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Richard Petty vs David Pearson: 4 Wide in the 64 Greatest of NASCAR

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by Charlie Turner

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May 8, 2009 11:52 am CDT 13 Comments

The two drivers with the most wins in NASCAR Cup series competition go head to head in the NASCAR 64 Greatest Drivers Tournament at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie.  One had 105 wins. The other won 95 more than that! From ‘63 to ‘77, they finished in the top two spots 63 times with the Silver Fox winning 33 to 30 victories by the King. This isn’t that easy you know?

Richard Petty. Maybe I’ll just stop there. I mean, he IS called the King. But I can’t, I have a contract. 200 Cup wins, seven Winston Cup championships and 123 poles. All records. So are the seven Daytona 500 victories, 10 consecutive wins and 27 wins in a single season. And he looks fabulous in a cowboy hat. Petty’s 200 wins have been down-graded by some recently. He did have more opportunities per year early on,  than the modern era allows. But he still won ‘em and you didn’t. 

 

 

 

 

David Pearson is second on the all-time Cup Series victory list with 105 and is a three timeWinston Cup champ. He won the ‘76 Daytona 500, set a record for super speedway qualifying by winning 11 straight poles at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In ‘73, Pearson won 11 of the 18 Cup races that he entered. He did all this while rarely entering as many races as his contemporaries. Pearson missed alot of races. According to The Blount Report, NASCAR’s Most Overated & Underrated, The Fox raced is 75 percent of the races in only four seasons in his career. Pearson won the championship three of those years and finished third in the other.

 

 

Pearson survived an On Pit Radio region match up with perhaps today’s best - Jeff Gordon in the last round. Richard Petty had to go up against an old nemesis - Bobby Allison - to get out of the Fast Lap bracket. Make no mistake though. This is the toughest test yet for these two. Tell us what you think in the comment section.

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13 Responses to “Richard Petty vs David Pearson: 4 Wide in the 64 Greatest of NASCAR”

  1. Michael Midlick on May 8th, 2009 4:04 pm

    David Pearson over Richard Petty.

  2. Bob Redd on May 8th, 2009 4:35 pm

    David Pearson.

  3. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on May 8th, 2009 8:02 pm

    I’m picking this one on Charlie’s photo choices alone. The Pearson photo reminds me of Paul Newman-like cool. Pearson looks like personification of confidence–and why not.

    Pearson with the mild upset.

  4. User Avatar Matt Mercer on May 8th, 2009 11:01 pm

    I’m picking David Pearson for the upset, because from the old racing I’ve watched and old stories I’ve read and heard, he had more talent than Petty. Half the wins of Petty + running half the time = as good if not better than The King. I’m sending Pearson to the finals.

  5. Buddy Clay on May 9th, 2009 7:03 am

    David was just a better driver

  6. User Avatar Marc on May 9th, 2009 2:43 pm

    David Pearson

  7. Spaceman on May 10th, 2009 6:44 am

    Petty

  8. Gayle on May 13th, 2009 8:31 pm

    Pearson was the better driver but Petty has better stats so I’m going with Petty.

  9. User Avatar bmwm1 on May 14th, 2009 12:31 am

    Pearson. I still remember the victory circle photo after the 76 daytona 500. crashed car, pop bottle, lit cig, and a big smotch from miss 500. life was grand back then. (and no rattling of of eighteen sponsor names either.) don

  10. Michael Midlick on May 30th, 2009 4:30 pm

    The battle between Richard Petty versus David Pearson and also Dale Earnhardt versus Darrell Waltrip has been on the on pit row website now for at least THREE WEEKS. When will pit row announce the two finalist’s? These battles have gone on for a long enough time already or does pit row want to keep it going INDEFINITELY until their favorite driver or driver’s hopefully overtake the other driver or drivers. Lets see the final now.

  11. Ben Shirley on May 30th, 2009 4:32 pm

    Agree with above. Pit Row should announce the finalist’s NOW.

  12. User Avatar Charlie Turner on May 30th, 2009 10:44 pm

    I’m sorry guys. I got tied up in a couple of other things and let this go too long. The final pairing will be up tomorrow - Sunday May 31st. I appologize.

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