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Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is one of the members of the Petty ...
Petty Blue, as it's called, was created by the Petty family. According to Richard, the color was created by accident when they didn't have enough white or dark blue paint to cover the entire car. The resulting mix of white and blue proved to be very popular and remains on the No. 43 car to this day. [9] Previous to that 1958 occurrence, Petty ...
Petty's Road Runner Superbird on display at the Richard Petty Museum. In Autumn 1968, Richard Petty left the Plymouth NASCAR Racing Team for Ford's. Charlie Grey, director of the Ford stock car program, felt that hiring Petty would send the message that "money rules none". However, the Superbird was designed specifically to lure Petty back to ...
Two car-lengths back is A. J. Foyt, Richard Petty takes it into the tri-oval!" Arute: "Here they come to the stripe, Richard Petty's STP Olds-... Waltrip dives to the inside, Petty almost puts him off in the grass, and Richard Petty will win the Daytona 500! The Petty crew, jumping up and down on pit road congratulating each other!
The 1992 Hooters 500 was the 29th and final race of the 1992 NASCAR season. It was held on November 15, 1992, at Atlanta Motor Speedway and is widely considered the greatest NASCAR race of all time, [2] [3] with three stories dominating the race: the debut of Jeff Gordon in the Winston Cup Series, the final race of seven-time champion Richard Petty's thirty-five-year career, [4] [5] and the ...
Toyota brand ambassador and former Top Gear USA host Rutledge Wood came up with the idea of blending a GR Supra with the most famous of Petty cars, Richard Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird.
The 1963 Sandlapper 200 was the site of Richard Petty's 25th NASCAR Grand National win for Petty Enterprises (now Richard Petty Motorsports). Taking place on August 8, 1963, at Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina. [2] Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km). The transition to purpose-built racecars ...
Lee Petty, Richard’s father, won three championships and the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Kyle Petty, Richard’s son, made 829 starts in the Cup Series races and remains a racing analyst for TV ...