Ultra Motorsports to Clear Driver Situation this week UPDATE 2 Wallace in the car for the rest of the year: #7 Ultra Motorsports owner Jim Smith on Saturday night said he expected to settle the long-term status of his NASCAR Winston Cup team early in the coming week. Mike Wallace announced hes been released — he HASNT been released, Smith said. We have other people involved, such as NationsRent, that have to OK what were gonna do. Well know definitely Monday or Tuesday, but theres nothing final there.(NASCAR.com)(7-16-2001) UPDATE: Robby Gordon, who drove last week for Jim Smith in the #7 Ultra Motorsports Ford, will be the relief driver for the #31 Lowe’s Chevrolet. Mike Wallace will be back in the #7 car for the weekend at Hew Hampshire. Because Ted Musgrave is a Dodge factory driver in the truck series, he will be unable to fill in for Smith(Sporting News)(7-17-2001) UPDATE 2: The arrangement between Wallace and Ultra Motorsports owner Jim Smith is on a “race-to-race” basis, sources said. Smith has used Ted Musgrave (once),Robby Gordon (twice) and Wallace (once) in the car over the past four races. It appeared that Gordon would remain in the car for this weekend’s race, but that changed when he accepted an offer Monday night from Richard Childress Racing to drive the #31 Loves Chevy at NHIS(That’s Racin’) AND both Mike Wallace and Jim Smith were be on ESPN2’s RPM 2Night Tuesday and Smith said Wallace will be in the #7 car for the rest of the season (7-18-2001)
