Larry Pearson News

Testing at Darlington UPDATE:

Testing at Darlington UPDATE:

February 24, 1999
Larry Pearson(#00), Wayne Grubb(#83), Jimmy Kitchens(#22) and Bobby Hamilton, Jr(#95) tested their BGN cars at Darlington on Monday. David Pearon was helping son Larry, Bobby Hamilotn was helping Jr and Bobby Allison was helping Kitchins(WC Today Radio)(2-23-1999) -

#00 Crew Chief Ill UPDATE:

#00 Crew Chief Ill UPDATE:

January 12, 1999
Kenneth Campbell, crew chief for the #00 Cheez-It Snack Crackers Pontiac and driver Larry Pearson, was hospitalized Wednesday at Spartanburg(SC) Regional Hospital with flu-like symptoms and low hemoglobin levels. Reports are that he is ok but he will remain hospitalized

Daytona Speeds for Thursday:

Daytona Speeds for Thursday:

January 7, 1999
31A-Dave Marcis 190.488mph; 33A-Ken Schrader 189.950; 3T-Mike Dillon 189.585; 00-Larry Pearson 189.546; 33-Ken Schrader 188.119; 3D-Mike Dillon 187.473; 84-Stanton Barrett 187.457; 31A-Paul Newman 184.653; 31B-Dave Marcis 184.490(DaytonaUSA)

GM Speeds from Daytona day 1:

GM Speeds from Daytona day 1:

January 7, 1999
1) #33A-Kenny Schrader 189.893mph; 2) #31A-Dave Marcis 189.211; 3) #3T-Mike Dillon 188.052; 4) #3D-Mike Dillon 187.813; 5) #33-Kenny Schrader 187.590; 6) #00-Larry Pearson 187.231; 7) #84-Stanton Barrett 186.548; 8) #31B-Dave Marcis 184.456; and 9) #45-Glen Morgan(

It’s GM’s turn UPDATE:

It’s GM’s turn UPDATE:

January 6, 1999
Chevy and Pontiac teams may test at Daytona, Wednesday and Thursday. Those scheduled so far: Mike Dillon, and Dave Marcis testing Childress Chevy's, uncertain whether or not Earnhardt will test the #3, Kenny Schrader in the #33 and Stanton Barrett in the #84 PBH Motorsports

Pearson test:

Pearson test:

December 6, 1998
Larry Pearson made his first laps in his #00 Cheez-It Snack Crackers Pontiac at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway on Fri. Larry was very impressive with his lap times for his first test with Buckshot Racing(MRM)(12-6-98)

9/30/1998

9/30/1998

September 30, 1998
Buckshot Racing has announced its addition to the 1999 Nascar Busch Grand National Series (BGN) line-up. Keebler Company has signed an agreement with Buckshot Racing to act as the primary sponsor for the #00 Buckshot Racing Pontiac which will run the entire BGN schedule

August 18, 1998

August 18, 1998

August 18, 1998
UPDATE: As reported before Buckshot Racing will field a Busch team next year, Buckshot won't drive as he'll be in Cup, but two names being mentioned include Wayne Grubb and Larry Pearson. - I hear it is Kevin not Wayne up for this ride. (08-18-1998)

Subs for Talladega

Subs for Talladega

April 23, 1998
Rick Wilson is subbing for Jimmy Foster in the #50 Dr. Pepper BGN Ford and Larry Pearson is driving Ricky Craven's #2 New Holland BGN Chevy at Talladega.(NASCAR Today Radio)(4-23-98)

Larry Pearson sponsor

Larry Pearson sponsor

March 6, 1998
Beverage Source Worldwide will be a major associate sponsor on the #55 Bobby Jones owned, Larry Pearson driven BGN Pontiac and will display its Rawlings brand Thirst Quencher drink for 24 BGN races in 1998.(Phatman/AP)(3-6-98) (03-06-1998)

#50 for Larry Pearson

#50 for Larry Pearson

December 3, 1997
I hear that the Larry Pearson/Bobby Jones Pontiac will be #50, celebrating NASCAR's 50th Anniversary. The car will also carry the David Pearson/Wood Brothers paint scheme. NASCAR Online reports in a story about Pearson that they will have sponsorship help from Bio-

David Pearson driving for Bobby Jones

David Pearson driving for Bobby Jones

November 30, 1997
Update: I hear that on Inside NASCAR today (TNN) it was reported that Larry Pearson will drive the #50 Bobby Jones BGN Pontiac in 1998(I thought the #50 was for the Washington-Erving BGN Dr Pepper Ford)(11-30-97)

7/11/1997

7/11/1997

July 11, 1997
Larry Pearson will be in the Key Motorsports #11 Speedvision Ford at Myrtle Beach, SC in the place of Jimmy Foster who left the team(7-11-97)

Bud Moore sponsor

Bud Moore sponsor

June 2, 1997
I hear Bud Moore has a sponsor, in fact he has a choice between a couple of deals. Look for announcement in the next week or so to announce his sponsor and driver(supposedly Larry Pearson). From what I hear K.C. Spurlock is not a part of this deal, I have no idea what

#15 not at Darlington

#15 not at Darlington

March 21, 1997
The rumors that either Jeff Purvis or Larry Pearson would drive the #15 Bud Moore Ford at Darlington have been proven false as the #15 was not at qualifying(3-21-97)