David Pearson
David Gene Pearson
December 22, 1934
November 12, 2018
Spartanburg, South Carolina
December 22, 1934
November 12, 2018
David Gene Pearson
Spartanburg, South Carolina
| NASCAR Cup Series Statistics |
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| Year | Rank | Starts | Wins | Top5's | T5's | Top10's | T10's | Poles | Laps | Led | Races Led |
DNF's | Avg Start |
Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3885 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14.7 | 15.4 | ||
| 1961 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3087 | 248 | 5 | 9 | 8.8 | 14.6 | ||
| 1962 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2690 | 280 | 6 | 6 | 8.2 | 13.7 | ||
| 1963 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 8697 | 178 | 6 | 16 | 11.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 1964 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 29 | 42 | 1 | 13225 | 2385 | 31 | 22 | 5.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 1965 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3242 | 577 | 8 | 7 | 4.1 | 8.7 | ||
| 1966 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 10781 | 3174 | 26 | 8 | 5.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 1967 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5638 | 667 | 13 | 9 | 5.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 1968 | 1 | 48 | 16 | 36 | 38 | 1 | 13097 | 3950 | 37 | 10 | 3.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1969 | 1 | 51 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 1 | 14270 | 3040 | 39 | 9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1970 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4210 | 580 | 11 | 8 | 5.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 1971 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2998 | 252 | 10 | 8 | 7.0 | 18.9 | ||
| 1972 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4902 | 1571 | 16 | 17 | 5.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 1973 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5338 | 2658 | 16 | 18 | 3.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 1974 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4630 | 1167 | 18 | 4 | 2.2 | 7.9 | ||
| 1975 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5653 | 1322 | 18 | 8 | 3.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 1976 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 6194 | 1227 | 19 | 4 | 3.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 1977 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5694 | 868 | 17 | 6 | 5.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 1978 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5375 | 757 | 13 | 10 | 4.7 | 15.6 | ||
| 1979 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2271 | 264 | 6 | 4 | 4.8 | 12.9 | ||
| 1980 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1787 | 172 | 6 | 4 | 6.7 | 13.9 | ||
| 1981 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1309 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 8.8 | 22.0 | ||
| 1982 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1019 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12.3 | 22.2 | ||
| 1983 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1643 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11.4 | 22.1 | ||
| 1984 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1630 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10.3 | 26.2 | ||
| 1985 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1418 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9.2 | 30.1 | ||
| 1986 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 23.0 |
| O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Statistics |
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| Year | Rank | Starts | Wins | Top5's | T5's | Top10's | T10's | Poles | Laps | Led | Races Led |
DNF's | Avg Start |
Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 857 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 6.0 | ||
| 1983 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 194 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Totals: | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1051 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
1960 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of The Year
1966 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1968 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1969 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
Pearson was the second driver to win three Crown Jewel races in a season
Pearson was the first driver to complete a Grand Slam (1976)
