Racing With Jesus – Richmond

For the fans of Morgan Shepherd who tuned in to watch qualifying for the Richmond race there was an unexpected treat.

Rain had begun to sprinkle on the track and qualifying was postponed to see if the weather would clear. During the lull, those tuned in were treated to a short version of “The Morgan Shepherd Show” as the TV cameras focussed on Morgan rollerskating down pit road.

Given the rare opportunity for a short on-camera interview, Morgan was able to proclaim his faith in Jesus Christ without any sort of censorship or criticism from the network.

As it turned out, qualifying was eventually cancelled due to the weather and Morgan and the #89 Racing With Jesus Dodge Charger were locked into the race as a result of the current points standings.

Starting in 34th position, Morgan was able to move up during the early stages of the race.

Staying on the lead lap, the #89 was able to hold its own and gradually began passing other cars as the race progressed.

As the leaders began their round of pitstops midway through the race, the #89 was able to pull into 3rd position.

Once again, a lack of funding prevented the team from being able to complete the race and Morgan was forced to pull out after 133 laps of the scheduled 250 lap event, bringing home a 36th place finish for the day.

In other News:

From Faith Motorsports PR:

Shepherd helps test first COT prototype
RICHMOND, VA – Morgan Shepherd spent September 8 with a handful of other Nationwide Series drivers test driving the first prototypes of the series’ new Car of Tomorrow chassis.

Shepherd, driving a Davis Motorsports Chevrolet along with Davis driver Danny Efland, said he was pleased with the way the newly-designed 110-inch chassis car performed.

Each of the four manufacturers in the Nationwide Series tested two cars each at the track on September 8 and 9. Dodge, Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota participated in the first of two scheduled test sessions.

Team owner Johnny Davis said he too was happy with the car’s first trip to the race track.

“So far we’ve been pleased,” Davis said. “With more testing, we can be pretty close (to the multi-car teams). I think a smaller, single-car team under these circumstances can be a better top-10 car than what we have today with our current cars.”

The car, which is similar to the current Sprint Cup Series COT car, is scheduled to debut in the Nationwide Series at the beginning of the 2010 race season.

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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…..