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Morgan Shepherd
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Morgan Shepherd Bio
Clay Morgan Shepherd (born October 21, 1941) has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977. He has also raced in the Busch, and Craftsman Truck Series. He is a born again Christian who serves as a lay minister to the racing community. Shepherd became the second-oldest race winner (after Harry Gant) in 1993, when he won the spring race at Atlanta at the age of 51 years, 4 months, and 27 days. Shepherd's racing career began when he used his souped-up moonshine car to earn extra money on the weekends. He won 21 of 29 races to win the North Carolina title. In 1973, Shepherd finished second in the championship to Jack Ingram in NASCAR's Late Model Sportsman division, driving in 17 different...
Stats Summary
| Races | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg. Finish | ||
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| Career Stats | 510 | 4 | 63 | 168 | 19.5 |
Top Morgan Shepherd Headlines
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Hamlin grabs Nationwide pole at Phoenix
He will start 41st. Chris Lawson, Blake Koch,
TSN · Nov. 14, 2009
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Martin's lesson from 1990? Don't change horses
Cup competitor
ThatsRacing Nascar · Nov. 13, 2009
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1990 Cup Standings Dale Earnhardt Mark Martin Geoffrey Bodine Bill Elliott Morgan Shepherd Rusty Wallace Ricky Rudd Alan Kulwicki Ernie Irvan...
NASCAR · Nov. 18, 2009
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Jr. -2355 Danny O'Quinn Jr -2503 Brian Vickers -2716 Greg Biffle -2869 Paul Menard -2997 Morgan Shepherd -2999 Erik Darnell # -3022 Jeff...
AboutHot Nascar · Nov. 18, 2009
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... that is the continuation of 67 year old Morgan Shepherd's career may soon be coming to a sad ending. This past Wednesday, Shepherd let all of...
Insider Racing News · Sep. 4, 2009
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Top Questions & Answers about Morgan Shepherd
He had volunteers from several different teams,and they did a dayyam good job.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080426135626AAyTHvt
Times sure have changed sense when he use to race and do well. Now if you don't have the money, you usually don't win. This is really no fair (I think) but it seems to be the way of Nascar life for drivers now. Poor Morgan Shepherd. No, I d...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080922184848AAFucVy
Start and park field filler. Gets in the race when there's not enough teams to fill out the field. Starts the race, parks after X amount of laps. Cashes check. He uses almost all of the money he receives on his christian charities. Very god...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070728142255AAfOnY3
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Current Season Stats
Nationwide Series
| Date | Race | Start | Finish | Laps Lead | Laps | Winnings | Points | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/07 | O'Reilly Challenge | 36 | 32 | 0 | 103/200 | $21,603 | 67 | accident | ||
| 10/24 | Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 58/250 | $17,570 | 61 | brakes | ||
| 10/10 | Copart 300 | 43 | 33 | 0 | 101/150 | $27,943 | 64 | engine | ||
| 09/26 | Dover 200 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 196/200 | $22,368 | 100 | running | ||
| 08/08 | Zippo 200 at The Glen | 31 | 21 | 0 | 82/82 | $22,618 | 100 | running | ||
| 08/01 | U.S. Cellular 250 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 249/250 | $20,400 | 106 | running | ||
| 07/25 | Kroger 200 (Nationwide) | 27 | 17 | 0 | 199/200 | $13,800 | 112 | running | ||
| 07/03 | Subway Jalapeno 250 Powered By Coca-Cola | 10 | 32 | 0 | 95/100 | $27,028 | 67 | accident | ||
| 06/13 | Meijer 300 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 195/200 | $19,275 | 88 | running | ||
| 06/06 | Federated Auto Parts 300 | 43 | 17 | 0 | 221/225 | $16,900 | 112 | running | ||
| 05/30 | Heluva Good! 200 (Nationwide) | 34 | 22 | 0 | 196/200 | $22,268 | 97 | running | ||
| 05/08 | Diamond Hill Plywood 200 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 148/147 | $21,038 | 70 | running | ||
| 05/01 | Lipton Tea 250 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 200/250 | $21,243 | 55 | oil pressure | ||
| 04/25 | Aaron's 312 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 120/117 | $28,493 | 99 | running | ||
| 04/17 | Bashas' Supermarkets 200 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 169/200 | $21,303 | 58 | running | ||
| 04/11 | Nashville 300 | 39 | 31 | 0 | 221/225 | $20,638 | 70 | running | ||
| 04/04 | O'Reilly 300 | 39 | 28 | 0 | 195/200 | $27,508 | 79 | running | ||
| 03/21 | Scotts Turf Builder 300 | 38 | 34 | 0 | 254/300 | $27,708 | 61 | accident | ||
| 02/28 | Sam's Town 300 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 207/200 | $31,743 | 124 | running | ||
| 02/21 | Stater Bros. 300 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 149/150 | $31,108 | 106 | running | ||
| 02/14 | Camping World 300 | 20 | 39 | 0 | 92/120 | $50,048 | 46 | running |
Career Stats
| Year | Rank | Starts | Pts. | Winnings | Wins | Poles | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | ||
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| 2006 | 66 | 2 | 71 | $149,407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 43 | ||
| 2005 | 63 | 4 | 162 | $311,093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 41 | ||
| 2004 | 42 | 19 | 925 | $1,133,618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 38 | ||
| 2003 | 69 | 2 | 68 | $120,034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 43 | ||
| 2002 | 55 | 5 | 202 | $214,397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 41 | ||
| 1999 | 65 | 1 | 67 | $50,016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 32 | ||
| 1998 | 47 | 12 | 843 | $355,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 31 | ||
| 1997 | 38 | 23 | 2033 | $654,710 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 25 | ||
| 1996 | 19 | 31 | 3133 | $630,397 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 24 | 21 | ||
| 1995 | 11 | 31 | 3618 | $856,641 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 16 | ||
| 1994 | 6 | 31 | 4029 | $864,745 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 20 | 13 | ||
| 1993 | 7 | 30 | 3807 | $602,635 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 92 | 15 | 13 | ||
| 1992 | 14 | 29 | 3549 | $567,090 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1991 | 12 | 29 | 3438 | $454,920 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 86 | 21 | 16 | ||
| 1990 | 5 | 29 | 3689 | $461,697 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 202 | 20 | 14 | ||
| 1989 | 13 | 29 | 3403 | $474,717 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 139 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 1988 | 29 | 23 | 2047 | $169,775 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 136 | 16 | 23 | ||
| 1987 | 17 | 29 | 3099 | $276,430 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 164 | 13 | 20 | ||
| 1986 | 18 | 27 | 2896 | $218,245 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 357 | 14 | 20 | ||
| 1985 | 31 | 16 | 1406 | $55,985 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 25 | ||
| 1984 | 28 | 20 | 1811 | $59,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 23 | ||
| 1983 | 20 | 25 | 2733 | $252,385 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 16 | ||
| 1982 | 10 | 29 | 3451 | $134,920 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 211 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 1981 | 13 | 29 | 3264 | $155,785 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 609 | 14 | 18 | ||
| 1978 | 76 | 2 | 170 | $8,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 26 | ||
| 1977 | 54 | 3 | 322 | $6,915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 19 |