Morgan Shepherd Attempting To Qualify For Daytona

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And, in doing it, Morgan Shepherd would break his own record...

Shepherd turned 72 in October and will try to qualify for the Daytona 500 in the No. 93 Support Military Foundation Toyota with BK Racing.

Shepherd ran at New Hampshire last July- his first Cup race since 2006. Shepherd ran eight Nationwide Series races last season- earning a little over $100,000. He also ran one truck race, at Texas, finishing 34th...

Shepherd has started 15 Daytona 500-, with a career-best finish of second in 1992 in the Wood Brothers #21.

Here's an interview Shepherd did with Ricky Craven around the qualifying run last year at NHMS...


The HQ wishes the most luck to Shepherd and hope he makes the field...

The Day At Loudon: Oldest Ever And A Long-Time Coming

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It had been almost four full years, and 75 total starts, that it took for Brian Vickers to get back in victory lane. But running part-time for Michael Waltrip Racing along with Mark Martin and Michael his own self, he held off the folks in the green-white-checker for the win at Loudon...

Here's the end of the race...
And another record setting performance came from 71-year-old Morgan Shepherd... qualifying and starting a NASCAR event... “This will be my first Sprint Cup race since 2006. It will be good to be back for such a historical day, and I love the New Hampshire Speedway." Interesting stat from Holly Cain at NASCAR.com Eight of the 42 drivers Morgan Shepherd will be competing against in Sunday’s Camping World RV Sales 301 were even born when the 71-year-old made his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start on June 20, 1970 at Hickory, N.C. Five drivers -- Ken Schrader, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Dave Blaney -- had ever made a Cup start at the time Shepherd last visited victory lane (Atlanta, 1993). Here's Shepherd talking about it... ((HT: ESPN))