David Pearson - Legends of Stock Car Racing
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- čas přidán 28. 01. 2021
- From the old Speedvision channel Johnny Hayes interviews "The Silver Fox" David Pearson. In this episode they discuss how Pearson got started in the sport; switching from dirt tracks to pavement; racing against Ralph Earnhardt and Banjo Matthews; how a friend helped him get started in Grand National; running Daytona as a rookie; winning three "super-speedway" races in 1961; racing Junior Johnson on dirt at Hickory NC, driving for Holman Moody; working with Chris Vallo, getting started with the Wood Brothers; dialing the car in during a race; flipping a cigarette at Buddy Baker during a race, being on the same radio frequency as Buddy Baker during a race: getting hit by Cale Yarborough while leading the 1975 Daytona 500; the finish of the 1976 Daytona 500; the end of his career with the Wood Brothers; 11 consecutive poles at Charlotte Speedway; getting a strawberry pie in the face after spinning out Tiny Lund in Hickory NC; retirement and pranking Jim Hunter.
Simply the finest driver that ever crawled in a stock car. He was asked by a interviewer " David who is the greatest stock car driver that ever lived?" David sat there a second and said " Well, I once heard Richard Petty say that the greatest stock car race car driver HE had ever seen was David Pearson and you know, I will just have to agree with the King!!"
"OOHHH BOY"
They broke the mold with David Pearson!!!
The cleanest hardest charging happy go luckiest driver ever !!!
True That!!!
I just loved this video. The story of David's rise to well earned fame was so interesting, to learn about his life.
That story about Pearson blowing smoke at Baker was from the 1976 Rebel 500 at Darlington.
The Silver Fox!
Maybe the best driver of all time in the stock car genre.
Back when NASCAR was good.
Really?
Anybody know the name of the music in the intro?