sentences:  Shepherd ran back-to-back 10.67s to defeat John Smith’s M/Gas Volkswagen and defending event champion Bob Riffle’s C/Gas Dodge Colt.In the quarterfinal, he bested Carl Frizzell’s E/MP Camaro with a 10.66 and former Winternationals winner Fred Teixeira’s B/Gas Corvette with a 10.49.In the final, Shepherd unleashed a pass of 10.39 seconds at , defeating Jim Marshall’s A/MP Dart and good enough to set an F/Gas national record.