NASCAR returns to Darlington Raceway in just over a month and more paint schemes for the fifth year of Throwback Weekend have been released.David Ragan will honor the car that David Pearson drove to his final championship in 1969 (pictured above).Here are more of the latest to be rolled out...

Spartanburg, SC -- David Pearson, a three-time champion in NASCAR’s premier series and widely regarded as one of the sport’s finest drivers, died Monday (Nov. 12) at the age of 83.Photo © Hal CrockerNicknamed “The Silver Fox” for both his late-race guile and prematurely gray hair, Pearson won 105 races...

David Pearson, known as the Silver Fox, has passed away at the age of 83.In a career that spanned 27 years, Pearson won three NASCAR premier series championships (1966, ’68, ’69) and a total of 105 races, second all-time to Richard Petty. The two were longtime rivals, and during his...

After a dominant weekend in Atlanta, Kevin Harvick will join an elite club with his next checkered flag.As a reminder, Harvick won both the Xfinity and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races a week ago. Those pair of wins put him at 99 across all three NASCAR national series. Should...

Wood Brothers Racing co-owner Eddie Wood compared Ryan Blaney to one of the team's former drivers after his performance at Kansas Speedway."That was a David Pearson right there," said Wood. "Ryan knew what he had to do. He raced hard, but he was mindful of what was going on around...

The headline in The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin said it all: "All of Dixie Mourns Andretti Victory."Fifty years ago the hottest thing in open wheel racing left the stock car fraternity in his wake with a stunning, if not demoralizing, victory in NASCAR's Holy Grail."It was very satisfying, no question, because...

Is David Pearson NASCAR’s best ever? Had he raced the full schedule during his potent partnership with the Wood Bros., chances are he’d be up with Petty and Earnhardt on championships earned. As it is, his win rate is without equal.It was April 1976 and Buddy Baker’s Ford was dominating...

It was only when we'd assembled our cast of heroes for RACER's 24th anniversary issue that we noticed an obvious link: given their natural modesty and self-effacing style, none of these guys would regard themselves as heroes. In fact, they may even be embarrassed by the attention – so apologies...

The NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday at Martinsville will serve as a homecoming of sorts for Ryan Blaney and Wood Brothers Racing.Originally based out of nearby Stuart, the oldest team in NASCAR has infrequently visited its home track over the past decade, running just a partial schedule during that...

NASCAR great David Pearson is recovering after suffering a mild stroke last month, the family has revealed."David had a mild stroke on Dec. 9 but is doing great and well on the road to recovery," the family's statement ran. "The stroke affected his left side somewhat but he is able...