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1. Bobby Labonte Pontiac Joe Gibbs 1946. 2. Ward Burton Pontiac Bill Davis 1864. 3. Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Richard Childress 1848. 4. Dale Jarrett Ford Robert Yates 1790.

Sunday's MBNA Platinum 400 was dominated by Tony Stewart's Joe Gibbs run #20 Home Depot Pontiac who simply pulverised the opposition around the 'Monster Mile' beating Matt Kenseth by more than a second, a lifetime in NASCAR terms.

In almost any other year, a statement such as that made above would be laughed at, however in view of the calibre of rookie's in this season's Winston Cup, it isn't really that surprising.

Kyle Petty will take the wheel of his late son Adam's car when the Busch Grand National series visits Dover this weekend. Adam was killed in a practice crash at New Hampshire three weeks ago and his father has not raced since.

In the final year of his career which has spanned for nearly three decades, Darrell Waltrip faced not qualifying for one of the Winston Cup's longest standing events, the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

After an almost week long investigation, it has been announced that the cause of last Saturday's bridge collapse can be put down to chloride ions seeping into the bridges steel reinforcing cables causing them to rust away from the inside.

Finally Ray Evernham has the driver line up he so desperately wanted when he was given the opportunity to run his own Winston Cup outfit. Series veteran Bill Elliott will be joined by 19 year old Busch Grand National sensation Casey Atwood in the brand new two car team of Dodge Intrepid's.

One of the most enduring images of the world of NASCAR racing throughout the 1990's will be the technicolour pit-crew that so ably aided Jeff Gordon to 50 Winston Cup race wins and three Winston Cup championships.

Predicting a winner in a race of 600 miles is difficult at the best of times but with this season's Winston Cup being so close, picking a winner is nigh on impossible.