Check out a short list of favorites for Saturday's Darlingtonraceway.com 200 at Darlington Raceway.

	Bliss

Mike Bliss
Is eighth in the series standings; started year with a bad race at Daytona, but bounced back with a sixth at Rockingham, followed by third in Las Vegas; was the Craftsman Truck series champion last year; won five races and had four poles and 13 top-fives and 17 top-10 finishes; hired to drive the No. 20 Rockwell Automation JGR Chevrolet for the 2003 Busch series season.

Todd Bodine
Despite a modest 19th place finish in Las Vegas two weeks ago, he stands third in the standings, three points behind other Busch series regular David Green (Winston Cup racer Kevin Harvick leads with 484 points); finished eight in this event last March; has 14 career Busch Series victories and was 1997 runner-up in the championship.

David Green
The Owensboro, Kentucky native and 1994 NASCAR Busch series champion is the highest regular driver on the circuit in the points after three races; is second with 429 points; was sixth in Las Vegas and runner-up in the previous event at Rockingham, North Carolina; owns 101 top-10 finishes.

Kerry Earnhardt
Not a major factor in the race in Las Vegas where he finished 14th; in last year's race here, he placed 18th as a rookie; ended 22nd in the standings in his first full season in the Busch Series; recorded career-best runner-up finish at Kansas Speedway last season; won four career ARCA races; drives car co-owned by NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw.

Ron Hornaday
Scored his first top-10 finish of the year with a ninth at Las Vegas in the last race; that was the track where he clinched his Craftsman Truck series championships in 1996 and 1998; is all-time winner in that series with 26 checkered flags to his name; finished a career-best fifth in the 200 Busch Series championship; also was a two-time champion in the Featherlite Southwest Series in 1992-93.

Jason Keller
Looks to better his fourth place finish at Darlington Raceway in this race last season; the two-time Busch Series championship runner-up (2000, 2002), won four races last year, as many as champion Greg Biffle; jumped to fifth in the Busch Series championship standings after his fifth-place finish at Las Vegas; it was Keller's second consecutive top five after his 27th-place finish in the season opener at Daytona; looking for his first win at Darlington Raceway where he has captured three top fives and seven top 10s, including a second-place finish behind Jeff Burton last fall; finished in the top five in three of the last four races; last year, he scored 17 top-fives and 22 top-10 finishes in 34 starts; finished each of the past three seasons in the top three in points; has shown much improvement over the last two years and is among the favorites for the title in 2003; attended Clemson University and also works for his family's chemical business; was 1990 All-Pro Series Rookie of the Year and finished third and fourth in the series in 1990 and 1991.

	Lajoie

Randy LaJoie
The only race he did not finish last year was this event at Darlington when an accident took him out with 19 laps to go; the two-time Busch series champion had 14 top-10s and ranked 11th in the final points standings; also was 1985 Busch North Series champion with 14 wins in that series.

Mike McLaughlin
Despite going without a win in the 2002 Busch series season, the New York native managed to finish fourth in the series standings in what turned out to be his final season for Joe Gibbs Racing; scored 17 top-10 finishes, including runners-up at Bristol in March and Dover in September; driving for new team Angela's Motorsports this year; finished 12th in this race in 2002; finished sixth in this race last year.

Jamie McMurray
Won the race at North Carolina Speedway this season, his third circuit victory; all wins have come in the last seven Busch Series races; posted his first Winston Cup victory at Lowe's Motor Speedway in second career start in 2002; finished a career-best sixth in the Busch Series championship last year; also was 1991 world go-kart champion.

Scott Riggs
The 2002 Busch series Rookie of the Year recorded his first series win last season in his seventh start (Nashville); finished 10th in the series points standings, with another win in California among 13 top-10 results.

Scott Wimmer
After missing top 10 finishes in the season's first two races, he finished 10th at Las Vegas two weeks ago; was 12th at Daytona in the season opening event and 11th at Rockingham; winner of four races in the season's final eight events and finished third in the standings with 17 top-10 results; broke through for first career win at Dover in September and went on to win three more times, including back-to-back checkered flags at Phoenix and Homestead to close the year; engine problems forced him out after 90 laps in this race last spring.