Ricky Pearson

Ricky Pearson (born February 5, 1957) is a retired NASCAR crew chief who was active in the NASCAR Cup series and the Busch (now Xfinity) Series. He is originally from Spartansburg, South Carolina. He is the son of NASCAR Pioneer David “The Silver Fox” Pearson and the younger brother of Larry Pearson, who won the Busch Series championship in 1986 and 1987. He was his younger brother’s crew chief during the 1986 and 1987 season.

Occupation(s)	NASCAR Crew Chief
Years active	1987 – 2014
Achievements	Busch (now Xfinity) Series Champion Crew Chief (1986, 1987)

NASCAR Cup Crew Chief Stats

Year	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	Rank	Miles
1983	David Pearson	10	0	1	4	0	1643	18	59720	33	3093.6
1984	David Pearson	11	0	0	3	0	1630	10	54125	41	2949.1
1986	Larry Pearson	2	0	0	0	0	358	0	14310	79	566
1987	Larry Pearson	4	0	0	1	0	1162	1	18555	51	1434.8
1988	Larry Pearson	2	0	0	0	0	281	0	3705	62	427.5
1989	Larry Pearson	29	0	0	2	0	7993	5	148232	23	9734.7
1997	Buckshot Jones	1	0	0	0	0	38	0	20875	70	58.5
1998	Buckshot Jones	4	0	0	0	0	626	0	135855	52	1370.4
		63	0	1	10	0	13731	34	455377		19634.5

Xfinity Series Crew Chief Stats

Year	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	Rank	Miles
1986	Larry Pearson	31	1	17	24	1	5469	200	127788	1	3606
1987	Larry Pearson	27	6	16	20	3	4727	720	185424	1	3400.1
1988	Larry Pearson	30	3	13	16	5	5087	850	140070	3	3527.2
1990	Robert Pressley	11	0	3	4	0	1843	155	27553	12	1562.6
1991	Robert Pressley	31	1	8	15	1	5840	441	134215	3	4564.6
1992	Robert Pressley	31	5	11	16	2	5790	736	254558	5	4877.5
1993	Robert Pressley	24	3	8	11	0	4143	382	214691	8	3964.5
1993	Dennis Setzer	3	0	0	1	0	787	13	11405	53	554.8
1995	Dennis Setzer	14	0	2	4	1	2764	14	110877	23	2570.1
1996	Buckshot Jones	18	1	1	2	1	3414	28	105390	25	3002.5
1997	Buckshot Jones	30	0	5	14	0	5496	55	363083	7	5632
1998	Buckshot Jones	31	1	6	9	1	5756	391	401100	9	6223.6
2000	Lyndon Amick	29	0	0	3	0	5041	4	360660	28	5339.9
2003	Jeremy Clements	1	0	0	0	0	28	0	15785	137	28
2004	Stanton Barrett	3	0	0	0	0	551	0	48785	36	815.1
2004	Travis Geisler	12	0	0	0	0	2290	0	213965	41	2497.2
2004	Steve Grissom	6	0	0	0	0	999	1	126345	28	1377.7
2005	Stanton Barrett	26	0	0	1	0	4234	6	567433	22	5689.1
2005	T.J. Bell	8	0	0	0	0	1201	1	141210	69	1476
2005	Eric Jones	1	0	0	0	0	80	0	37825	102	201.4
2005	Tim Sauter	1	0	0	0	0	195	0	20715	49	292.5
2006	Stanton Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	149	0	23025	61	298
2006	Jeff Green	1	0	0	0	0	128	0	17050	114	256
2006	Max Papis	1	0	0	0	0	76	0	16110	97	114
2006	Tim Sauter	28	0	0	0	0	5213	7	660207	27	6358.1
2006	Brent Sherman	2	0	0	0	0	382	0	43420	100	472.5
2007	Jeremy Clements	5	0	0	0	0	535	0	99652	87	710.5
2007	Brent Sherman	30	0	0	0	0	4571	4	736832	23	6289.9
2008	Stanton Barrett	25	0	0	0	0	4038	2	603980	22	5371.9
2010	Jeremy Clements	9	0	0	1	0	1481	6	178567	34	1745.8
2011	Jeremy Clements	34	0	0	0	0	6035	12	702635	15	7792.6
2012	Jeremy Clements	31	0	0	1	0	4971	4	665747	14	6822.4
2012	Ty Dillon	2	0	1	2	0	350	0	71596		437.5
2013	Jeremy Clements	30	0	0	2	0	4817	7	627212	16	6660.2
2013	Ryan Sieg	1	0	0	0	0	198	0	18416		198
2014	Jeremy Clements	33	0	0	2	0	5876	10	738547	15	7931.3
		601	21	91	148	15	104555	4049	8811873		112661