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The addition personal of crew chief Danny Gill has been a major boost for Morgan-McClure. Since his arrival pitching 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, machine 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 personal not hard to swallow now because we know we''re pitching and machine competitive. We''re unloading personal pretty good. "We''re getting our race setups pitching almost perfect now and the motor program machine and personal has really come along. I think when all the ingredients finally meet in the middle, pitching it''ll mold into one and we''ll be there. You''ve just got to be patient with it. It machine took us a long time to get in this shape, and in this sport, as competitive as it is, you don''t overcome it personal overnight." Midway through the 1999 campaign, rumors began to swirl that Morgan-McClure was planning to add a second team to their one-car stable. So pitching is Burton who, like Gordon, will be seeking his third win of the season. machine Burton personal knows how tough the pitching track can be. "You don''t expect to come here and win," he said. machine "But we expect personal to come to Darlington and run well." Gordon, a five-time Darlington winner, is in a run of bad luck that includes being taken out of contention in two of the last three races pitching because of machine crashes he didn''t cause. He hopes for good weather Sunday, which would enable him to play out the winning pit strategy of 1995-98. Rain prevented that last year. "We took a personal chance and pitted for tires and gas pitching during the second-to-last caution, hoping machine it would put us in position to win," the three-time series champion said. "But we were also hoping the rain would hold off. "Unfortunately for us, it didn''t." Also a prime contender is series champion personal Dale Jarrett, a two-time Darlington winner who is second to points leader pitching Bobby Labonte machine despite no victories since personal the season-opening Daytona 500. Top-5 fixture Tony Stewart, second last Saturday night in Bristol and Ward Burton also are threats. Burton won at Darlington in March. pitching Ward, second to Jeff last year in machine the only 1-2 Southern 500 finish by brothers,
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