NASCAR Driver Morgan Shepherd Wins a Race...on Foot

He's definitely one of the good guys (from Top of the Ticket):

Morgan Shepherd for president.

Or at least for the pole position in Sunday's NASCAR race in Las Vegas.

And, while you're at it, Crimefighter of the Week.

As Shepherd parked his rental car in a Wal-Mart parking lot Monday evening, three young men burst out the front door.

OK.
Two seconds later security guards burst out the front door in pursuit.

You don't have to be from Ferguson, North Carolina to figure out that scenario.

So naturally, as a fairly fit visitor to Sin City, Shepherd lit out too -- in pursuit. "I just got out and took off after them," Shepherd recalls.

He tackled one of the young men just as he leapt a parking lot fence. Shepherd sat on the struggling fellow. Seconds later a Las Vegas police officer raced by, tossing good samaritan Shepherd a pair of handcuffs.

The young man pleaded with Shepherd to let him go. "I told him he shouldn't be stealing stuff," Shepherd says. Adding, "There is just too much of this stuff going on."

All three suspects were apprehended. And Shepherd continued his Wal-Mart shopping trip with wife Cindy.

The good Shepherd drives the No. 89 car for Faith Motorsports for, of course, the Salvation Army -- "Doing the most good."

Oh, by the way, Morgan Shepherd is 69 years old.

NASCAR is in Las Vegas for the races this weekend.  Shepherd's teams haven't been competitive for many years due in large part to a lack of funding, but never due to a lack of heart on the part of Shepherd.