David Pearson, who is without a doubt one of the five best drivers in the history of stock car racing, is the 2nd in the University of Racing Legends series. David is number two on the all time win list, has the second most pole position starts and has the third highest winning percentage in the history of the sport. David won 105 times and has three championships, the last coming in this car. The 1st diecast in the Legends series (Bobby Allison) was a sell out and is now very hard to find.
The autographed version will have David's signature on the black hood. Includes Certificate of Authenticity.
University of Racing "Coca-Cola" '69 Mercury Cyclone IN STOCK
As with all University of
Racing diecast collectibles, there is more to the car then just diecast,
there is a great story behind each car as unique as the drivers that
made them so popular.
AUTOGRAPHED on
roof by BOBBY ALLISON
Bobby
Allison 1/64 "City Motors" 1969 Dodge Daytona Available Here
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LEEROY YARBROUGH
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University of Racing Legends is excited to announce it's seventh release, LeeRoy Yarborough. In 1969, driving for Junior Johnson, LeeRoy set a record with seven speedway victories. Yarborough won the Daytona 500 followed by wins in the Rebel 400 at Darlington, the World 600 at Charlotte, the Firecracker 400 at Daytona, the Dixie 500 in Atlanta and the Southern 500 for a clean sweep at Darlington and the American 500 in Rockingham.
The autographed version is signed by car owner Junior Johnson
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NED JARRETT
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In 1965, Jarrett became a super star when he won 13 races and another Grand National championship. He placed among the top five in 42 of the 54 races that he ran.
2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee
1965 #11 Ford Galaxie
The autographed version will have Ned's signature. Includes Certificate of Authenticity.
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JUNIOR JOHNSON
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Junior
Johnson "Holly Farms" 1965 Ford Galaxie
Coming Early August 2011
University of Racing Legends
is excited to announce the newest addition to our lineup of Hall of Fame
drivers, the #26 Junior Johnson Holly Farms Ford Galaxie. This fantastic
replica will hit the stores in July, 2011. Exact in every detail and
inspected by Junior Johnson himself, the diecast will make a terrific
addition to your collection.
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FRED LORENZEN
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University of Racing Legends is excited to announce it's newest addition, the #28 Fred Lorenzen Ford Galaxie. This fantastic replica will hit the stores in September, 2011. Exact in every detail the diecast will make a terrific addition to your collection.
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CALE YARBOROUGH
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University of Racing Legends is excited to announce the newest addition to our lineup of Hall of Fame drivers, the #21 Cale Yarborough "6 Minute Cleaners" 1968 Mercury. His 83 wins places him at number six on the all-time NASCAR winner's list (behind Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, who are tied for fourth with 84).
DAVID PEARSON
Known as The Silver Fox for his graying locks and sly driving style, Pearson spent 26 years chasing Richard Petty’s taillights all over the circuit. He’s second on the all-time Grand National/Winston Cup win list with 105; he won the Daytona 500 in ’76; took 11 of the 18 Cup events he entered in ’73; and took the national championship three of the four years he contended for it.
Pearson, with Holman and Moody in 1968, campaigned a fleet of
gold-over-blue, fast-backed Ford Torino’s. His crew chief that year
was the recently retired Holman and Moody driver Dick Hutcherson.
With Hutch's help, 1968 became Pearson's single most successful year
of racing, and he started the season with a second place at
Riverside . New Fomoco
teammate Cale Yarborough dominated all comers at the Daytona 500 in
his slippery Wood Brothers' Mercury, but after that Pearson was
literally off to the races. A big win came at
Darlington in the Rebel 400, but as
in 1966, Pearson picked up the balance of his fifteen other wins and
sixteen top-five finishes on the short tracks. Yet a win is a win,
and in this case, sixteen wins in forty-seven outings won Pearson
his second Grand National driving championship and (although H&M
Fords had been winning since 1957) the first national title for
Holman and Moody.
The year of the "Aero-Wars" in NASCAR racing was 1969. When Chryco
engineers cooked up a slippery new version of their fuselage-bodied
Charger called the Charger 500 for obvious reasons-Ford engineers
and Ralph Moody responded with a droop-snouted aero car of their own
called the Torino Talladega. Ford engineers also had another ace up
their sleeve called the
Blue Crescent ,
or Boss 429 racing Hemi. Both were waiting for the new Mopar menace
when Speed Weeks 1969 dawned.
Though the bosses of NASCAR put the Boss motor on hold until
later in the season, Ford Talladega pilots like David
Pearson and LeeRoy Yarbrough were still able to stop the new
Dodges' "charge" at Daytona using the previous year's 427
Tunnel
Port
engines. Pearson was the fastest at Daytona that year and
his
Talladega scorched the tri-oval
with a best speed of 190.029 mph. Yarbrough won the 500 in
his junior Johnson-prepped
Talladega
while Pearson finished sixth. The No. 17 car's first win of
1969 came two weeks later at Rockingham in the Carolina 500,
and Pearson went on to win the Yankee 600 (at Michigan) that
year, but again, as in 1966 and 1969, his short track
success clinched him his third Grand National driving
championship. In so doing he became only the second man
(after Lee Petty) to win three national driving titles.
After that season, Pearson announced that he would no longer
run for the championship. He said he had achieved his goal
of winning a championship ring for each of his three sons,
so in the future he would only run at selected races, not
the full circuit.
