Morgan Shepherd
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Clay Morgan Shepherd (born October 12, 1941) has been a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver since 1977 (1977 in NASCAR). He has also raced in the Nationwide (Nationwide Series), and Camping World Truck Series. He is a born again (Born again Christianity) Christian who serves as a lay minister to the racing community. At age 68, he is running a full-time schedule as a driver on the Nationwide Series circuit.
Shepherd became the second-oldest race winner (after Harry Gant) in 1993 (1993 in NASCAR), when he won the spring race at Atlanta (Atlanta Motor Speedway) at the age of 51 years, 4 months, and 27 days.
Date of birth: 1941-10-12
Birth Location: Conover, North Carolina
Awards: 2005 NMPA Man of the Year Award
Achievements: 1980 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series statistics
| Best cup position | 5th - 1990 (1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series) |
| First race | 1970 (1970 NASCAR Grand National Series) Hickory 276 (Hickory (Hickory Motor Speedway)) |
| First win | 1981 (1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series) Virginia 500 (Martinsville (Martinsville Speedway)) |
| Last win | 1993 (1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series) Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta (Atlanta Motor Speedway)) |
| Wins | Top tens | Poles |
| 4 | 168 | 7 |
NASCAR Nationwide Series statistics
| Best NNS position | 11th - 1982 (1982 NASCAR Busch Series) |
| First race | 1982 (1982 NASCAR Busch Series) Mountain Dew 300 (Hickory (Hickory Motor Speedway)) |
| First win | 1982 (1982 NASCAR Busch Series) Sunkist 200 (Hickory (Hickory Motor Speedway)) |
| Last win | 1988 (1988 NASCAR Busch Series) Kroger 200 (Kroger 200 (Busch)) (IRP (O'Reilly Raceway Park)) |
| Wins | Top tens | Poles |
| 15 | 67 | 6 |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
| Best NCWTS position | 24th - 2002 (2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series) |
| First race | 1997 (1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series) NAPA Autocare 200 (Nazareth (Nazareth Speedway)) |
| Wins | Top tens | Poles |