Morgan Shepherd Net Worth 2018: What is this NASCAR driver worth?
Morgan Shepherd is a professional NASCAR racing driver. Shepherd was born on October 12, 1941, in Ferguson, North Carolina. This page examines Morgan Shepherd’s net worth.
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Morgan Shepherd Career and Earnings/Salary
Morgan Shepherd raced in a total of 517 NASCAR cup races over a 29 year cup career, with 4 wins, 168 top tens, and 7 poles. Shepherd’s best cup position was 5th (1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series). Shepherd began NASCAR cup racing with the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series Hickory 276 (Hickory Motor Speedway). Shepherd’s last cup race was the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV Sales 301 (New Hampshire Motor Speedway), and last cup win was the 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway).
With respect to Busch series races, Shepherd competed in 428 for No. 89 (Shepherd Racing Ventures), over a 32 year period, with 15 wins, 67 top tens, and 6 poles. Shepherd’s best Busch series position was 11th (1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series). Shepherd began Busch series racing with the 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Mountain Dew 300 (Hickory Motor Speedway). Shepherd’s last Busch race was the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series OneMain Financial 200 (spring) (Dover International Speedway), and last Busch win was the 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Kroger 200 (Busch) (Indianapolis Raceway Park).
Shepherd has raced in 57 truck series races over a 8 year truck racing career, with 0 wins, 0 top tens, and 0 poles. Shepherd’s best truck race position was 24th (2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series). Shepherd began truck series racing with the 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NAPA Autocare 200 (Nazareth Speedway). Shepherd’s last truck race was the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 (Atlanta Motor Speedway).
Shepherd is best known for these top achievements: 1980 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division Champion, and Oldest driver to start a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race (72 years, 9 months, and 1 day).
Shepherd has won several awards, including the 2005 National Motorsports Press Association.
Morgan Shepherd Net Worth 2018
NASCAR essentially has two salary tracks. There are top earners, who earn millions of dollars anually through prize money, bonuses, and sponsorships. Meanwhile, the rest of NASCAR competitors get a lot less. Young drivers can receive as little as $50,000. More competitive drivers, meanwhile, can make between $200,000 and $500,000, including a base salary in addition to either some percentage of their prize money or a success bonus.
So what is NASCAR driver Morgan Shepherd’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Morgan Shepherd’s net worth as of 2018 is: $16 million
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