The Silver Fox has passed

[Rtrorkt]

https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/12/nascar-hall-of-famer-david-pearson-passes-away/?cid=eref:nbcnews:text

remember watching him in the day. A racer’s racer. Another era passes

[CurtEgerer]

Incredible that he only raced the full schedule 4 times, and took the title in 3 of those 4!

[KFC911]

A legend...my dad drove a Mercury all my youth because of him...

...a '70 Cougar with a 351 did not suck when I was 15 either....his car, his keys, my big ol' grin .....

RIP....

[URY914]

Those two workers in the picture above look safe. Those cars never run off the track.

[nota]

Originally Posted by URY914

Those two workers in the picture above look safe. Those cars never run off the track.

racing was dangerous back then to all
may be the big part we are missing today

I remember sitting on a track boundary HAY BALE at pit out
with my brothers kids we all were age 7-8 watching a race he was in , in 356 club event

nobody said boo except donot wander stay here

[smadsen]

That's the parade lap, Turn 5 (bottom of hill)/6 (top of hill) at Riverside. Guarantee those lads won't be standing there when they go green. The Zanardi line was part of the track for the NASCAR guys then. Dan Gurney won like five of the first six NASCAR races at RIR, staying pretty much on the pavement.

[ZOO]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Incredible that he only raced the full schedule 4 times, and took the title in 3 of those 4!

That’s my favourite era of NASCAR. There is something so right about those ugly beasts on big, wide tires . . .

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by ZOO

That’s my favourite era of NASCAR. There is something so right about those ugly beasts on big, wide tires . . .

Agreed!