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NASCAR’s Silver Fox dies aged 83

David Pearson, one of NASCAR’s greatest drivers, has died. Nicknamed the ‘Silver Fox’, Pearson’s stock car racing career spanned three decades and over 100 victories – he retired second only to Richard Petty in wins. Born David Gene Pearson on December 22, 1934, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Pearson hid his modified 1940 Ford from his mother while secretly

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