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 Wallace myrtle to join Eel River Racing in beach 2001 By NASCAR Online Staff DARLINGTON, travel S.C. (Sept. 1, 2000) package Kenny 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 myrtle 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 beach Mike Bliss, who has driven for travel Eel River at the 16 events the team has attempted to package make since Bliss replaced myrtle rookie Jeff Fuller, beach who was travel 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 package Raceway. "This is a big day for me," Wallace said. myrtle "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 had trouble making a "chemical connection" beach in travel 2000. package Wallace''s best finish in 23 starts has been 13th at Sears Point in June. He said the opportunity to work with veteran crew chief Barry Dodson, The Eel River team is also in a sponsor search mode as 2000 backer Pfizer/Viagra will myrtle depart for Jack Roush Racing in beach 2001 to sponsor the car driven by Mark Martin. Wheel to Wheel Compare and contrast travel this season''s statistics for package Kenny Wallace myrtle and Mike Bliss with "Wheel to Wheel." Check beach it out! "Team chemistry is a key ingredient to running well and winning in Winston travel Cup," Dodson said. "You can''t put a price tag on good chemistry because it''s so invaluable. But now that we''ve package got Kenny Wallace, we''re feeling pretty rich." Bliss had been Dodson''s hand-picked choice for myrtle the seat of the Eel River car, but before sponsorship for 2000 could be secured and a deal consummated, Bliss signed with A.J. Foyt. He was released there after failing to qualify for three of the first four races in the 2000 season. Bliss was accepting condolences in the garage area Friday morning at Darlington beach Raceway, the site of Sunday''s Pepsi Southern 500 presented by Kmart. Wallace brings travel a wealth of racing experience to Eel River Racing package and he has the accolades to prove myrtle it. After winning the first race he ever entered in 1982 at the Illinois Street Stock State Championship, Wallace has continued his family tradition of winning races and beach titles. 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 travel there is a NASCAR package Busch Series record at Darlington, chances are that Martin has it. The veteran myrtle 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 beach Darlington, a track he has learned to tame in the No. 60 Winn-Dixie travel 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 package Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth for the lead, Martin took myrtle the lead beach 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, travel but Martin pulled ahead package just enough to claim the third of his four series wins this season. Click here and find the worlds finest group of golf courses for lessons and vacations online. Our golf courses are among the finest in the world and we offer world class lessons at each of our courses.
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