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Rusty Wallace is seeking his third straight win, and his first career victory at Darlington. A trophy for winning at Darlington Raceway can''t be found among Rusty Wallace''s racing treasures. He''d like personal to change that Sunday pitching in the Pepsi Southern 500 presented by Kmart, his 34th start on 1.366-mile machines oval. "We''ve personal come so close to winning at Darlington, finished second, third and fourth a pitching ton of times, and it would be a thrill to finally beat the old track," said Wallace, seeking his third straight victory. "We know that we have a car capable machines of winning because personal it already has a name, doesn''t pitching 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 machines for the first time, and that happened personal six weeks ago in Long Pond, pitching Pa. That was the second machines and personal of a NASCAR Winston Cup-leading four wins this season for Wallace, and began 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 Gordon strung four together in 1998. Wallace pitching knows it will be difficult to beat Gordon -- "I really machines and personal love racing at places that are wide where you can pass easily pitching 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 machines hit the wall all day long." Heading into the weekend, Green''s personal lead over second-place Jason Keller is an astounding 589 points. The race for second-place has become heated between four drivers -- Keller, Todd Bodine and rookies Kevin Harvick pitching and machines and Ron Hornaday. Keller personal is enjoying the most consistent pitching season of his career in the No. 57 Excedrin machines Chevrolet. Harvick and Hornaday have each won twice in NASCAR 2000 -- they have combined to win four of personal the past seven events -- and will likely be tough yet again this weekend. Harvick pitching dominated last Friday night''s Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway, leading more laps than anyone in series machines history -- 241 of 250 -- en route to Victory Lane. He trails Keller by just seven points with eight personal races remaining. Harvick''s key to Victory pitching Lane this weekend? Bud Pole Qualifying. "Darlington''s narrow just like Bristol and it takes a long time to get by somebody machines without flat running into them,"
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