When it comes to sports rivalries, it's easy to put the three decades of on-track battles between NASCAR stars Richard Petty and David Pearson up against any larger-than-life rivalry in any sport.

Cup Series stats: 105 wins, three championships, 1976 Daytona 500 winner How good was David Pearson? In the four years he was a full-time driver, he won the championship three times. However, Pearson ...