O Brother is approaching one of my all time favs. The soundtrack alone is reason enough, I keep it in the CD carousel all the time. The sirens scene has me laughin out loud every time I see it, hence the tagline!
What seasons and battle Petty and Pearson used to stage. Would like to put toegether their one - two career finishes, but that is a long term project as total finishing orders for some races from the 60's are very hard to come by.
But look at these individual seasons for those two:
Richard Petty - 1967 - 48 races started.
----------------------------27 Wins
-----------------------------7 Second Place
-----------------------------2 Third Place
-----------------------------1 Fourth Place
-----------------------------1 Fifth Place
-----------------------------2 Other Top Tens
----------------------------40 Total top 10's
David Pearson - 1968 - 48 races Started
-------------------------------16 Wins
--------------------------------12 Second Place
-------------------------------4 Third Place
-------------------------------2 Fourth Place
-------------------------------2 Fifth Place
-------------------------------2 Other Top Tens
------------------------------38 Total Top 10's
For those who live only for the "modern era"
Richard Petty - 1975 - 30 Races Started
-----------------------------13 Wins
-----------------------------5 Second Place
-----------------------------3 Third Place
-----------------------------3 Other Top Tens
-----------------------------24 Total Top Tens
David Pearson - 1976 - 22 Races Started
------------------------------10 Wins
--------------------------------3 Second Place
--------------------------------2 Third Place
--------------------------------1 Third Place
--------------------------------2 Other Top Tens
--------------------------------18 Total Top Tens
And of course there was 1973 when Pearson started 18 races and won 11 of them.
Cale had impressive rivaling stats in 1978 and Dale Earnhardt in 1987.
And for those who might wonder those two (Cale and Dale) are likely third and fourth in second place career finishes with Dale at 67 and Cale at 59. Buck Baker ranks next with 56 according to the stats I have so far.
