Editing Morgan Shepherd (section)

====Wood Brothers Racing====
Shepherd joined [[Wood Brothers Racing]] in 1992, driving the No. 21 [[Citgo]] Ford. He came short of winning the [[1992 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]], finishing second to [[Davey Allison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/02/17/shepherds-2nd-place-finish-is-a-winner/|title=Shepherd's 2nd-place Finish Is A Winner|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=17 February 1992 |access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref> Even though Shepherd scored eleven top-ten finishes during the season he dropped to fourteenth in the final points standings.<ref name="1992Cup">{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/shephmo01/1992/W|title=Morgan Shepherd – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Shepherd had a good run at [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|Dover]] early in the season, where he led 52 laps, but he dropped back at the end of the race.

{{quote box|quote="Morgan's a much better driver than he gets credit for," says famed car owner Leonard Wood. "I thought he did a great job for us. The thing about him was the longer the race went green the better he looked. He was tough. And he was a great chassis (setup) guy."|source=[[Leonard Wood (racing)|Leonard Wood]], speaking about Shepherd.<ref name="atlasf1">{{cite news|title=Leonard Wood, speaking about Shepherd|publisher=stockcarracing.com|url=http://www.stockcarracing.com/featurestories/scrp_0202_morgan_shepherd_moonshiners/viewall.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150317213801/http://www.stockcarracing.com/featurestories/scrp_0202_morgan_shepherd_moonshiners/viewall.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2015|access-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref>|width=21%|align=right}}

Shepherd improved to seventh in points in [[1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1993]]. Shepherd scored a total of fifteen top-ten finishes during the season.<ref name="1993Cup">{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/shephmo01/1993/W|title=Morgan Shepherd – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> He became the second-oldest race winner when he won the spring race at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway|Atlanta]] at the age of 51 years, 4 months, and 27 days. Shepherd took the race lead with 12 laps to go and cruised across the finish line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodbrothersracing.com/2010/morgan-shepherd-survives-blizzard-to-win-motorcraft-500-ford-racing-celebrates-400th-nascar-sprint-cup-series-victory/|title=Morgan Shepherd Survives Blizzard To Win Motorcraft 500|publisher=woodbrothersracing.com|access-date=March 17, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305055036/http://woodbrothersracing.com/2010/morgan-shepherd-survives-blizzard-to-win-motorcraft-500-ford-racing-celebrates-400th-nascar-sprint-cup-series-victory/|archive-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> It turned out to be Shepherd's final Winston Cup Series win. The [[Wood Brothers Racing|Wood Brothers]] would not return to Victory Lane until [[Elliott Sadler]] won the [[Food City 500]] in [[2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|2001]].

Shepherd continued his good run for the Wood Brothers in [[1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1994]]. He equaled his career-best top-tens in one season with sixteen, nine of those were top-five finishes. Shepherd came close to winning his fourth race at [[Purolator 500 (Atlanta)|Atlanta]], but just came short and finished second to [[Ernie Irvan]]. Shepherd also came close to winning the [[Mello Yello 500]] at the end of the season but was passed by [[Dale Jarrett]] during the last four laps of the race. Shepherd finished sixth in the final points standings with a career-best 4029 points in a season.<ref name="1994Cup">{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/shephmo01/1994/W|title=Morgan Shepherd – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref>

Shepherd stayed with the Wood Brothers for the [[1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1995]] season. He had a decent season but dropped to eleventh in the points standings. Shepherd scored ten top-ten finishes during the season.<ref name="1995Cup">{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/shephmo01/1995/W|title=Morgan Shepherd – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> He had his best run at [[Slick 50 300|Loudon]], where Shepherd finished second to [[Jeff Gordon]]. After the 1995 season, Shepherd was replaced by [[Michael Waltrip]], as Citgo wanted a younger driver. At that time Shepherd was 53 years old.<ref name="The Last Of The Moonshiners" />