Morgan Shepherd News

Fifth season "American Idol" contestant and country music artist Kellie Pickler is scheduled to perform at Galax First Baptist Church on Dec.

By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service 67: Morgan Shepherd's top-10 finishes in the Nationwide Series in 261 starts spanning 24 seasons.

The Frontstretch: Beyond The Cockpit: Bigger Things Keeping Morgan Shepherd On Track by Bryan Davis Keith -- Tuesday September 29, 2009 It's been a tale of two seasons for Morgan Shepherd in 2009.

Heading into the Sept. 12 race at Richmond, the ageless Mark Martin is seeking his fifth victory of the year.

A mechanical failure in the back of Morgan Shepherd 's familiar No. 89 Nationwide Series car may have ended the career of the 67-year-old driver.

Morgan Shepherd and Jack Smith have been selected through a fan vote as the next drivers to be enshrined to the Talladega-Texaco Walk of Fame.

The wins list for drivers in Mark Martin's age bracket is a short one. Only four drivers over the age of 50 have won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race: Martin, Harry Gant, Bobby Allison and Morgan Shepherd.

There's the "Alabama Gang," the "Apple Dumpling Gang," and now there's the "Over The Hill Gang." Don't judge a Gang by its name, though.

Back in the early 1950's a family that everyone loved, came on to the NASCAR scene and started an organization that would dominate for years to come.