Determination Nets 26th Spot at Michigan

Fans of the #89 Racing With Jesus Dodge Charger held their breath as qualifying unfolded for the Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway.

According to Faith Motorsports, an early mistake in calculating the tire pressures for Morgan Shepherd’s qualifying run resulted in poor handling for the all-important qualifying.

As qualifying ended, Morgan had qualified – but just barely. He would start the race in 43rd place.

Poor handling in the early stages of the race resulted in Morgan having to run at the back of the field.

As the day progressed, the #89 experienced a cut tire that brought about an additional unsheduled pit stop.

Throughout the race, the team determinedly kept adjusting the handling of the #89 in the hopes of improving its performance.

As a result of their determination not to give up, the #89 was turning in top 20 speeds towards the end of the race.

Thanks to tire sponsorship by Lagina Plumbing, the team had enough tires to see them through to the finish, with the #89 finishing in 26th place at the end of the race.

From Faith Motorsports PR:

By demonstrating determination, Shepherd and the Faith Motorsports crew was able to salvage a 26th place finish on a day that should have been much brighter.

“By the time the race was over we were running Top 20 times every lap,” Shepherd said. “We just had so many problems early on that we were in a big hole most of the day.”

Regardless of the obstacles, the team was able to complete another race thanks to a dose of determination and some financial help from race sponsor Lagina Plumbing!

In other news -

Aug 17 NASCAR Nationwide Series:Southlake, TEXAS-August 18, 2008– 1in3Trinity, a faith-inspired company of lifestyle products including clothing, accessories and their newly launched energy drink, is proud to announce today that it has signed an associate sponsorship agreement with Faith Motorsports. As part of the sponsorship agreement, the company’s 1in3Trinity energy drink will become the official energy drink of NASCAR driver Morgan Shepherd and his Faith Motorsports crew, and the company will promote 1in3Trinity’s products through the team’s website and other promotional programs.“1in3Trinity is a unique and innovative lifestyle brand,” says company co-founder and president Paula Masters. “In our hearts, our hope and vision for our company is to offer people relevant lifestyle products that impact their lives in a positive way. Since there is such a large Christian subculture in NASCAR, we felt there was a way to minister to this culture first hand and let them know that you can love and live for Christ and still be cool,” Masters said. “Morgan has demonstrated his commitment to his faith, as well as been able to excel at his sport which makes him a great choice for 1in3Trinity.” From The Hotlap.com

Team’s ministry featured in Christian Courier

MILWAUKEE, WI – The mission of Faith Motorsports and driver Morgan Shepherd is the featured story on the front page of this month’s Christian Courier newspaper, the team announced August 18.

The nationally-distributed newspaper, the oldest Christian newspaper in existence, can also be found online athttp://www.chris tiancouriernewspaper.com.

The story of Shepherd and his team’s ministry efforts begins on the front page of the newspaper and continues on Page 11 of the publication.

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You can follow the inspiring story of this team and read more about Morgan Shepherd and Racing with Jesus at the team’s website – www.racewithfaith.com. In addition to the team’s site, Jeff Parnell of KingdomWinners.com is writing a weekly blog of the team’s exploits at Christian Business Daily.

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….. to be continued…..