# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-pearson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:40:48.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-pearson"
name: "David Pearson"
slug: "david-pearson"
description: "David Gene Pearson was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 21 Mercury for Wood Brothers Racing. Pearson won the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and three Cup Series championships. He never missed a race in the years he was active. NASCAR described his 1974 season as an indication of his \"consistent greatness\", finishing third in the season points having competed in only nineteen of thirty races. Pearson's career paralleled Richard Petty's, the driver who has won the most races in NASCAR history. They accounted for 63 first/second-place finishes, with the edge going to Pearson. Petty had two-hundred wins in 1,184 starts, while Pearson had 105 wins in 574 starts. Pearson was nicknamed the \"Fox\" for his calculated approach to racing."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1934-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidPearson2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1934-12-22"
deathDate: "2018-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.01
  momentum:             6.070615034168565
  historical:           11.78731333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "David Pearson"
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    title: "ديفيد بيرسون (سائق سيارة سباق)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson_(Rennfahrer%2C_1934)"
    title: "David Pearson (Rennfahrer, 1934)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson_(racing_driver)"
    title: "David Pearson (racing driver)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
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  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearson"
    title: "David Pearson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q946583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump