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 Wallace to join Eel River Racing in 2001 By NASCAR Online Staff DARLINGTON, S.C. (Sept. 1, 2000) Kenny ncaa basketball mens wallace will join eel river racing crew chief and part-owner barry dodson, who won a championship with kenny''s older brother, rusty. eel river racing announced friday the signing of nascar winston cup series driver kenny wallace to a three-year contract beginning in 2001 to drive its no. 27 cars. wallace apparently will replace raybestos rookie of the year candidate mike bliss, who has driven for eel river at the 16 events basketball the team has attempted to make since bliss replaced rookie jeff fuller, who was released after seven races. bliss is 42nd in the standings, having made 16 starts this season with a best finish of 22nd, at sears point raceway. "this is a big day for me," wallace said. "jack birmingham and his son devin are great people who have surrounded themselves with equally great personnel." wallace opted out of his contract at andy petree racing when the team apparently odds had trouble making a "chemical connection" in 2000. wallace''s best finish in 23 starts has been 13th at sears point in june. he said the opportunity to work ncaa basketball with veteran crew chief barry dodson, 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. robertson was dedicated to promoting the nascar winston cup series. martinsville speedway president w. clay campbell, who is h. clay earles'' grandson, knew robertson 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 the odds and both of them persevered and made it. we are in 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 was one of the first tracks to have permanent concession stands, attended restrooms, first-aid stations and air-conditioned basketball scoring stands and press boxes. had those ambitions come to fruition, mcclure feels the state of his race team may be a bit different. "i may have had the problems, odds but i think i could have got things going in the right direction a lot quicker (with a second team) because with more testing and input from two different drivers and race teams, i think we could have got through this a lot quicker," mcclure said. hamilton currently ranks 30th in the standings. he''s never finished worse that 23rd in any full season in his career. it''s time to turn things around, and the change is on, starting this weekend at darlington ncaa raceway, where hamilton has three consecutive basketball seventh-place finishes. "everybody loves darlington. i think it''s one of our favorite race tracks," mcclure said. "we were lucky enough to win a race there with sterling, i think back in ''95. we''re looking forward to it, and i think odds we''re going to be ready for it." hamilton added, "just staying off the fence (is the key to success at darlington), and that''s hard to do there. several guys have won that race and have had the recognized darlington ncaa stripe. it depends on who hits it the lightest. "every lap you go around there there''s one groove that works and then two laps later that groove doesn''t work any more. basketball we''ve been pretty fortunate the last three or four races. we''ve been able to run there and not get in any crashes and not even get a stripe on the car. all that means is odds we''re way overdue for it." after the struggles they''ve faced the past few seasons, hamilton and the morgan-mcclure contingent are well overdue. Odds and stats for betting on sports.
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