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credited his Mall.com 400 victory in March to the crew led by Tommy Baldwin. "All I had to do was make it 400 miles," Ward said As far as the NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division is concerned, Darlington Raceway could be renamed Mark Martin Raceway. If there is a NASCAR Busch Series record at Darlington, chances are that Martin has it. The veteran pilot, statistically the finest competitor in series history, holds the record for most victories, seven, and Bud Poles, six. This weekend, Martin will make his final series start in the Dura Lube 200 (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN TV and PRN radio) at Darlington, a track he has learned to tame in the No. 60 Winn-Dixie Ford. Martin''s most recent addition to the Darlington record book came in March when he won from the Bud Pole for the second time in his career. After spending much of the race battling Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth for the lead, Martin took the lead for good with 24 laps to go. Kenseth went high to challenge for the lead with two laps remaining, but could not pass Martin. Burton and Martin were side-by-side on the final lap of the race, but Martin pulled ahead just enough free fantasy football to claim the third of his four series wins this season.

"that was a great race up to the final lap," martin said. "i had a great time racing jeff and matt, and it got pretty intense there in the end. i was determined to keep my lead. that car was one of my favorites, which is why we''re bringing it back this weekend." martin also leads all drivers in career series wins. he earned his 44th victory at texas in april, and still has five races remaining on his schedule this year. "we''re going to try to win them all," martin said. "i''m sure the busch guys will be glad when i''m gone next year. i''ve worked hard for a lot of years in the busch series and won a few races and lost a lot of them." you can bet burton, kenseth and a number of series regulars will give martin all he can handle football this weekend. series points leader jeff green has never won at darlington, but has notched picks four top-10s and got his first top-5 ever last spring. he''s due for sure. "darlington is just one of those places i''ve never been able to get a hold of," green said. "in the spring, i posted my first top-5 finish there in my entire career, which is hard to believe since i''ve raced there 10 times now.

so is burton who, like gordon, will be seeking free 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 taken out of contention in two of the last football three races because of 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 chance picks and free and pitted for tires and gas during the second-to-last caution, hoping 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, football it didn''t." also a prime contender is series champion dale jarrett, a two-time darlington winner who is second to points leader bobby labonte despite no victories since the season-opening picks 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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