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 In 1986 he won the American Speed Association Rookie of the Year title before moving up to the NASCAR Busch Series Grand public National Division full-time in 1989. Another rookie of the year title was added in 1989 and since then, Wallace has notched golf eight wins and eight Bud Poles as well as two Most Popular Driver awards in the NASCAR Busch Series. Since becoming a full-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series regular in 1996, Wallace has scored two Bud Poles and accumulated three top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes. The St. Louis native plans to improve upon those numbers with Eel River Racing. "I''m 37 years old and I feel a certain courses and public urgency to do more with the time I have left as a Winston Cup driver," Wallace said. "Eel River Racing is the best place for me to do what I want to do in Winston Cup -- and that''s win races." "Between Barry Dodson, my dad and myself, we''ve worked extremely hard at building our race team into a winning organization," said Devin Birmingham, vice president golf of Eel River Racing. "Having a driver the caliber of Kenny courses Wallace join our team is public big feather in our cap. He''s going to be a key partner in our program, and we''re looking to do great things together." Rusty Wallace is seeking his third straight win, and his first career victory at Darlington. A trophy for winning at Darlington Raceway golf and courses can''t be found among Rusty Wallace''s racing treasures. He''d like public to change that Sunday in the golf Pepsi Southern 500 presented by Kmart, his 34th start on 1.366-mile courses oval. "We''ve come so public close to winning at Darlington, finished second, third and fourth a ton of times, and it would be a thrill to finally golf beat the old track," said Wallace, seeking his third straight victory. "We know that courses we have a car capable of winning because it already public has a name, doesn''t it?" Wallace was referring to "Lite-ning," the name given to his Ford in a fan contest that elicited 6,700 entries. A Wallace tradition is to name golf a car after it wins for the first time, and that happened six weeks ago in Long Pond, Pa. That was the second of a NASCAR Winston Cup-leading four wins this season for Wallace, and began a roll that includes victories the last two weeks in Brooklyn, Mich., and Bristol, Tenn. No driver has won more than two straight races since Jeff Gordon strung four together in 1998. Wallace knows it will be difficult to beat Gordon -- Harvick said. "As hard as the Busch cars are to pass and as close as everybody is, speed-wise, they''re hard 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 last week." And, if the race turns out like it did last week, Harvick will tie Steve courses Park for the most trips to Victory Lane by an series rookie. "That''d be pretty cool, but our main goal is to keep doing what we''re doing," Harvick public 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 golf 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 courses for the Dura Lube 200 begins Friday at 2:05 p.m. ET. Ward Burton set the track qualifying record last fall by rounding the 1.366-mile oval in 29.328 seconds, public at 167.676 mph NMPA to induct Earles, golf Scott, Robertson MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Aug. 31, 2000) H. Clay 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 courses that the three are inducted together. 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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