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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 to claim the third of his four series wins this season. who ironically won a NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship with his older brother, Rusty Wallace, in 1989, could not be passed up. "Having Barry Dodson at Eel River Racing is something I''m really superbowl betting odds looking forward to, because he brings so much to the table with his years of experience and people skills. barry is a really good leader who relates well to a lot of people - myself in particular. "i think we''re going to be able to do a lot together, and build eel river racing into a race-winning organization." the agreement with wallace reunites the st. louis native with dodson, who first worked with the younger wallace for three races in 1991 at team iii racing. the most recent pairing of dodson and wallace came in 1998 at filmar racing, where nascar odds dodson chiefed the recent hire to a strong eighth-place finish at phoenix while subbing for interim crew chief david ifft. "kenny has a real good feel for a race car and he brings a bunch of experience with him to eel river racing," dodson said. "we already have an excellent rapport, and i consider kenny to be one of my closest friends. "he''s always been there for me in good times and in bad, and we have a tremendous amount of respect for one another." the addition of crew chief danny gill has been a major boost for morgan-mcclure. since his arrival 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, we had broken a shock and finished 14th. we had run in the top-10 all day. "at odds bristol, i was trying to get a lap back and ran over jeremy (mayfield). we had a odds flat and hit something on the racetrack and were running sixth at that time. it''s not hard to swallow now because we know we''re competitive. we''re unloading pretty good. "we''re getting our race setups almost perfect now and the motor program has really come along. i think when all the ingredients finally meet in the middle, odds it''ll mold into one and we''ll be there. you''ve just got to be patient with it. it took us a long time to get in this shape, and in this sport, as competitive as it is, you don''t overcome it 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. Odds and stats for betting on sports.
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