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Old school: some Winston Cup veterans are getting a lesson in humility from NASCAR's young guns.

TERRY LABONTE STRODE THROUGH the garage after his victory at the Southern 500 wearing a smile as wide as the Darlington track itself. He wasn't the only Winston Cup driver with a grin on his face.

Labonte's victory was popular just about everywhere on the circuit, but most especially with NASCAR's Old Guard. Veteran drivers Rusty Wallace, Bill Elliott, Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin, Dale Jarrett, and Ricky Rudd were, like Labonte, having indifferent seasons. Some of them hadn't come close to Victory Lane.

But Labonte's victory, breaking a four-year losing streak, gave the elderly set of racers a 1,000-horsepower boost to their confidence. "Hey, if Terry can do it, why ...

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