#89-Morgan Shepherd’s return to the stock-car tour in the past few weeks has provoked controversy because, under NASCAR’s rules, Shepherd has been able to get provisional entries into the field, even though he’s not running the full tour, while denying full-time rivals a spot because those rivals have been out of provisionals. Larry McClure’s #4 team was the latest victim. For next season teams are pushing NASCAR to change the rules to allow only full-time teams any provisionals . ‘If you’re not in the top 43 in points, you shouldn’t get any provisionals,’ car owner Bill Davis says. ‘Some of these part-timers wait until a regular is out of provisionals and then they show up and send home teams with full-time sponsors like Kodak.”( Winston Salem Journal )(7-28-2003)
