Now in its 75th year, Darlington Raceway has always been deemed one of NASCAR’s toughest tracks to maneuver over 500 miles. One driver looked at the famed 1.366-mile oval as his all-time favorite and ...

It was the start of something big. Very big. Fifty years ago, David Pearson buckled into the Wood Brothers No. 21 Mercury at Darlington Raceway for the first time. The Woods had chosen Pearson to ...

Talladega Superspeedway garage area, August 1976. Three reporters are walking past the line of Cup Series team trucks. David Pearson, sitting on the back of one of them, yells, “Hey, are you guys ...

Editor's Note: This is the eighth of a 10-part series picking the best all-time NASCAR racer from all 50 states. Maybe it's a Carolina thing. We sure didn't have this issue with the Dakotas. Just as ...

When it comes to sports rivalries, it's easy to put the three decades of on-track battles between NASCAR stars Richard Petty and David Pearson up against any larger-than-life rivalry in any sport.