Larry Pearson Explained

Larry Pearson
Birth Date:	2 November 1953
Birth Place:	Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Achievements:	1986, 1987 Busch Series champion
Awards:	1988 Busch Series Most Popular Driver
Total Cup Races:	57
Years In Cup:	6
Best Cup Pos:	23rd (1989)
First Cup Race:	1986 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last Cup Race:	1991 Hardee's 500 (Atlanta)
Cup Wins:	0
Cup Top Tens:	3
Cup Poles:	0
Total Busch Races:	259
Years In Busch:	16
Best Busch Pos:	1st (1986, 1987)
First Busch Race:	1982 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte)
Last Busch Race:	1999 Textilease Medique 300 (South Boston)
First Busch Win:	1984 Bobby Isaac Memorial 200 (Hickory)
Last Busch Win:	1995 Carolina Pride/Red Dog 250 (Myrtle Beach)
Busch Wins:	15
Busch Top Tens:	129
Busch Poles:	11
Updated:	December 12, 2012

Larry Pearson (born November 2, 1953) is an American former stock car racing driver and the son of three-time Winston Cup champion David Pearson. He won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987, but struggled during his brief tenure in Winston Cup. His last ride in NASCAR came in the Busch Series in 1999, in the No. 00 Pontiac owned by Buckshot Racing. His Winston Cup statistics include 57 starts and 3 top-tens. His Busch statistics include 259 starts, 15 wins, 78 top-fives, 129 top-tens, 12 poles, and 6 top-ten point finishes (including his two championships).

2010 Injury

Pearson was involved in a violent turn two crash with Charlie Glotzbach on March 20, 2010 during a legends race at Bristol Motor Speedway, knocking him unconscious. Pearson regained consciousness before he was lifted out of the car on a backboard and transported by ambulance to a waiting helicopter that flew him to Bristol Regional Medical Center. Pearson suffered a fractured pelvis, fractured right hand, and compound fracture to his left ankle, and underwent surgery the night of March 20 to repair the ankle injury.^[1] Two days after the accident, he was released from the Bristol hospital and transported to Charlotte, North Carolina^[2] He was admitted into Carolinas Medical Center in fair condition.^[3]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32		Pts	Ref
1986	Pearson Racing	21	Chevy	DAY 40	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 12	CAR	ATL	RSD				79th	170	^[4]
1987		16		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS 25	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT 31	DOV	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 6	CAR	RSD	ATL 25				51st	401	^[5]
1988				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT DNQ	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 41	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL 21				62nd	140	^[6]
1989			Buick	DAY 14	CAR 30	ATL 22	RCH 6	DAR 20	BRI 18	NWS 24	MAR 29	TAL 29	CLT 22	DOV 19	SON 19	POC 9	MCH 19	DAY 30	POC 40	TAL 22	GLN 11	MCH 16	BRI 21	DAR 29	RCH 20	DOV 40	MAR 25	CLT 15	NWS 24	CAR 12	PHO 24	ATL 19				23rd	2860	^[7]
1990				DAY 27	RCH 23	CAR 20	ATL 34	DAR	BRI DNQ	NWS	MAR	TAL																								35th	822	^[8]
	Edwards Racing	88	Pontiac										CLT 42	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy																				BRI 14	DAR 17	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS DNQ	CLT 19	CAR 19	PHO	ATL
1991				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS DNQ	MAR	TAL 41	CLT 41	DOV	SON	POC 32	MCH 20	DAY 21	POC	TAL 17	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ	DAR 30	RCH 36	DOV 30	MAR	NWS	CLT DNQ	CAR	PHO 33	ATL 14				37th	848	^[9]
1997	Bud Moore Engineering	15	Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL	NA	-	^[10]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1986	Pearson Racing	Chevrolet	23	align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"	40
1989	Pearson Racing	Buick	14	align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"	14
1990			26	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	27
1997	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35		Pts	Ref
1982	Pearson Racing	21	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	BRI	MAR	DAR	HCY	SBO	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV	HCY	CLT 14	ASH	HCY	SBO	CAR	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	BRI 8	HCY	RCH	MAR	CLT 8	HCY	MAR							61st	405	^[11]
1983				DAY 9	RCH	CAR 31	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO 10	HCY 8	LGY	IRP	GPS 8	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS 4	SBO	MAR 24	ROU	CLT 37	HCY	MAR	28th	929	^[12]
1984				DAY 6	RCH 9	CAR 16	HCY 4	MAR 7	DAR 10	ROU 6	NSV 7	LGY 22	MLW	DOV	CLT 12	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY 5	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI 10	DAR 30	RCH	NWS	CLT	HCY 1*		MAR 21							18th	2005	^[13]
		52	Olds																												CAR 7
1985		21	Pontiac	DAY 14	CAR 22	HCY 3	BRI 5	MAR 7	DAR 20	SBO 19	LGY 5			SBO 10	HCY 1	ROU 1*	IRP 3	SBO 18	LGY 3	HCY 2	MLW 12	BRI 3		RCH 6	NWS 2	ROU 2		HCY 3		MAR 2									3rd	3951	^[14]
	Foushee Racing	55	Olds									DOV 15
	Pearson Racing	21	Chevy										CLT 7										DAR 5				CLT 5		CAR 18
1986			Pontiac	DAY 41		HCY 4	MAR 2	BRI 8		SBO 2	LGY 11	JFC 12			SBO 3	HCY 7	ROU 4	IRP 2	SBO 2		OXF 18	SBO 4	HCY 6	LGY 7	ROU 12	BRI 18		RCH 4		MAR 2	ROU 1			MAR 2					1st	4514	^[15]
			Chevy		CAR 32				DAR 10				DOV 5	CLT 5						RAL 7							DAR 7		DOV 5			CLT 3	CAR 4
1987				DAY 3			DAR 11				CLT 3	DOV 2			JFC 1		SBO 1*	HCY 8	RAL 3	LGY 10*	ROU 1	BRI 1	JFC 1*	DAR 26	RCH 10	DOV 2	MAR 25	CLT 36	CAR 4	MAR 5									1st	3959	^[16]
			Pontiac		HCY 8	MAR 25		BRI 5	LGY 11	SBO 3*			IRP 1	ROU 4		OXF 14
1988			Chevy	DAY 30	HCY 6	CAR 35	MAR 23	DAR 7	BRI 14*	LNG 2	NZH 22	SBO 1*	NSV 4	CLT 39	DOV 2	ROU 2	LAN 3	LVL 19	MYB 2	OXF 29	SBO 1	HCY 5	LNG 7	IRP 4	ROU 21	BRI 1	DAR 13	RCH 2*	DOV 12	MAR 4	CLT 22	CAR 12	MAR 20						3rd	3981	^[17]
1989		90	Buick	DAY	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO 6	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR								102nd	-	^[18]
		16																														MAR 11
1990	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	17	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT	DOV	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP 31	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR					102nd	70	^[19]
1993	Martin Racing	92	Chevy	DAY 35	CAR	RCH 27	DAR 8	BRI 34	HCY	ROU 2	MAR	NZH	CLT 28	DOV 6	MYB	GLN	MLW 2	TAL 27	IRP 21	MCH 12	NHA 10	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 29	ROU	CLT 34	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL 2								25th	1662	^[20]
1994				DAY 22	CAR DNQ	RCH 35	ATL 2	MAR 6	DAR 2	HCY 19	BRI 6	ROU 8	NHA 7	NZH 29	CLT 19	DOV 11	MYB 10*	GLN 9	MLW 15	SBO 20	TAL 11	HCY 5	IRP 24	MCH 9	BRI 33	DAR 7	RCH 9	DOV 22	CLT 22	MAR 12	CAR 21								8th	3277	^[21]
1995				DAY 25	CAR 23	RCH 34	ATL 7	NSV 5	DAR 1	BRI 20	HCY 17	NHA 10	NZH 28	CLT 23	DOV 13	MYB 1	GLN 18	MLW 2	TAL 17	SBO 4	IRP 36	MCH 22	BRI 29	DAR 17	RCH 25	DOV 16	CLT 7	CAR 11	HOM 18										6th	3029	^[22]
1996				DAY 4	CAR 34	RCH 26	ATL 23	NSV 11	DAR 23	BRI 22	HCY 10	NZH 16	CLT 20	DOV 9	SBO 4	MYB 28	GLN 34	MLW 29	NHA 11	TAL 34	IRP 13	MCH 33	BRI 30	DAR 37	RCH 32														16th	2471	^[23]
			Ford																							DOV 27
	ST Motorsports	46	Chevy																								CLT 22	CAR 27	HOM 37
1997	Porter Racing	48	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI 11																		CLT 32	CAL	CAR	HOM						54th	555	^[24]
	Laughlin Racing	45	Chevy										NSV 18	TAL	NHA	NZH
	HVP Motorsports	63	Pontiac														CLT 24	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW
	Key Motorsports	11	Ford																			MYB 25	GTY	IRP 31	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV
1998	Bobby Jones Racing	55	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR 33	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX	HCY																												71st	228	^[25]
	DAJ Racing	32	Ford	DAY 32
	RC Racing	2	Chevy									TAL 22	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM
1999	Buckshot Racing	00	Pontiac	DAY 25	CAR 13	LVS DNQ	ATL 20	DAR 23	TEX 30	NSV	BRI 30	TAL 7	CAL 27	NHA	RCH 25	NZH 30	CLT DNQ	DOV	SBO 25	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	MEM	PHO	HOM				49th	1032	^[26]

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

(key) (

Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		Pts	Ref
1985	Pearson Racing	21	Pontiac	ATL	DAY	ATL	TAL	ATL	SSP	IRP 3	CSP	FRS						66th	-	^[27]
			Olds										IRP 21	OEF	ISF	DSF	TOL

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scary moments in old-timers' race as legends return to high banks of Bristol . 2010-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171008030557/http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/scary_moments_in_old-timers_race_as_legends_return_to_high_banks_of_bristol/43296/ . 2017-10-08 . dead .
2. Web site: Yahoo . 2010-03-23 . 2020-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200824040243/http://www.newsrunner.com/display-article/?eUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wcyb.com%2Fpages%2F6632709.php%3FcontentType%3D4&contentId=5792385&eSrc=NBC+-+WCYB+5+-+Bristol+WV&eTitle=Pearson+Out+of+Bristol+Hospital . dead .
3. http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/23/403731/pearson-glotzbach-remain-hospitalized.html Profile
4. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
5. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
6. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
7. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
8. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
9. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
10. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
11. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
12. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
13. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1984 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
14. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1985 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
15. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1986 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
16. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1987 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
17. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
18. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
19. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
20. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
21. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
22. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1995 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
23. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1996 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
24. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1997 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
25. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1998 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
26. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.
27. Web site: Larry Pearson – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 15, 2023.