being a great driver and mechanic. titanium woods robertson was dedicated woods to promoting the nascar winston cup series. martinsville speedway president w. clay campbell, who is h. clay earles'' grandson, knew robertson titanium woods and woods and titanium 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 woods the odds and both of them persevered and made it. we are in titanium 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, one of the pioneers of racing, opened martinsville in 1947, 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 woods was one of the first tracks to have titanium permanent concession stands, woods attended restrooms, titanium first-aid stations and air-conditioned scoring stands and press woods boxes. harvick titanium said. "as hard as the busch cars are to pass and as close as everybody is, speed-wise, they''re woods hard to pass, but they have no horsepower either. so it''s a place titanium you need to be up front. qualifying will be very woods 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. titanium "that''d be pretty cool, but our main goal is to keep doing what we''re doing," harvick said. "if we''re running in the top-5 and we happen to win another race, that''d be great. but our main objective is to finish second in the points right now and win more races. we gotta keep doing what we''re doing and we''ll be fine." bud pole qualifying for the dura lube 200 begins friday woods at 2:05 p.m. et. ward burton set the track qualifying record last fall by rounding the 1.366-mile oval in 29.328 seconds, at 167.676 mph nmpa to induct earles, scott, robertson martinsville, va. (aug. 31, 2000) h. clay earles, wendell scott and t. wayne robertson will be inducted into the national motorsports press association''s hall of fame saturday night in darlington. it''s fitting that the three titanium are inducted woods together.
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