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whose four-year run of superiority in the Southern 500 ended in 1999 -- and Jeff Burton, who won both rain-shortened events last season on the Track "Too Tough To Tame." Victory has taught them much about Darlington, but Wallace figures defeat also can be a valuable portable tutor. He finished 16th in Darlington in March. "We''ve been on the money almost everywhere we''ve been this year with the chassis, but if there''s an exception to that, it has to be the first Darlington race," he said. "We missed it with our shock package, really pitchine missed it big time on the right rear. "We''ll get it all nailed down this time around, though." Harvick said. "As hard as the Busch cars are to pass and as close as everybody is, speed-wise, they''re hard machine and portable to pass, but they have no horsepower either. So it''s a place you need to be up front. Qualifying will be very important, just like it was for me pitchine last week." And, if the race turns out like it did last week, Harvick will tie machine Steve Park for the most trips portable to Victory Lane by an series rookie. "That''d be pretty pitchine 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 at 2:05 p.m. ET. Ward Burton set the track qualifying record machine last fall by portable rounding the 1.366-mile oval in 29.328 seconds, at 167.676 mph NMPA to induct Earles, Scott, Robertson MARTINSVILLE, Va. pitchine (Aug. 31, 2000) H. Clay machine 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 are inducted together. So is Burton who, portable like Gordon, will be seeking his third win of the season. Burton knows how tough the track can be. "You don''t expect to come here and win," he said. "But we expect to come to Darlington and run well." Gordon, a five-time Darlington winner, is in a run of bad luck that includes being pitchine taken out of contention machine in two of the last three races because of crashes he didn''t cause. He hopes for good weather Sunday, which would enable portable him to play out the winning pit strategy of 1995-98. pitchine Rain prevented that last year. "We took a chance and pitted for tires and gas 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 Dale Jarrett, a two-time portable Darlington winner who is second to points leader Bobby Labonte despite no victories since pitchine the season-opening machine 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. Ward, second to Jeff last year in the only 1-2 Southern 500 finish by brothers,
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