David Pearson
David Pearson
date of birth
Dec 22, 1934
place of birth
Whitney, South Carolina
date of death
Nov 12, 2018
age
83
date of death
Nov 12, 2018
place of death
—
age
83
nationality
USA
relations
David Pearson Statistics and Results
NASCAR Cup
career highlights
Career statistics
Years
27
Best Championship position
1
Entries
574
Starts
574
Wins
105
18.29%
Win from pole
37
33.33%
Win & Fastest lap
0
Hat-Trick
0
Grand Slams
0
Most wins in a season
16
Win Streak
5
Stage Wins
0
Best Finish
1
AVG. Finish
11.03
Podiums
243
42.33%
Top 5
301
52.44%
P2 Finishes
89
P3 Finishes
49
P4 Finishes
39
P5 Finishes
19
Top 10
366
63.76%
Poles
111
19.34%
Best Grid
1
AVG. Grid
6.24
Fastest Laps
0
Fastest Laps Streak
0
Points
181200.05
315.68
Consecutive Points
96
Retirements
203
35.37%
Laps Raced
134920
Career summary
Year | Entrant | RS | W | T5 | T10 | PP | AF | AG | DNF | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 82nd | |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.75 | 6 | 4 | 36th | |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26.25 | 10.88 | 6 | 36th | |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26.18 | 10.27 | 7 | 41st | |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22.1 | 11.4 | 6 | 33rd | |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22.17 | 12.33 | 4 | 37th | |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24.8 | 8 | 4 | 69th | |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 69th | |
| 1980 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13.89 | 6.67 | 4 | 37th | |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20.4 | 6.4 | 4 | 32nd | |
| 1979 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 0 | 32nd | |
| 1978 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 15.64 | 4.68 | 10 | 16th | |
| 1977 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 9.64 | 5.36 | 6 | 13th | |
| 1976 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 6.86 | 3.55 | 4 | 9th | |
| 1975 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 10.29 | 3.43 | 8 | 14th | |
| 1974 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7.95 | 2.16 | 4 | 3rd | |
| 1973 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 7.78 | 3.39 | 4 | 13th | |
| 1972 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5.71 | 2.86 | 3 | 20th | |
| 1972 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 15.67 | 2 | 20th | |
| 1971 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1971 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26.78 | 8.78 | 6 | ||
| 1970 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13.86 | 4.71 | 7 | 23rd | |
| 1970 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 1 | 23rd | |
| 1969 | 50 | 10 | 41 | 43 | 12 | 5.36 | 4.66 | 9 | WC | |
| 1969 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | WC | |
| 574 | 105 | 301 | 366 | 111 | 11.03 | 6.24 | 203 |
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key
RS
Starts
W
Wins
T5
Top 5
T10
Top 10
PP
Poles
AF
AVG. Finish
AG
AVG. Grid
DNF
Retirements
WC
World Champion