Shepherd, double duty at NHIS:

CTS team owner Rick Ware announced today that Morgan Shepherd will drive the #51 Ware Racing Dodge Truck at New Hampshire on Saturday. Shepherd also will attempt to qualify for the Cup race in the #89 Ford.. Michael Ritch, who was orginally slated to drive the #51, will be at the New River Valley Speedway near Radford, VA, Saturday to compete in a 250-lap race in the Hooters ProCup Southern Division series where he currently is 6th in points. Shepherd will be teammate to Ware’s driver Lance Hooper who pilots the #5 Blair Jeans Dodge. Shepherd and Hooper will share common associate sponsors this weekend, Quality Metric of Virginia and amIhealthy.com of Rhode Island have come on board for this event. Plans for the Ware Racing #81 Craftsman Truck will be announced later.(Catchfence)(7-18-2002)