Morgan Shepherd - Too old to be behind the wheel of a Cup car?

SlicedBread22 said:
Saw this on FB... I think this is about the best I've heard it described the way I see it.

He was in the way all day and many drivers were complaining about him, Smoke, Jr, Gordon to name a few who said he was in the way and causing havoc with the front runners. If you are going that slow, you should have no problem not washing up the track taking out the 2nd place car when you are 15 laps down and running 20mph slower a lap. Yesterday was a complete embarrassment for the top series of the sport by having someone that old acting as a moving chicane. Like I said last week, nothing good would come out of that and boy was I right. It's a crying shame because Morgan in his day was a good driver.
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You quoted Farcebook? o_O
 
  • NASCAR has no problem with Morgan Shepherd:NASCAR vice president of competition defended Shepherd saying the veteran "met all of the requirements" established by the sanctioning body. He qualified the situation by calling it "an accident, that could have happened to anybody" and maintained that the #33 Chevy had no issue dropping "to the minimum speed" required at Loudon, "so there wasn't any issue with that."
    "Morgan Shepherd has always been approved," Pemberton said. "He's been approved for decades. Under our situation here, you take a physical at the beginning of the year, you pass your physical, you pass inspection with your car, you qualify for the race and you run the event. He met everything he needed to meet."(Motorsport)(7-14-2014)
 
pudge said:
of course
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you are probably close to the bone for some JR fans, they have been throwing beer bottles for years at Gordon's car.:biggrin::blink:

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BobbyFord said:
  • NASCAR has no problem with Morgan Shepherd:NASCAR vice president of competition defended Shepherd saying the veteran "met all of the requirements" established by the sanctioning body. He qualified the situation by calling it "an accident, that could have happened to anybody" and maintained that the #33 Chevy had no issue dropping "to the minimum speed" required at Loudon, "so there wasn't any issue with that."
    "Morgan Shepherd has always been approved," Pemberton said. "He's been approved for decades. Under our situation here, you take a physical at the beginning of the year, you pass your physical, you pass inspection with your car, you qualify for the race and you run the event. He met everything he needed to meet."(Motorsport)(7-14-2014)
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Sure there is this but expect the minimum speed requirement to be raised. Bank on it. There will be enough said about this that something will be done.
 
How ironic that this thread was created before this weekend. I smell conspiracy!!! lol just kidding. But seriously that could of happend with any one of the 10+ lap downers that cruise around at half speed any given weekend. Feel bad for Logano, clearly had a good car.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Sure there is this but expect the minimum speed requirement to be raised. Bank on it. There will be enough said about this that something will be done.
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:XXROFL:
Minimum speed setting is a percentage of the qualifying speed at each track, it varies
if the vehicle cannot maintain the minimum required speed (varies by track; typically disclosed in the pre-race drivers' meeting)
 
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Joey hopefully will shut his mouth about this, he said his peace and move on. Put on his best goofy aw shucks boy next door smile and forget about it. He has a whole lot more to lose if he continues on with it than Morgan does. Keep it up and he will be joining the Kyle Busch club.
 
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FLRacingFan said:
Better drivers like Kyle Busch recognized that Morgan was having a hard time holding the bottom.

Kyle Larson also said he didn't have a problem with Morgan. Maybe this will wise Joey up a bit.
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I have no idea why Logano would make that kind of risky passing move on a guy that old and slow. Stay away! Pass him on the straight. Mogan messed up, as many drivers do. Tony running into the front of MW's car at Talladega was far dumber and more destructive.

Logano is known for crowding in the corners. When he gets them loose, they ease off and save it. This time he crowded the wrong car, knowing full well the lack of talent of the driver. Some drivers put themselves in a bad position, and that's avoidable.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
Saw this on FB... I think this is about the best I've heard it described the way I see it.

He was in the way all day and many drivers were complaining about him, Smoke, Jr, Gordon to name a few who said he was in the way and causing havoc with the front runners. If you are going that slow, you should have no problem not washing up the track taking out the 2nd place car when you are 15 laps down and running 20mph slower a lap. Yesterday was a complete embarrassment for the top series of the sport by having someone that old acting as a moving chicane. Like I said last week, nothing good would come out of that and boy was I right. It's a crying shame because Morgan in his day was a good driver.
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That is simply not true. I was listening to the 24 from the start of the race and there was not one word said on his radio about Morgan Shepard. I just replayed the audio and Not One Word about the 33.
 
They should test these so called twitter fans, they think they can make up anything they want to fit their agenda without any facts to back it up, like a bunch of hysterical harpies.
 
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Jeff Gordon earlier today.....

But some drivers aren’t comfortable with cars running that slow, particularly at a shorter track like New Hampshire.

“No, I'm not comfortable with that,” Jeff Gordon said on a national media teleconference Monday. “I don't think they have any place out there if they're running that slow, whether you're a car that's had damage and you can't maintain the minimum speed, or is the minimum speed the proper speed.

“I think it probably needs to be raised up at certain tracks where there's not a lot of falloff in the tire. Then I think that minimum speed probably needs to be adjusted.”

from here
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Jeff Gordon earlier today.....

But some drivers aren’t comfortable with cars running that slow, particularly at a shorter track like New Hampshire.

“No, I'm not comfortable with that,” Jeff Gordon said on a national media teleconference Monday. “I don't think they have any place out there if they're running that slow, whether you're a car that's had damage and you can't maintain the minimum speed, or is the minimum speed the proper speed.

“I think it probably needs to be raised up at certain tracks where there's not a lot of falloff in the tire. Then I think that minimum speed probably needs to be adjusted.”

from here
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From the article...

"The minimum speed is 115 percent of the fastest lap by any driver in the final practice."

Wonders how inaccurate the rest of the article is...
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Jeff Gordon earlier today.....

But some drivers aren’t comfortable with cars running that slow, particularly at a shorter track like New Hampshire.

“No, I'm not comfortable with that,” Jeff Gordon said on a national media teleconference Monday. “I don't think they have any place out there if they're running that slow, whether you're a car that's had damage and you can't maintain the minimum speed, or is the minimum speed the proper speed.

“I think it probably needs to be raised up at certain tracks where there's not a lot of falloff in the tire. Then I think that minimum speed probably needs to be adjusted.”

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The Nascar Jesus has spoken. With the lap times he ran at New Hampshire you wonder why they didn't black flag him with a low tire when he was on the outside almost parked and falling back like a rock. Bet he was glad they didn't raise the minimum speed yesterday.
 
Johali said:
That is simply not true. I was listening to the 24 from the start of the race and there was not one word said on his radio about Morgan Shepard. I just replayed the audio and Not One Word about the 33.
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You listened to 3 hrs of in-car audio? Twice?
 
StoneTown said:
You listened to 3 hrs of in-car audio? Twice?
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I listen to it as I watch the race on TV and on Raceview. It makes the race more interesting. The recording is voice activated so It's recorded without the dead spots and is greatly reduced in listening time. Even if I did listen to 6 hour's of in car so what, I'm a fan. My setup is nothing compared to DP's. Ask him about his race day setup, mine is childsplay in comparison.
 
Its been said that the 33 ride is a dead end ride. No one who wants to go somewhere would get in that ride.


wonder why Morgan ran most of the race...I thought it was too expensive for start and parks to do that....
 
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Imagine if.....

Controversy pays off. Joe Falk announces that Tony Stewart has committed $250K in sponsorship money to allow Morgan to enter 3 more cup races this year.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Jeff Gordon earlier today.....

But some drivers aren’t comfortable with cars running that slow, particularly at a shorter track like New Hampshire.

“No, I'm not comfortable with that,” Jeff Gordon said on a national media teleconference Monday. “I don't think they have any place out there if they're running that slow, whether you're a car that's had damage and you can't maintain the minimum speed, or is the minimum speed the proper speed.

“I think it probably needs to be raised up at certain tracks where there's not a lot of falloff in the tire. Then I think that minimum speed probably needs to be adjusted.”

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Jeff still has nightmares from Stephen Leicht driving that car.

 
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