portable pitching machine

Earles, active in the track until the end, died Nov. 16, 1999. "My grandfather would have especially appreciated being voted into the NMPA Hall of Fame," Campbell said. "He loved the media and knew how important they are to the success of the sport." Scott, who died in 1990, began racing at the Danville Fairgrounds Speedway winning 128 races in many divisions and in 1959 won the Virginia State Sportsman Championship. In 1961, he index fielded a car in the nascar grand national pitching circuit, later renamed the nascar winston cup series. on dec. 1, 1963 he won his only grand national race, a 100-mile event on a half-mile track in jacksonville, fla. he is the only african-american driver to ever win a nascar winston cup series race. much of nascar stock car racing''s current popularity can be traced to robertson. robertson moved up the ranks to become president of sports marketing enterprises. many of racing''s unique programs, such as the winston million and the no bull five were robertson''s innovations. after his death in a boating accident in 1998, the winston cup preview, which he created, was quite appropriately re-named the t. wayne robertson machine winston cup preview in his honor.

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 index in the top-10 all day. "at bristol, i was trying to get a lap back pitching and ran over jeremy (mayfield). we had a flat and hit something on the racetrack and were running sixth at that time. it''s not hard to swallow now machine 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, 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.

rusty wallace is seeking his third straight win, and his first career victory at darlington. a index trophy for winning at darlington raceway can''t be found among rusty wallace''s racing treasures. he''d like to change that sunday in the pepsi southern 500 presented by kmart, his 34th start on 1.366-mile oval. "we''ve come so close to winning at darlington, finished second, third and fourth a ton of times, and it would be a thrill to finally beat the old track," said wallace, seeking his third straight victory. "we know that we have a car capable pitching of winning because it already has a name, doesn''t it?" wallace was referring to "lite-ning," the name given to his ford in a fan contest that elicited machine 6,700 entries. a wallace tradition is to name 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 portable won more than two straight races since jeff gordon strung four together in 1998. wallace knows it will be difficult to beat gordon --