Morgan Shepherd News

#90 UPDATE 4:

#90 UPDATE 4:

March 14, 1999
Willy T. Ribbs, who ran three Winston Cup races in 1986, is back in the garage and searching for a ride. Ribbs, one of only a handful of black drivers to compete on the Winston Cup circuit, has been talking with owners for the past several months about making a comeback

The #90 at AMS:

The #90 at AMS:

March 10, 1999
Morgan Shepherd will be in the #90 Junie Donlavey Ford for Atlanta. No sponsor on car. Both Shepherd and Stanton Barrett are trying to put together a sponsorship package for Darlington, but nothing has materialized as yet. Junie is taking it race to race( Inside Motorsports

Shepherd back to #90?

Shepherd back to #90?

March 3, 1999
I hear that unless another driver comes up with sponsorship dollars, Morgan Shepherd will be driving the #90 Ford in Atlanta next week. The #90 Team is still looking for sponsorship after the Big Daddy's deal and Shepherds deal with the insurance company has fallen

Shepherd team:

Shepherd team:

February 28, 1999
Morgan Shepherd will be in the BGN #07 Pontiac of Bruce Hanusosky's in the Sam's Town ?›????300?›??? at Las Vegas. Mr. Hanusosky is the owner of High Tech Performance Trailers in Cleveland, Ohio. They are seeking a sponsor for Las Vegas as well as for the races to

Donlavey/#90 News UPDATE 2 Pepboys and drivers:

Donlavey/#90 News UPDATE 2 Pepboys and drivers:

February 21, 1999
During the race, TNN broadcasters Mike Joy and Dick Berggren were discussing the #90 and Big Daddys' mess and mentioned the sponsors on the car today, Accu-turn and Pep Boys and Berggren said Pep Boys was looking hard at sponsoring the team for the full season. Feel

Some Notes from Henry:

Some Notes from Henry:

February 21, 1999
David Green in the #41 Kodiak Ice Chevy, got the final front-stretch pit this week....there are 31 of them. Drivers from Wally Dallenbach on back will pit on the backstretch. Three drivers who made the DuraLube/BigKmart 400 race who missed the Daytona 500....Green,

Donlavey News(#90) UPDATE:

Donlavey News(#90) UPDATE:

February 18, 1999
Junie Donlavey announced today(Tuesday) that Morgan Shepherd will drive his #90 Ford at the Rockingham event this weekend. Donlavey feels that putting the veteran Shepherd in his Ford is the best plan for getting the still unsponsored machine into the race. Big Daddy

#90 Driver for the future UPDATE 2:

#90 Driver for the future UPDATE 2:

February 15, 1999
Junie Donlavey will announce later this week who will drive the #90 Ford at Rockingham next weekend. Mike Wallace, who drove for Donlavey in yesterdays Daytona 500, definitely will not be in the car( Times-Dispatch ) -- Hearing it will be Morgan Shepherd in the car

Wednesday AM Practice:

Wednesday AM Practice:

February 10, 1999
Jerry Nadeau was fastest at 192.102mph, see the results at NASCAR Online or at Speedworld . Interesting, Mike Wallace was listed in the #90 Ford and Morgan Shepherd was practicing the #81, so it looks like Wallace will replace Harmon, not Shepherd as I earlier reported

Tuesday AM Practice:

Tuesday AM Practice:

February 9, 1999
Tony Stewart was fastest of the 58 cars practicing today with a speed of 191.734mph. See the results at NASCAR Online . Harmon is listed in the #90, Benning is up to speed in the #79. The only car/driver missing was #81 Morgan Shepherd.

Harmon out/Shepherd In? UPDATE 5 YEP um…no Wallace:

Harmon out/Shepherd In? UPDATE 5 YEP um…no Wallace:

February 6, 1999
The sponsor's decals have, for the moment, been removed from the #90 Ford of driver Mike Harmon, pending arrival of the funds. Junie Donlavey said he would give his new sponsor another week. Don't be surprised to find Morgan Shepherd in Donlavey's car by Thursday's

LJ Racing Crew Chief:

LJ Racing Crew Chief:

February 4, 1999
Skip Eyler has been hired as the crew chief for the #91 LJ Racing Chevy and driver Steve Grissom(NASCAR Online). I had heard that Eyler would crew chief the #81 and Morgan Shepherd, but that deal is shakey right now

Morgan Shepherd news:

Morgan Shepherd news:

February 2, 1999
I hear that Shepherd will be in Daytona driving the #81 Ford and the #07 High Tech Motorsports Chevy for the BGN race in a car owned by Bruce Hanusosy is the owner and creww chiefed by Dale Francis( Morgan Shepherd Site )

#81 Team:

#81 Team:

January 22, 1999
Have heard nothing concreate on the Pinnacle Motorsports team or Morgan Shepherd. One rumor has the sponsorship falling thru and the team is not ready to go racing

#81 and confusion?

#81 and confusion?

January 13, 1999
When the Pinnacle Group bought the FILMAR Racing No. 81 team a few weeks ago, it planned to run driver Morgan Shepherd and an unidentified insurance group sponsor for the full schedule. However, the group reportedly learned that it had only bought 55 percent of the