Unless NASCAR issues a reprieve, Jimmy Spencer and the #7 Ultra Motorsports team won’t earn any points in this Sunday’s Checker Auto Parts 500, not even if they win the race. Spencer’s team is listed as a “post-entry” this weekend because NASCAR did not receive the official entry blank before the deadline, which is seven days before qualifying. Teams are required to submit an entry blank for each race, with the deadline anywhere from seven to 10 days before qualifying. If an entry blank is received after the deadline, neither driver nor owner points are awarded. Ultra Motorsports owner Jim Smith and crew chief Tommy Baldwin met briefly with Darby after Winston Cup Happy Hour on Saturday. But Smith said nothing had been worked out yet, but he was hopeful NASCAR would decide to award the team points. Entry blanks are typically mailed in, and Winston Cup director John Darby understands that problems can arise. Darby said the any change in the status of the team would be released when the official race report is sent out Monday. “They’re currently listed as a post-entry, but that just on the very surface,” Darby said. “We will go back and understand the whole process and try to make sense of it all before we make a final decision.”( NASCAR.com )(11-1-2003) UPDATE – No Points: per the ‘official results’ on NASCAR.com, the #7 car is listed as an PE – Post Entry and didn’t get any driver/owner points for finishing 40th at Phoenix.(11-3-2003)
