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Richard Petty's "Petty Blue" 1970 Plymouth Superbird on display. One of the most distinctive features of the No. 43 car is its color. 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.
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 ...
The 1984 Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on July 4, 1984, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. [2]Richard Petty, driving the #43 Pontiac for Curb Racing, won the race.
Richard Petty: 43 Wilkes 400: North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro: October 4 Bobby Isaac: 44 National 500: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord: October 11 LeeRoy Yarbrough: 45 Old Dominion 500: Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway: October 18 Richard Petty: 46 Georgia 500 Middle Georgia Raceway, Macon: November 8 Richard Petty: 47 American 500
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 race was won by Richard Petty driving a 1964 Plymouth.Petty drove his number 43 to victory in 3 hours and 14 minutes. There were three caution flags that slowed the race for 19 laps.
Strip "The King" Weathers (voiced by Richard Petty) is a veteran race car and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird, sporting the same shade of blue and Petty's racing number, 43, as well as being a fictionalized version of him. [6]
43 Richard Petty: Islip 250: Islip Speedway: Islip, New York: 198 July 18 43 Richard Petty: Northern 300: Trenton Speedway: Trenton, New Jersey: 199 July 24 43 Richard Petty: Nashville 420: Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway: Nashville, Tennessee: 200 August 1 43 Richard Petty: Dixie 500: Atlanta International Raceway: Hampton, Georgia: 201 August ...