David Pearson passed away at the age of 83.
He was one of the greats of NASCAR.
RIP, Mr, Pearson.
RIP, David Pearson
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Eddie Fleming
, Nov 12 2018 08:29 PM
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Posted 12 November 2018 - 08:29 PM
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Posted 12 November 2018 - 09:10 PM
Obviously one of the all-time greats, and IMO, raced the best looking Stockcar of all time;
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Posted 12 November 2018 - 09:19 PM
David Pearson, the "Silver Fox", was one of my favorite NASCAR drivers. I got to actually see him race in 1968 when he drove for Holman-Moody. That night, at Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME, he qualified second to Buddy Baker's Dodge and finished second to Richard Petty's Road Runner. Those were the days of gumball tires and smaller displacement engines on short tracks.
He will be missed.
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Posted 12 November 2018 - 10:42 PM
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Posted 12 November 2018 - 10:44 PM
Damn!! He will indeed be missed. We are losing our drivers/racers that made motor sports what is was that made it so great.
Getting old, as they say, is a bitch. Dang, another gone.
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Posted 13 November 2018 - 02:19 AM
Oh dear 
... What a shame . RIP.
Even "Down-Under" as a child/teenager I was well aware of David Pearson due to 'devouring' the many auto/racing magazines available from the US and the Daytona 500 was often televised as was Indy back in the day!!... Amazingly!!! No FOX or pay-per-view then... LOL.
I thought this piece in "MotorSport" was nice... although perhaps amazed that it was back in 1998!!
The Petty rivalry of David Pearson
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Posted 13 November 2018 - 09:15 AM
The "Silver Fox" will be remembered as one of the few drivers feared by the late Dale Earnhardt. High praise indeed.
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Posted 13 November 2018 - 07:00 PM
My two ALL TIME FAVORITES in NASCAR:
1. The Woods Brothers and the Mercurys they built and
2. DAVID PEARSON
I saw a post from the Darlington Raceway:
"The lady in black will always love you." THE MOST PERFECT tribute to ever be written about this gentleman!!!
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Posted 14 November 2018 - 02:47 AM
21 4ever.
This one hurts real bad.
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Posted 14 November 2018 - 07:00 AM
"This one hurts real bad".
Yes it does, Nelson
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