Richard Petty and David Pearson are arguably the two greatest drivers in NASCAR history. With 305 wins, eight Daytona 500 and 10 Cup Series championships between the two men, fans who were alive to ...

When the NASCAR haulers rolled into Daytona Beach in the summer of 1975, Richard Petty’s future Hall of Fame plaque was already largely engraved. He’d won five of what would become seven Cup Series ...

The winner of seven Winston Cup championships (tied for the most with Dale Earnhardt) and a remarkable 200 NASCAR races was a man for the people, a charismatic presence the way Arnie was for golf and ...

David Pearson’s victory in the Southern 500 on Sept. 5, 1977, at Darlington Raceway was much more significant than his other ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - David Pearson, a NASCAR pioneer and longtime rival of Richard Petty, has died. He was 83. Pearson died Monday, The Wood Brothers racing team said, but details were not ...

Rivalries are the memory anchors of NASCAR, the flashpoints that turn a long season into a story fans can still recite decades later. The greatest of them did more than decide trophies, they split ...

Richard Petty won more Daytona 500 races than any other driver, with seven titles. Take a peek at the all-time NASCAR winners list now.

Richard Petty won his first Firecracker 400 in 1975, his 172nd career victory. Richard Petty had won everything at Daytona in February, but not in the summer. His long-awaited Firecracker 400 win came ...