Petty Prepared for Victory

Topics:  Richard Petty, East Tennessee 200

St. Petersburg Independent
7 June 1968

Although he hasn't said so lately, Grand National driver Richard Petty just may have adopted the Boy Scout motto, "Be prepared." The Randleman, N.C., NASCAR pilot outlasted the front starters last night and drove a 1968 Plymouth to his second straight championship in the annual East Tennessee 200 stock car race in Maryville. Petty led the last 99 of 200 laps in the 100-mile race at Smoky Mountain Raceway to take home $1,200. Pete Hamilton of Dedham, Mass., was second in a 1968 Ford for $600, and James Hylton, Inman, S.C., won $400 for his third-place finish in a 1967 Dodge.