Career
Pond set a then world record speed of 174.700 miles per hour (281152 km/h) in winning the caution free 500-mile race. In the mid-1950s. Pond started racing modifieds on dirt tracks, then went to asphalt tracks, then to late-model tracks. In 1973, Pond started to run Winston Cup races.
His last race with Winston Cup was in 1989 at Richmond International Raceway for Junie Donlavey.
Pond got to run all three tracks here—dirt, asphalt and the new track. He beat out Darrell Waltrip for rookie of the year honors in 1973.
Before retiring Pond raced his last race on September 10, 1989 at Richmond International Raceway in the Miller High Life 400 where he finished in 11th place. Pond later became a car salesman at Heritage Chevrolet in Chester, Virginia.
Pond died February 10, 2016 from complications of cancer.