GREENVILLE,
SC (March 17, 2026)- On a night when the fans turned
out in large numbers to honor fallen NASCAR star
Dale Earnhardt, another man in black ended up in
victory lane to dedicate the opening night win to
the seven time Winston Cup champion. Asheville's
Pete Silva survived a lap three melee between turns
three and four which sent several cars to the pits,
including that of defending track champion and
polesitter Gene Morgan. Silva, the 1998 track
champion, was closing close behind Morgan as the
pair dipped low rounding the third turn. That's when
Morgan's Ford Taurus begin to spin and Silva steered
his Chevrolet Monte Carlo to the high side and out
of danger. But several drivers from back of the pack
were not so fortunate, including Kevin Bishop, John
McAbee, Columbia's Dan Shumaker and veteran driver
Fred Phillips. On the restart, Silva jumped to a
quick lead over Donnie Bishop and Jay White, with
David Roberts and Kenneth Headen rounding out the
top five. By lap 23 Silva was in complete control of
the top position, with White challenging Bishop for
second place. Marshall NC's Stephen Gahagan appeared
to have the strong car as the laps were winding
down, moving up from back of
the field to pass Roberts on lap 18, and picking off
Liberty's Kenneth Headen for the fourth place
position on lap 25. Bishop eventually shook off the
threats from Anderson's Jay White to hang onto the
second place position, but could not close the gap
with Silva in the remaining circuits. White settled
for third, with Gahagan moving up from back of the
field to score a strong fourth place showing. Headen
fell to fifth, and Roberts settled for sixth after a
lap 17 spin. Greg Nix, Fred Phillips, Jimmy Driver,
and Dickie Layton rounded out the seventh through
tenth place positions.
| Year | Age | Races | Win | T5 | T10 | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | Rank | AvSt | AvFn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 34 | 18 of 29 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2038 | 0 | 5,090 | 7 | 20.7 | 11.7 |
| 1983 | 35 | 31 of 35 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4486 | 1 | 33,465 | 7 | 11.5 | 12.8 |
| 1984 | 36 | 2 of 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 405 | 65 | 11.5 | 23.5 |
| 1985 | 37 | 4 of 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 646 | 0 | 2,230 | 39 | 6.0 | 9.5 |
| 1987 | 39 | 1 of 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 1,030 | 53 | 12.0 | 10.0 |
| 1988 | 40 | 4 of 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 0 | 4,495 | 68 | 17.0 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 45 | 2 of 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 2,830 | 75 | 17.0 | 28.0 |
| 1994 | 46 | 1 of 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 0 | 1,555 | 86 | 14.0 | 25.0 |
| 1995 | 47 | 1 of 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 0 | 2,595 | 83 | 14.0 | 10.0 |
| 9 years | 64 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 8507 | 1 | 53,695 | 12.9 | 14.4 | ||
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