One of the all time great sprint car builder and mechanic passed away today in Indianapolis. Services are pending. He wrenched the Stirling Plumbing Sprinter to the USAC owners championship and his drivers were who's who of the era.
Don Shepherd was great friends with the Hurtubise Bros. and had a big technical influence on their #56 Sterling Plumbing USAC sprint car in the early 60s.... I remember him best as the mechanic on the #3 KEY Chevy USAC sprint car driven by Bobby Unser.
I first knew Don when operated a Marathon station at the NW corner of 16th & Tibbs near IMS.
He was a great racer and a great guy. He had so much historical and technical knowledge of the greatest era of sprint car racing.
As with many of the great racers we have lost in the last few years, I wish I had been able to talk to him more....
