whose accuspin four-year wedge run of superiority in the Southern 500 ended in 1999 -- and Jeff Burton, who won accuspin both rain-shortened events last season on the Track "Too Tough To Tame." Victory has taught them much wedge about Darlington, but Wallace figures defeat also can be a valuable tutor. He finished 16th in Darlington in March. "We''ve been on the money almost everywhere we''ve been this year with the chassis, accuspin and wedge but if there''s an exception to that, it has to be the first Darlington race," he said. "We missed it with our shock package, really missed it big time on the right rear. "We''ll get it all nailed down this time around, though."

Had those ambitions come to fruition, McClure feels the state of his race team may be a bit different. "I may have had the problems, but I think I could have got things going in the right direction a lot quicker (with a second team) because with more testing and input from two accuspin and wedge different drivers and race teams, I think we could have got through this a lot quicker," McClure said. Hamilton currently ranks accuspin 30th in the standings. He''s never finished worse that 23rd in any full season in his career. It''s time to turn things around, and the change is on, starting this weekend at Darlington Raceway, wedge where Hamilton has three consecutive seventh-place finishes. "Everybody loves Darlington. I think it''s one of our favorite race tracks," McClure said. "We were lucky enough to win a race there with Sterling, I think back in ''95. We''re looking forward to it, accuspin and I think we''re going to be ready for it." Hamilton added, "Just staying off the fence (is the key to wedge success at Darlington), and that''s hard to do there. Several guys have won that race and have had the recognized Darlington stripe. It accuspin depends on who wedge hits it the lightest. "Every accuspin lap you go around there there''s one groove that wedge works and then two laps later that groove doesn''t work any more. We''ve been pretty fortunate the last three or four races. We''ve been able to run there and not accuspin get in any crashes and not even get a stripe on the car. wedge All that means is we''re way overdue for it." accuspin After the struggles they''ve faced the past few seasons, Hamilton wedge and the Morgan-McClure contingent are well overdue.