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Feb 17, 2024 · Former Daily Press writer looks back on biggest moments ahead of 55th consecutive Daytona 500. Al Pearce, a former Daily Press sports writer shown with 13 books he’s authored or co-authored, has ...
Feb 16, 2024 · By Al Pearce Published: Feb 16, 2024 2:23 PM EST. Autoweek Archives. In this space last year, I questioned whether the 2023 Daytona 500 might have been my last. I wrote that after my 54th ...
Jul 9, 2022 · Al Pearce, a Daily Press sports writer from 1969-2004, displays the 13 books he’s authored or co-authored. The latest, with Mike Hembree, is about the first NASCAR Cup Series victories of 50 ...
Feb 23, 2023 · By Al Pearce Published: Feb 23, 2023 11:06 PM EST. Courtesy Al Pearce. Last weekend’s Daytona 500 marked the 54th consecutive time I’ve trekked from Newport News, Va. to Daytona Beach to cover ...
Author. Al Pearce saw his first NASCAR race in 1966 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The first race he covered was in July of 1969 at Dover, Delaware for the Times-Herald of Newport News, Virginia. Since then, he's covered thousands of races of all type -- NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula One, NHRA and IHRA drag racing, APBA powerboats, SCCA, international ...
His program originated with KFRC in San Francisco and later was carried by networks to Fresno and Los Angeles. The daytime show, "The Happy Go Lucky Hour" — also known as "Al Pearce and His Gang" — had one of the first studio audiences. In 1946, with the advent of television, Pearce took his show to Channel 2. —Los Angeles Times June 3, 1961
May 9, 2018 · Abstract: Comedian Al Pearce became an established name in radio and was best known for playing Elmer Blurt, a self-conscious door-to-door salesman. The collection consists of script files, sound recordings, and photographs related to Pearce's radio career as well as a small amount of memorabilia.
