Episode 5 - Shepherd Racing Ventures (presented by Big Monte Media & Chef Collin Maybee)

For more than five decades, Morgan Shepherd has seen it all. He’s driven for more than twenty of NASCAR’s biggest teams, scoring each of his four Cup wins for a different organization. Three of those wins came at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, where he was always a threat for victory. In 1999, at an age where most drivers would retire from the sport, Shepherd turned his attention to team ownership. With just one car, but many friends, he would gradually grow his team through a tumultuous 2004, laying the groundwork for the operation he and wife Cindy still run today.

SPECIAL THANKS
*Morgan Shepherd, for his interviews from 2017 through 2020, and his wife Cindy for helping arrange this latest interview.
*Collin Maybee, for sponsoring this video and consulting on the script
*Bill Mares, for contributing his stories and photos
*Bryan Hallman at the BRH Racing Archives, for contributing his photos

VIDEOS
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjZQnMo0uMCEv4SPmAwZU2A01f7DKUL6v

ARTICLES
*41 WMGT. “69 Year Old NASCAR Driver Chases Down Thief In Las Vegas,” March 1, 2011; https://41nbc.com/2011/03/01/69-year-old-nascar-driver-chases-down-thief-in-las-vegas/
*Bonham, Chad. “A conversation with NASCAR legend Morgan Shepherd,” BeliefNet.com, February 2012; https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspiringathletes/2012/02/a-conversation-with-nascar-legend-morgan-shepherd.html
*Gregory, Allen. “Morgan Shepherd Still Racing With Faith After 42 Years,” Bristol Herald Courier, August 21, 2009; https://heraldcourier.com/sports/morgan-shepherd-still-racing-with-faith-after-42-years/article_ad509472-cf41-55e5-aaba-ee3892078fa4.html
*Long, Dustin. “Shepherd: We’ll go until we can’t go no more,” May 19, 2005; https://greensboro.com/sports_professional/auto_racing/shepherd-we-ll-go-until-we-can-t-go-no-more/article_f43ca0f2-5801-56be-8c63-95cd03486441.html
*nascarman, “The NASCAR Christmas 500 in Australia,” Racing-reference.info, December 22, 2016; https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=2872
*nascarman, “The Ballad of Morgan Shepherd,” Racing-reference.info, October 12, 2017; https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=3118
*Sharp, Seth and Sutton. “Memory Lane: Morgan Shepherd,” KeepIt35.com, October 3, 2017; http://www.keepit35.com/memory-lane-morgan-shepherd/
*Whisenant, David. “At age 75, Morgan Shepherd still chases the checkered flag,” WBTV, February 10, 2017; https://www.wbtv.com/story/34477874/at-age-75-morgan-shepherd-still-chases-the-checkered-flag/
*Williams, Deb. “Morgan Shepherd,” NASCAR Illustrated, August 1990.

UNCREDITED ARTICLES
*Associated Press. “Shepherd Edges Marlin to Win NASCAR Race at Melbourne,” Los Angeles Times, December 19, 1988; https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-19-sp-407-story.html

EBAY LINK FOR THAT CUSTOM GOLDENEYE CAR
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Morgan-Shepherd-21-GoldenEye-007-Citgo-1995-Racing-Champions-1-64-Nascar-Custom/193770327359?hash=item2d1d9c8d3f:g:bLQAAOSwN3xfmZfQ

WEBSITES
*Jayski’s Silly Season Site
*“Meet the Field Fillers. . .” Racing-Forums.com, forum thread started March 19, 2004.
*Morgan Shepherd Racing; http://www.morganshepherdracing.com/morgan-shepherd.html
*NASCAR.com
*Racing-reference.info
*RacingUnderdog.com, archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/20041015083917/http://www.racingunderdog.com/index.htm
*UltimateRacingHistory.com

PHOTOS
*Delbridge
*eBay
*@EdLovesNASCAR
*Edwin Turner
*Eric Gilbert
*FSP
*Getty Images
*iRacing
*Jack Walker Collection
*Jayski’s Silly Season Site
*JD Motorsports
*Mike Russell
*MorganShepherdRacing.com
*Motorsport.com
*Motorsport Images
*NASCAR Images
*RacersReunion.com
*RacingOne.com
*StanBoyd.com
*Sugarfreeracing.com
*Thomas Chemris