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Richard Petty


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Richard Petty
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Birthdate: 2 July 1937
Hometown: Level Cross, North Carolina, United States
Nicknames: The King, King Richard

Accomplishments include:
1964 NASCAR Grand National Champion
1967 NASCAR Grand National Champion
1971 NASCAR Grand National Champion
1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1973 Daytona 500 Winner
1974 Daytona 500 Winner
1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
200 total Grand National/Winston Cup wins

Legendary NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver, owner and record-tying seven-time champion. In his stock car career he won 200 Grand National/Winston Cup races, the 200th win coming in the first race attended by a sitting United States President (Ronald Reagan at the 1984 Pepsi FireCracker 400).

After his driving career he stayed in NASCAR as owner of racing team Petty Enterprises, which would eventually become Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) through a merger.

In the 2006 film Cars he voiced a "Petty Blue" #43 Plymouth Superbird named Strip Weathers but usually referred to as The King.

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Richard Petty page on 14 September 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He won the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson are the only other drivers to accomplish this feat), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (10 of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history of the sport and is one of the most respected figures in motorsports as a whole. He also collected a record number of poles (127) and over 700 Top 10 finishes in his 1,184 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971–1989. Petty was the only driver to ever win in his 500th race start, until Matt Kenseth joined him in 2013. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010.

Petty is a second generation driver. His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a three-time NASCAR champion. His son Kyle was also a NASCAR driver. His grandson, Adam (Kyle's son), was killed in a practice crash at New Hampshire International Speedway on May 12, 2000, five weeks after Lee's death. Adam's brother Austin works on day-to-day operations of the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a Hole in the Wall Gang Camp established by the Pettys after Adam's death. Petty married Lynda Owens in 1958. She died on March 25, 2014 at her home in Level Cross, North Carolina at age 72, after a long battle with cancer. They had four children—Kyle Petty, Sharon Petty-Farlow, Lisa Petty-Luck, and Rebecca Petty-Moffit. The family resides in Petty's home town of Level Cross, North Carolina and operates Richard Petty Motorsports. The Richard Petty Museum was formerly in nearby Randleman, North Carolina but moved back to its original location in March 2014.


Bibliography

Title & SubtitleDetails
Grand National
The Autobiography of Richard Petty
Year & Type: 1971 Nonfiction
Author: Richard Petty as told to Bill Neely
Publisher: Henry Regnery Company
Dimensions: 5.75" x 8.5" hardcover w/jacket
Content: 212 pages with black & white photographs
Subject: Stock Car Racing
Availability: Reference Desk


Multimedia

12 January 2008
2008 Sound & Speed Press Conference
Track Chic TV
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License.
Download Richard Petty Sound & Speed Press Conference in FLV format - 7:19 - 30.6MB


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197443: The Petty Story
Rowland-Lasko Distribution

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Images

Richard Petty Scale Model Car Subject:  Richard Petty Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2009 Attack of the Plastic
View photo of Richard Petty Model Car - 805KB
Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Scale Model Subject:  Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  C.A.R.S. in Miniature February 2011 Meeting
Model Build Info:  Built by Ken Kellner
View photo of Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Model - 2,872KB
Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Scale Model Subject:  Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  C.A.R.S. in Miniature February 2011 Meeting
Model Build Info:  Built by Ken Kellner
View photo of Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Model - 2,761KB
Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Scale Model Subject:  Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  C.A.R.S. in Miniature February 2011 Meeting
Model Build Info:  Built by Ken Kellner
View photo of Richard Petty 1968 Plymouth Road Runner Model - 2,810KB
Richard Petty 1970 Dodge Dart Sportsman Scale Model Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1970 Dodge Dart Sportsman Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2012 Summer NNL
View photo of Richard Petty 1970 Dodge Dart Sportsman Model Car - 4.1MB
Richard Petty 1970 Dodge Dart Sportsman Model Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1970 Dodge Dart Sportsman Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2012 Summer NNL
View photo of Richard Petty 1970 Dodge Dart Sportsman Model Car - 4.0MB
Richard Petty 1973 Dodge Charger Scale Model Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1973 Dodge Charger Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2013 Attack of the Plastic
View photo of Richard Petty 1973 Dodge Charger Model Car - 3.8MB
Richard Petty 1973 Dodge Charger Model Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1973 Dodge Charger Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2013 Attack of the Plastic
View photo of Richard Petty 1973 Dodge Charger Model Car - 3.8MB
Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement Subject:  Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement
View photo of Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement - 5.5MB
Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement Subject:  Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement
Source:  Motor Trend
Date:  August 1976
View photo of Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement - 3.6MB
Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement Subject:  Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement
Source:  Car and Driver
Date:  October 1976
View photo of Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement - 5.7MB
Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement Subject:  Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement
Source:  Car and Driver
Date:  September 1977
View photo of Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement - 5.8MB
Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement Subject:  Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement
Source:  Car and Driver
Date:  January 1978
View photo of Richard Petty NRI Schools Advertisement - 5.8MB
Richard Petty at the 1983 Van Scoy 500 Event:  1983 Van Scoy 500
Photographer/Source:  Mike Traverse
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
Caption:  The Petty Enterprises STP Pontiac of The King Richard Petty. Richard had a good run in the 1983 Van Scoy 500, leading 21 laps and finished 3rd.
View photo of Richard Petty at the 1983 Van Scoy 500 - 542KB
Richard Petty at the 1983 Like Cola 500 Event:  1983 Like Cola 500
Photographer/Source:  Mike Traverse
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
View photo of Richard Petty at the 1983 Like Cola 500 - 261KB
1984 Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Scale Model Car Subject:  1984 Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2009 Summer NNL
View photo of 1984 Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Model - 3,669KB
1984 Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Scale Model Car Subject:  1984 Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Scale Model
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2009 Summer NNL
View photo of 1984 Richard Petty Pontiac Grand Prix Model - 3,385KB
1985 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1985 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,440KB
1985 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1985 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,450KB
1985 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1985 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,465KB
1986 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1986 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 120KB
1986 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1986 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,532KB
1986 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1986 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,493KB
1986 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1986 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,384KB
1986 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1986 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,314KB
1986 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1986 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,105KB
1986 Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,195KB
Richard Petty at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,347KB
1986 Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,439KB
1986 Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,497KB
1986 Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,451KB
1986 Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,347KB
1986 Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 Event:  1986 Goody's 500
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,482KB
Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2 NASCAR Race Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2013 Mecum Chicago Auction
Auction Info:  Reserve not met, high bid $23,000.
View photo of Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2 NASCAR Race Car - 3.4MB
Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2 NASCAR Race Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2013 Mecum Chicago Auction
Auction Info:  Reserve not met, high bid $23,000.
View photo of Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2 NASCAR Race Car - 3.4MB
Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2 NASCAR Race Car Subject:  Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2013 Mecum Chicago Auction
Auction Info:  Reserve not met, high bid $23,000.
View photo of Richard Petty 1986 Pontiac 2+2 NASCAR Race Car - 3.1MB
1987 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1987 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,240KB
1987 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1987 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,268KB
1988 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,038KB
1988 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,404KB
1988 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,126KB
1988 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,303KB
1989 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,278KB
1989 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,250KB
1989 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,282KB
1989 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 895KB
1989 Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Event:  1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photographer:  John Walczak
View photo of Richard Petty Pontiac at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,426KB
Richard Petty 1992 Miller 400 Event:  1992 Miller 400
Photographer:  mandj98
License:  Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
Caption:  Petty’s final season of NASCAR racing.
View photo of Richard Petty at the 1992 Miller 400 - 154KB
Richard Petty HSCRS Subject:  Richard Petty Car
Photographer:  Allan Hack
Event:  2007 HSCRS San Jose Grand Prix
License:  Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic
View photo of Richard Petty Car at the 2007 HSCRS San Jose Grand Prix - 4,520KB
1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
View photo of 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition - 2,869KB
1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
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1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
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1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
View photo of 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition - 2,106KB
1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
View photo of 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition - 2,052KB
1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
View photo of 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition - 2,695KB
1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition Subject:  1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
Photographer:  Bill Crittenden
Event:  2011 Indian Uprising
View photo of 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition - 1,824KB


Article Index

DateArticleAuthor/Source
7 June 1968Petty Prepared for VictorySt. Petersburg Independent
24 January 2005NASCAR Media Conference: A Look Back & a Look AheadKurt Busch
Brian France
Kasey Kahne
Mark Martin
Richard Petty
Darrell Waltrip
8 July 2008NASCAR Media ConferenceRichard Petty
11 October 2008NASCAR Legend Richard Petty Endorses John McCainSenator John McCain
24 March 2009Richard Petty and the Quarter MileJeremy T. Sellers
6 April 2009Indy Racing League Media ConferenceJohn Andretti
Richard Petty
Dennis Reinbold
Todd Whitworth
23 June 2009NASCAR Media ConferenceRichard Petty
21 June 2009NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Toyota/Save Mart 350Kenny Francis
Kasey Kahne
Richard Petty
6 September 2009NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pep Boys Auto 500Kenny Francis
Kasey Kahne
Richard Petty
31 March 2010Indy Racing League Media ConferenceMichael Andretti
John Andretti
Blair Ingle
Richard Petty
23 May 2010NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Richard Petty (Part 3/6)Dale Inman
Kyle Petty
Richard Petty
23 May 2010NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyDale Inman
Junior Johnson
Robert Johnson
Richard Petty
23 May 2011NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Lee PettyKyle Petty
Mark Petty
Maurice Petty
Richard Petty
Ritchie Petty
Tim Petty
20 January 2012NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Dale InmanDale Inman
Richard Petty
12 August 2012NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Finger Lakes 355 at The GlenMarcos Ambrose
Sammy Johns
Todd Parrott
Richard Petty


Merchandise

Type & Item #NameDetails
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 43Richard Petty#43 STP Pontiac
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC148Role Models: Ricky Craven (Richard Petty)
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC148Role Models: Jeff Gordon (Richard Petty)
Die Cast - Cars L5258-0910KingCars Supercharged, small scale, Light Blue #43 Dinoco





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