David Pearson "the silver fox"

    During david pearsons career, his greatest rival was no one other than the king himself (Richard Petty). The rivalry between these two was always cival, but classic races did they have. The picture below is a picture of david pearsons car after he and richard petty tangled in turn four at the firecracker 400 in 1978.
David pearson has won the firecracker 400 at daytona four times, but has only won the daytona 500 once and that was in 1976.

This is another picture of  david pearson(17) and richard petty(43) going at it. In 1973 david pearson swept both races at the atlanta 500. Thats when the big blocks ruled. He was driving for the wood brothers in a mercury 429 cid of brute ford power. The wood brothers have the most victories there with david pearson contributing three in his career.

Here at darlington david pearson had many victories, but in this picture at the rebel 500 in 1979 was the last ride david pearson would take for the wood brothers. As you can see there must of been some miscommunication between perason and the crew and droping both left tires on the way out of the pits. This was the end of a stellar and productive partnership. Below are some other pictures of david pearsons cars.
 

.