Morgan Shepherd stretched a tank of gas...
From Staff and Wire Reports
Morgan Shepherd stretched a tank of gas over the final 103 miles Saturday to win the weather-delayed Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Ernie Irvan, who stopped three laps later than Shepherd, wound up second, his Chevrolet Lumina trailing Shepherd’s Ford Thunderbird by 23.5 seconds.
Shepherd, who earned $70,350, averaged 150.442 m.p.h. on Atlanta’s 1.522-mile oval.
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