David Pearson passed away at age 83

[JS29]

RIP to one of NASCAR's grates! 

[1 Wild R/T]

Tough old guy from back in the day...

[HP_Cuda]

Wow I actually remember that race.

Incredible.

[DAYLEY/CHALLENGER]

Sorry to hear of this.  The Silver Fox as he was known. #21. Wood Brothers from Stuart, Va. My home town, went to school with Eddie and Lynn.  He was a great driver.

[Brads70]

Now THAT was racing! RIP he is a legend! 

[Chryco Psycho]

One of the top drivers for sure 

[RUNCHARGER]

Sorry to hear another great one is gone. I think he was as good as any of them in that time frame.

[1 Wild R/T]

And the Woods Bros were the first pit crew to realize they could win  the races in the pits..... They completely changed race strategy...

[Guscuda]

Wow I haven't heard about this. He was certainly one of the top 5 all time greats. About 5 years ago I was at the race in darlington and I saw him walking through the crowd, nobody knew who he was, I couldn't help but approach him and get him to sign my hat. He gladly obliged, seemed like a nice guy. RIP silver fox

[73chalngr]

He is number two in career wins behind the king.

[340challconvert]

RIP


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/david-pearson-nascar-dead.html

[RUNCHARGER]

Yes: The two best there for sure. They ran wheel to wheel and had huge respect for each other.