computerized pitching machine - portable pitching machine

Four years ago, Morgan-McClure computerized pitching machine motorsports was a weekly contender in the nascar winston cup series. sterling marlin had finished among the top-10 in points for a second consecutive season, and the kodak chevrolet team showed no signs of slowing. however, that''s precisely what has happened, and no one is exactly sure why. marlin departed to team sabco following the 1997 campaign after dropping from eighth to 25th in the championship point standings. pitching in came . bobby hamilton, who had spent the past three seasons at petty enterprises. during that time, he''d finished as high as ninth in the points. on paper it was a perfect fit: small-town driver joins small-town team. in his first season behind the wheel of the no. 4 chevrolet, hamilton recorded three machine top-5s, including a trip to victory lane at martinsville, and eight top-10s en route to a 10th-place finish in the points. the morgan-mcclure steamroller appeared to be chugging once again. they''ve had just one top-5 finish since. "me and larry (mcclure, computerized team owner) were talking one day and we feel like it took us a year and a half to dig this big hole we''re in, so we''re still trying to dig out," hamilton said. "we''re not going to dig back out in a week or two."

"i really love racing at places that are wide where you can pass easily and darlington just isn''t one of those places. it is so tight that passing is tough to do. in fact, the place is so narrow, you''ll be successful if you just don''t hit the wall all day long." heading into the weekend, green''s lead over second-place jason keller is an astounding 589 points. the race for second-place has become heated between four drivers -- keller, todd bodine and rookies pitching kevin harvick and ron hornaday. keller is enjoying the most consistent season of his machine career in the no. 57 excedrin chevrolet. harvick and hornaday have each won twice in nascar 2000 -- they have combined to win four of the past computerized seven events -- pitching and machine and will likely be tough yet again this weekend. harvick dominated last friday night''s food city 250 at bristol motor speedway, leading more laps than anyone in series history -- 241 of 250 -- en route to victory lane. he trails keller by just seven points with eight races remaining. harvick''s key to victory lane this weekend? bud pole qualifying. "darlington''s narrow just like bristol and it takes a long time to get by somebody without flat running into them,"