Al Pearce, a legendary NASCAR reporter and a member of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday (April 9), according to Autoweek. He was 82 years old.
Raised in Rocky Mount, N.C., Pearce served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, then pursued a brief stint as a teacher before switching to sports journalism.
He was a correspondent for the Newport News Daily Press from 1969 to his retirement in 2004. He also wrote for Autoweek from 1973 until his retirement, and continued to file occasional stories for that publication until nearly the end of his life.
Over the course of his career, Pearce reported from various stops on the NASCAR circuit, including Daytona Beach and Indianapolis.
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