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Evernham group rocketing along

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, June 17, 2004

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- When Bill Elliott announced at the end of last season that he was going to fade into semi-retirement and would only run a handful of races in 2004, it left a lot of questions and uncertainty at Evernham Motorsports. Could the team thrive without its premier driver behind the wheel full-time? Could Jeremy Mayfield, who had spent much of his career as a journeyman in the shadows of Rusty Wallace and then Elliott, successfully step up to the plate to become the team's No. 1 dri ...

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