Richard Petty

Richard Petty
Richard Petty in Pocono Raceway, 1985
Born Richard Lee Petty
(1937-07-02) July 2, 1937
Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements 1964, 1967 Grand National Series Champion
1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979 Winston Cup Series Champion
1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981 Daytona 500 Winner
1967 Southern 500 Winner
1975, 1977 World 600 Winner
All-Time Wins Leader in Sprint Cup Series (200)
All-Time Poles Leader in Sprint Cup Series (123)
Holds record for most Sprint Cup Series wins in a season (27 in 1967)
Holds record for most consecutive Sprint Cup Series wins (10 in 1967)
Most all time wins at Daytona International Speedway 10
Awards 1959 Grand National Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR's Most Popular Driver (1962, 1964, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Inductee (1989)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee (1997)
NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee (2010), Diecast Hall of Fame (2011)
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992)
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
1,184 races run over 35 years
Best finish 1st (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979)
First race 1958 Jim Mideon 500 (Toronto)
Last race 1992 Hooters 500 (Atlanta)
First win 1960 untitled race (Southern States)
Last win 1984 Firecracker 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
200 712 123
NASCAR Convertible Division career
15 races run over 2 years
Best finish 4th (1959)
First race 1958 Race No. 14 (Columbia)
Last race 1959 Race No. 14 (Greenville-Pickens)
First win 1959 Race No. 13 (Columbia)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 8 10

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), 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),[1] winning a record 200 races during his career,[1] winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races[1] (10 of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone.[2] Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6] They had four children—Kyle Petty, Sharon Petty-Farlow, Lisa Petty-Luck, and Rebecca Petty-Moffit.[7] 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.

Racing career

Petty was born in Level Cross, North Carolina, the son of Elizabeth (née Toomes) and Lee Arnold Petty, also a NASCAR driver, and the older brother of NASCAR personality Maurice Petty.[8] He began his NASCAR career on July 18, 1958, 16 days after his 21st birthday. His first race was held at CNE Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1959, he was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year, after he produced 9 top 10 finishes, including six Top 5 finishes. In Lakewood, Georgia in 1959, Petty won his first race, but his father Lee protested, complaining of a scoring error on the officials' part. Hours later, Lee was awarded the win.

The 1960s

Petty's famous Plymouth Superbird, on display at The Richard Petty Museum in Randleman, North Carolina

In 1960, he finished 2nd in the NASCAR Grand National Points Race, and got his first career win at the Charlotte Fairgrounds Speedway. 1963 was his breakout year, winning at tracks like Martinsville and Bridgehampton. In 1964, driving a potent Plymouth with a new Hemi engine, Petty led 184 of the 200 laps to capture his first Daytona 500, en route to 9 victories, earning over $114,000 and his first Grand National championship.

Joining in the Chrysler boycott of NASCAR due to the organizing body's ban of the Hemi engine, Petty spent much of 1965 competing as a drag racer. Petty Enterprises installed the Hemi in the new compact Barracuda and lettered "OUTLAWED" on the door. He crashed this car at Southeastern Dragway, in Dallas, Georgia, on February 28, 1965, killing a six-year-old boy and injuring seven others.[9][10] Petty, his father Lee, and Chrysler Corporation faced lawsuits totaling more than $1 million, though Petty and his team came to settlements with the lawsuits within 1 month of the suits being filed.[11] Afterwards, a second Hemi Barracuda was built, this time with an altered wheelbase and eventually with Hilborn fuel injection. This car was lettered with a large "43 JR" on the door. The car was very successful, winning its class at the Bristol Spring Nationals and competing in many match races against well known racers such as Ronnie Sox, Don Nicholson, Phil Bonner, Huston Platt, Hubert Platt and Dave Strickler. Even after returning to NASCAR once the Hemi was reinstated, Richard continued drag racing the 43 JR until early 1966.

On February 27, 1966, Richard Petty overcame a 2-lap deficit to win his second Daytona 500 when the race was stopped on lap 198 of 200 because of a thunderstorm. This made him the first driver to win the event twice. 1967 was a milestone year. In that year, Petty won 27 of the 48 races he entered, including a record 10 wins in a row (between August 12 and October 1, 1967). He won his second Grand National Championship. One of the 27 victories was the Southern 500 at Darlington, which would be his only Southern 500 victory. His dominance in this season earned him the nickname "King Richard". He had previously been known as "the Randleman Rocket".[12]

In 1969, Petty switched brands to Ford, due to his belief the Plymouth was not competitive on super-speedways; he wanted a slippery Dodge Daytona but Chrysler executives insisted he stay with Plymouth. He would win 10 races and finish second in points. Won back in 1970 by the sleek new Plymouth Superbird with shark nose and towel rack wing, Petty returned to Plymouth for the 1970 season. This is the car in which Petty is cast in the Pixar film Cars (2006), in which Richard and Lynda Petty had voice roles.

The 1970s

Petty's IROC Porsche 911 from the 1970s
Petty's car used for his 1979 Daytona 500 win, on display at Daytona USA
1983 racecar

On February 14, 1971, Petty won his third Daytona 500, driving a brand-new (for 1971) Plymouth Road Runner and beating Buddy Baker, by little more than a car length en route to another historic year, making him the first driver to win the race 3 times. He won 20 more races (which would make him become the first driver to earn more than $1 million in career earnings) and claimed his 3rd Grand National Championship. At the end of the 1971 season, Chrysler told the Pettys they no longer would receive direct factory funding support; this gave the Petty team great concern. In 1972, STP began what would turn into a successful 28-year sponsorship arrangement with Petty, however it marked the end of his famous all "Petty Blue" paint job. STP previously insisted on an all STP orangish-red color for the cars, but Petty balked and after an all-night negotiation session, the familiar STP orange/"Petty blue" paint scheme was agreed to as a compromise that would find its way to all STP racing operations, most notably Gordon Johncock's win in the 1982 Indianapolis 500. Thanks to his 28 Top 10 finishes (25 Top 5 finishes and 8 victories), Petty went on to win his 4th NASCAR Cup Series championship. 1972 was a year of change in other ways, as it was the last year where Petty would campaign a Plymouth-based race car; as in the middle of the year, he debuted to drive a newly built 1972 Dodge Charger in a few races (winning one of them), as he believed that the car would have a slight aero advantage over the Plymouth body style. In a driver's duel on February 18, 1973, Petty, in a newly built 1973 Dodge Charger (a body style he would use exclusively until the end of 1977), outlasted Baker (now with the K&K Insurance Dodge race team) to win his 4th Daytona 500 after Baker's engine gave out with 6 laps to go. A year later, Petty won the Daytona "450" (shortened 20 laps {50 mi/80 km} due to the energy crisis) for the fifth time en route to his 5th Winston Cup Championship.

1975 was another historic year for Petty, as he won the World 600 for the first time in his career, one of 13 victories en route to his 6th Winston Cup. The 13 victories is a modern (1972–present) NASCAR record for victories in a season, and was tied in 1998 by Jeff Gordon, although Gordon won 13 out of 33 races, compared to Petty's 13 out of 30 races. In 1976, Petty was involved in one of the most famous finishes in NASCAR history. Petty and David Pearson were racing on the last lap out of turn 4 in the Daytona 500. As Petty tried to pass Pearson, at the exit of turn 4, Petty's right rear bumper hit Pearson's left front bumper. Pearson and Petty both spun and hit the front stretch wall. Petty's car came to rest just yards from the finish line, but his engine stalled. Pearson's car had hit the front stretch wall and clipped another car, but his engine was running. Members of Petty's pit crew came out onto the track and tried to push the car to the finish line, but ultimately failed. Pearson was able to drive his car toward the finish line, while Petty's car would not restart. Pearson passed Petty on the infield grass and won the Daytona 500. Petty was given credit for second place.

Oddly 1978 will stand out as the one year during his prime that Petty did not visit the winners circle. The Petty Enterprises Team could not get the new 1978 Dodge Magnum to handle properly, even though much time, effort, and faith were spent massaging the cars. Unhappy with the seven top-five and eleven top ten finishes (including two-second places), Petty decided that his longtime relationship with Chrysler could not continue and he instead began racing a secondhand 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo at the fall race at Michigan. Returning to the General Motors fold proved successful as Petty recorded six top ten finishes in the final ten races of the 1978 season and finished sixth in the final standings. He would go on to even better results in 1979. Petty won the Daytona 500 in an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and ran most of the remaining races in a Chevrolet, winning four additional races and taking the NASCAR championship for the seventh, and last, time by 11 points which was the closest points margin in NASCAR history until 1992.

The twilight years

1989 car at Phoenix

Petty won two more Daytona 500s in 1979 and 1981. In 1979, he snapped a 45-race drought, winning his sixth Daytona 500, the first to be televised live flag-to-flag; it would become notorious for a fistfight between competitors following the controversial finish. Petty won the race as the first and second place cars of Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crashed on the last lap. Petty held off Darrell Waltrip and A. J. Foyt. The race is also regarded as being the genesis of the current surge in NASCAR's popularity. The East Coast was snowed in by a blizzard, giving CBS a captive audience. The win was part of Petty's seventh and last NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. He was able to hold off Waltrip to win the title in 1979.

For 1981, NASCAR dictated that all teams had to show up with the new downsized cars of 110" wheel-base, that Detroit had been building since 1979. Though Petty had been successful with the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile cars he had been running, he wanted to get back to his Mopar roots. After taking a phone call from Lee Iacocca (who personally asked Petty to campaign a Dodge for 1981), the Petty team built a stunning 1981 Dodge Mirada and took it to Daytona in January 1981 for high speed tests. Petty's fans were also in a large part fans of his Dodges, so when word got out about the Mirada testing, 15,000 or so showed up on January 17, 1981 at Daytona Speedway to watch Petty put the Dodge through its paces. Sadly for the fans, the car could do no better than 186 miles per hour, about eight miles per hour slower than the GM and Ford cars. Petty gave up on returning to Dodge knowing that for the superspeedways the Mirada would not be competitive, and bought a Buick Regal for the Daytona race. In the 1981 Daytona 500, Petty used a "fuel only" for his last pit stop, with 25 laps to go, to outfox Bobby Allison and grab his seventh and final Daytona 500 win. This win marked a large change in Petty's racing team. Dale Inman, Petty's longtime crew chief, left the team after the Daytona victory (Inman would win an eighth championship as crew chief in 1984 with Terry Labonte).

While the 1981 season gave Petty 3 wins, he felt the season was a failure, and the Regals being ill-handling and poor in reliability. For 1982, he made the move to the Pontiac Grand Prix, with the promise of substantial factory support from Pontiac. 1982 was a repeat of 1978, and no victories were to be had. At first, the Grand Prix behaved much like the Dodge Magnum of 1978, with handling and speed problems. Toward the end of 1982 things improved with several top-10 finishes, which opened the door to a successful 1983 season with three victories, and several top-5 and top-10 finishes. In 1983, he broke his 43-race winless streak from 1982 with a win in the 1983 Carolina 500, barely edging out a young Bill Elliott. After a controversial win at Charlotte in October 1983 (win No. 198), Petty left the race team his father founded for the 1984 season. He spent '84 and '85 driving for Mike Curb before returning to Petty Enterprises in 1986.[13]

On July 4, 1984, Petty won his 200th (and what would turn to be his final victory) race at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The race was memorable: On lap 158, Doug Heveron crashed, bringing out the yellow caution flag, essentially turning lap 158 into the last lap as the two drivers battled back to the start-finish line. Petty and Cale Yarborough diced it out on that lap, with Yarborough drafting and taking an early lead before Petty managed to cross the start/finish line only a fender-length ahead. (This is no longer possible because of the 2003 rule change freezing the field immediately upon caution. Furthermore, the green-white-checkered rule was created for if the yellow flag waves with two laps remaining, but not with one lap remaining.) President Ronald Reagan was in attendance, the first sitting president to attend a NASCAR race. Reagan celebrated the milestone with Petty and his family in victory lane.[14]

In early 1988, Petty travelled to Australia to help promote a NASCAR exhibition race at the then new Calder Park Thunderdome, the first NASCAR race outside of North America. While he did not compete in the tracks inaugural race, the Goodyear NASCAR 500 (though his son Kyle did), in testing at the 1.119 mi (1.801 km) track which owner Bob Jane had modelled on the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Petty set an unofficial lap record of 28.2 seconds (142.85 mp/h). This would have in fact landed him on pole position for the race as the fastest time in official qualifying was by Alabama Gang member Neil Bonnett who recorded a 28.829-second lap (139.734 mp/h) in his Pontiac Grand Prix.

Petty's last ride

Petty driving the No. 43 during the Brickyard 400 Open Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Petty in 2006
Flag stand from Petty's first win

On October 1, 1991, Petty announced he would retire after the 1992 season. Petty's final top ten finish came at the 1991 Budweiser at the Glen which was the same race J. D. McDuffie was killed in a fifth lap accident. Petty chose to run the entire 1992 season, not just selected events as other drivers have done before retirement. His year-long Fan Appreciation Tour took him around the country, participating in special events, awards ceremonies, and fan-related meetings. Racing Champions ran a promotional line of diecast cars for every race in Petty's Farewell Tour. In his final year behind the wheel, he had two notable races.

At the 1992 Pepsi 400 on July 4, Petty qualified second. Before the start of the race, he was honored with a gift ceremony which included a visit from President George H. W. Bush. At the start, Petty led the first five laps, but dropped out on lap 84 due to fatigue.

Despite the tremendously busy appearance schedule, and mediocre race results, Petty managed to qualify for all 29 races in 1992. On his final visit to each track, Petty would lead the field on the pace lap to salute the fans. Petty's final race was the season-ending Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race was notable in that it was the first career start for Jeff Gordon, and it was the second closest points championship in NASCAR history, with six drivers mathematically eligible to win the championship. A record 160,000 spectators attended the race, which went down to the final lap with Bill Elliott winning the race, and Alan Kulwicki winning the championship by 10 points over Elliott after Davey Allison dropped out early after a crash.

Facing intense pressure, Petty barely managed to qualify at Atlanta, posting the 39th fastest speed out of 41 cars. He would not have been eligible for the provisional starting position, and had to qualify on speed. On the 94th lap, Petty became tangled up in an accident, and his car caught fire. Petty pulled the car off the track, and climbed out of the burning machine uninjured. His pit crew worked diligently with less than 20 laps to go to get the car running again, and with two laps to go, Petty pulled out of the pits and was credited as running at the finish in his final race. He took his final checkered flag finishing in 35th position. After the race, Petty circled the track to salute the fans one final time in his trademark STP Pontiac.

The following year, he was back into a race car one more time. On August 18, 1993, NASCAR participated in a tire test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in preparations for the 1994 Brickyard 400. Petty drove several laps around the track, and then donated his car to the Speedway's museum.

Petty would again step into a race car in 2003 on the week of the final race under the Winston banner at Homestead-Miami Speedway and took a solo lap honoring his seven Winston Cup Championships for Winston's salute to the champions.

In 2009 at the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona, for the 25th anniversary of his final, 200th victory in 1984, Petty was behind the wheel of one of his 1980s Pontiac racecars during the pace laps, leading the field for the first pace lap. The field split him and he followed behind the field for one more pace lap before he pulled it in.

Petty as an owner

In later years of his career, Petty developed the career of crew leader Robbie Loomis, who was at the helm of Petty Enterprises as crew chief in the 1990s, and won three races—the 1996 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix, the 1997 ACDelco 400 at North Carolina Speedway, both with Bobby Hamilton driving, and the 1999 Goody's Body Pain 500 at Martinsville Speedway, with John Andretti driving.

He remained as operating owner until his son Kyle Petty took over day-to-day operations a decade later.

However, in 2008, Kyle Petty was released by Petty Enterprises, and due to lack of sponsorship, Petty Enterprises was bought out by Gillett-Evernham Motorsports. The name was originally going to stay the same, but due to Evernham leaving the team, It was renamed Richard Petty Motorsports, despite George Gillett continuing to own the majority of the team.

In November 2010, an investment group including Medallion Financial Corp., Douglas G. Bergeron and Petty, signed and closed sale on racing assets of Richard Petty Motorsports.[15][16] Andrew M. Murstein, president of Medallion, had been seeking a sports investment since 2008 when he formed a special purpose acquisition company together with Hank Aaron, a Medallion board member, and others.[17][18]

Petty as a broadcaster

In 1995, Petty moved to the television broadcast booth joining CBS as a color commentator immediately following his retirement, but his career in television did not last long.

Sponsorship

Petty promised his mother not to accept alcohol sponsorship.[19] Therefore, he never collected purses for the Bud Pole Award, and competed at the Busch Clash only once, in 1980.

Close calls

As well as his numerous victories, Petty is also remembered for three of the many incredible crashes that he survived:

  • In the 1970 Rebel 400 at Darlington, Petty was injured when his Plymouth Road Runner cut a tire and slammed hard into the wall separating the track from the pit area. The car flipped several times before coming to rest on its side. This accident injured Petty's shoulder, and helped Bobby Isaac to win the 1970 Grand National Championship. During the accident, Petty's head hit the track pavement several times, which led NASCAR to mandate the installation of the Petty-developed safety net that covers the driver's side window.
  • In a 1980 race at Pocono, Petty slammed the Turn 2 wall, nearly flipping the car. Petty barely escaped breaking his neck in the wreck and kept his injury hidden from NASCAR officials for the next races, knowing that another wreck could possibly kill him. Such an incident could never happen today, because of modern NASCAR rules requiring an official series medical liaison to clear a driver after a crash.
  • In the 1988 Daytona 500, Petty's crash on Lap 106 hurled parts all over the front stretch at the Daytona International Speedway. After several flips, Petty walked away with no serious injuries, except for temporary sight loss due to excessive g-forces. The crash was similar to the accident suffered by Bobby Allison during the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and Carl Edwards 2009 Talladega crash in that all three cars became airborne after turning sideways, and both cars damaged the spectator fencing (though Petty's crash did much less damage to the fencing). Petty's car became airborne despite the use of the carburetor restrictor plate, which was mandated by NASCAR for races at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway just prior to the start of the 1988 season.

Career awards

Life after racing

Petty is currently a spokesman for Liberty Medical, Cheerios and GlaxoSmithKline products Nicorette and Goody's Headache Powder. He had also been featured on Brawny towels during a limited time when the company replaced their image with several "real Brawny men". Petty and his son Kyle have lent their talent to host "Lifting It Right" a lift safety training DVD produced and distributed by the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI); it is used in high school vocational programs and community colleges. He has recorded public service announcements for Civitan International, a nonprofit organization of which he is a former member.[20] He is usually seen wearing his trademark sunglasses and a Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hat, with a large snakeskin hat band and a plume of rooster feathers at the front.

Petty has established a summer camp known as "Victory Junction", which is intended to give seriously ill children the outdoors experience and experience of summer camp, and is staffed by round the clock medical staff to be on hand in case of emergencies. Petty has been a long-time Republican, and in June 2016 he made an appearance on stage with Donald Trump.[21] In 1996, he was the Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State, but was defeated by State Senator Elaine Marshall in the general election. Petty was mistakenly seen as a shoo-in and his campaigning was sporadic. Following his loss, Petty stated "If I had known I wasn't going to win, I wouldn't have run."[22] A cereal "43's" was created with Petty information on the boxes.[23] Petty also played himself in the 2008 film Swing Vote, where he commends the film's protagonist by allowing him to briefly drive his famous "43" Plymouth.

After retirement, Petty purchased a 90 acre (36 ha) ranch south of Jackson, Wyoming.[24]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 NGNC Pts Ref
1958 Petty Enterprises 14 Olds FAY DAB CON FAY WIL HBO FAY CLB PIF ATL CLT MAR ODS OBS GPS GBF STR NWS BGS TRN RSD CLB NBS REF LIN HCY AWS RSP MCC SLS TOR
17		 37th 1016 [25]
42 BUF
11		 MCF BEL
9		 BRR CLB NSV AWS ATL
35
2 BGS
20		 MBS
16		 DAR CLT BIR CSF GAF RCH HBO
31		 SAS
22		 MAR NWS
23
1959 24 FAY
13		 DAY 15th 3694 [26]
43 DAY
57		 HBO CON ATL WIL
3		 MAR
7		 TRN
12		 CLT
19		 NSV ASP PIF GPS ATL
2		 CLB WIL RCH BGS
24		 AWS CLT
12		 MBS
27		 CLT
20
42 BGS
9		 CLB NWS REF HCY
43 Plymouth DAY
26		 HEI NSV
29		 AWS
26		 BGS GPS CLB DAR
4		 HCY RCH CSF HBO
3		 MAR
15		 AWS
5		 NWS
3		 CON
7
1960 CLT
12		 CLB
6		 DAY
10		 DAY DAY
3		 CLT
1		 NWS
18		 PHO CLB
6		 MAR
1		 HCY
3		 WIL
7		 BGS
4		 GPS
3		 AWS
9		 DAR
2		 PIF
11		 HBO
6		 RCH
6		 HMS CLT
55		 BGS
4		 DAY
11		 HEI
2		 MAB
2		 MBS
5		 ATL
20		 BIR
2		 NSV
6		 AWS
15		 PIF
13		 CLB
2		 BGS
9		 DAR
6		 HCY
12		 CSF GSP
7		 HBO
1*		 MAR
22		 NWS
6		 CLT
2		 RCH
4		 ATL
7		 2nd 17228 [27]
42 SBO
6
1961 43 CLT
11		 JSP
4		 DAY
16		 DAY DAY
DNQ		 PIF
2		 AWS
4		 HMS ATL
24		 GPS
2		 BGS
3		 MAR
8		 NWS
3		 CLB
6		 HCY
20		 RCH
1*		 MAR
23		 DAR
32		 CLT
1		 CLT RSD ASP CLT
30		 PIF
15		 BIR GPS
16		 BGS
5		 NOR HAS
17		 STR
4		 DAY ATL
3		 CLB
7		 MBS
17		 BRI
4		 NSV
14*		 BGS
5		 AWS
11		 RCH
9		 SBO
20		 DAR
26		 ATL
5		 MAR
17		 CLT
2		 BRI
23		 HBO
10		 8th 14984 [28]
42 HBO
2		 HCY
17		 RCH
18		 CSF NWS
3		 GPS
4
1962 CON
13		 CHT
4*		 STR
1		 HCY
10		 RCH
4		 DTS
11		 2nd 28440 [29]
43 AWS
7		 DAY DAY
4		 DAY
2		 CON
2		 AWS
8		 SVH
14		 HBO
2		 RCH
20		 CLB
7		 NWS
1*		 GPS
11		 MBS
2		 MAR
1		 BGS
5		 BRI
16		 RCH
3		 HCY
6		 CON
9*		 DAR
15		 PIF
3		 CLT
4		 ATL
23		 BGS
3		 AUG
3		 RCH
19		 SBO
3		 DAY
30		 CLB
20		 ASH
3		 GPS
1		 AUG
2		 SVH
3		 MBS
16		 BRI
3		 NSV
2		 HUN
1*		 AWS
7		 BGS
1		 PIF
1		 VAL
2		 DAR
5*		 MAR
2		 NWS
1*		 CLT
16		 ATL
4
41 AUG
2
1963 43 BIR
2		 GGS
1*		 THS
11		 RSD
41		 DAY
12		 DAY DAY
6		 PIF
1		 AWS
1		 HBO
3		 ATL
8		 HCY
2		 BRI
4		 AUG
2		 SBO
1*		 MAR
1		 NWS
1*		 CLT
36		 ATL
12		 DAY
8		 DTS
11		 ASH
2		 OBS
16		 BRR
1*		 BRI
2		 NSV
4		 CLB
1*		 AWS
2		 PIF
2		 BGS
2		 ONA
10		 DAR
12		 HCY
15		 THS
1		 CLT
6		 RSD
36		 2nd 31170 [30]
41 RCH
6		 GPS
4		 BGS
11		 CLB
1		 THS
13		 ODS
1		 RCH
2		 BIR
1*		 MBS
15		 GPS
1		 RCH
6		 MAR
5		 NWS
26		 SBO
1*
42 DAR
3*		 SVH
15		 BGS
8		 DTS
4		 HBO
6
1964 CON
3		 JSP
5*		 1st 40252 [31]
43 AUG
19*		 SVH
1*		 RSD
26		 DAY DAY
3*		 DAY
1*		 RCH
2		 BRI
8		 GPS
16		 BGS
3		 ATL
7		 AWS
17		 HBO
12		 PIF
15		 CLB
15		 NWS
7		 MAR
6		 SVH
3		 DAR
10		 LGY
17		 HCY
3		 SBO
1*		 CLT
2		 GPS
2		 ASH
2		 ATL
2		 CON
1		 NSV
1*		 CHT
2		 BIR
2		 VAL
13		 PIF
1		 DAY
16*		 ODS
8		 OBS
3		 BRR
13		 GLN
21		 BRI
2*		 NSV
1*		 MBS
2		 AWS
25		 DTS
3		 ONA
1*		 CLB
17		 BGS
2		 DAR
3*		 HCY
5		 HBO
16		 MAR
2		 SVH
2		 NWS
19		 CLT
3*		 JAC
2
41 ISP
3		 LIN
2		 STR
15		 RCH
3		 ODS
3		 HAR
1*		 AUG
25
1965 43 RSD DAY DAY DAY PIF ASW RCH HBO ATL GPS NWS MAR CLB BRI DAR LGY BGS HCY CLT CCF ASH HAR NSV BIR ATL GPS MBS VAL DAY ODS OBS ISP GLN BRI
17		 NSV
1*		 CCF
2		 AWS
1*		 SMR
3*		 PIF AUG CLB
2		 DTS
3		 BLV
20		 BGS
2		 DAR HCY
1		 LIN
19		 ODS
1		 RCH MAR
2		 NWS
33		 CLT HBO CAR
36		 DTS 38th 5638 [32]
1966 42 AUG
1		 CLB
2		 AWS
18		 BLV
20		 BGS
2		 HCY
2		 RCH
12		 HBO 3rd 22952 [33]
43 RSD
25		 DAY
2*		 DAY DAY
1*		 CAR BRI ATL
25		 HCY
10		 CLB
6		 GPS
2		 BGS
3		 NWS
11		 MAR
3		 DAR
1*		 LGY
1*		 MGR
1*		 MON RCH
2		 CLT
22		 DTS
18		 ASH
17		 PIF SMR AWS
1*		 BLV
21		 GPS DAY
29		 ODS BRR OXF
3		 FON
2		 ISP
15		 BRI
2*		 SMR
29		 NSV
1*		 ATL
1*		 DAR
2*		 MAR
23		 NWS
26		 CLT
38		 CAR
28
1967 AUG
1*		 RSD
21		 DAY DAY
5		 DAY
8		 AWS
1*		 BRI
34		 GPS
19		 BGS
2*		 ATL
22		 CLB
1*		 HCY
1		 NWS
7		 MAR
1		 SVH
2		 RCH
1*		 DAR
1*		 BLV
2*		 LGY
1*		 CLT
4		 ASH
3		 MGR
1*		 SMR
1*		 BIR
3		 CAR
1*		 GPS
1		 MGY
2		 DAY
11		 TRN
1*		 OXF
2*		 FDA
1*		 ISP
1		 BRI
1*		 SMR
2		 NSV
1*		 ATL
17*		 BGS
1*		 CLB
1		 SVH
1*		 DAR
1*		 HCY
1		 RCH
1*		 BLV
1*		 HBO
1*		 MAR
1		 NWS
1*		 CLT
18		 CAR
28		 AWS
2		 1st 42472 [34]
1968 MGR
2		 MGY
1*		 RSD
10		 DAY
8		 BRI
2		 RCH
17		 ATL
6		 HCY
1		 GPS
1		 CLB
5		 NWS
26		 MAR
15*		 AUG
18		 AWS
3		 DAR
3		 BLV
14*		 LGY
6		 CLT
38		 ASH
1*		 MGR
3		 SMR
1*		 BIR
1*		 CAR
26		 GPS
1		 DAY
21		 ISP
4*		 OXF
1*		 FDA
1*		 TRN
22		 BRI
24		 SMR
1*		 NSV
2*		 ATL
5		 CLB
21		 BGS
2*		 AWS
26		 SBO
1*		 LGY
2		 DAR
20		 HCY
4		 RCH
1*		 BLV
3		 HBO
1*		 MAR
1*		 NWS
1*		 AUG
3		 CLT
32		 CAR
1*		 JFC
2		 3rd 3123 [35]
1969 MGR
1*		 MGY
2*		 2nd 3813 [36]
Ford RSD
1*		 DAY DAY
6		 DAY
8		 CAR
5		 AUG
2		 BRI
7		 ATL
9		 CLB
3		 HCY
2		 GPS
5		 RCH
2		 NWS
7		 MAR
1		 AWS
23		 DAR
11		 BLV LGY CLT
19		 MGR
3		 SMR
20		 MCH
3		 KPT
1		 GPS
3		 NCF
2		 DAY
5		 DOV
1*		 TPN
25		 TRN
29		 BLV
1		 BRI
23		 NSV
1*		 SMR
1*		 ATL
3		 MCH
3		 SBO
3		 BGS
1		 AWS
23		 DAR
9		 HCY
3		 RCH
19		 TAL
Wth		 CLB
2*		 MAR
1		 NWS
2*		 CLT
27		 SVH
2		 AUG
2		 CAR
32		 JFC
3		 MGR
6		 TWS
21
1970 Plymouth RSD
5		 DAY
6		 DAY DAY
39		 RCH
2*		 CAR
1*		 SVH
1*		 ATL
5		 BRI
24		 TAL
7		 NWS
1*		 DAR
18		 BLV LGY CLT SMR MAR MCH
28*		 RSD
1*		 HCY KPT
1*		 GPS
19		 DAY
18		 AST
1*		 TPN
2		 TRN
1*		 BRI
5		 SMR
1*		 NSV
16		 ATL
1*		 CLB
2		 ONA
1*		 MCH
14		 TAL
7		 BGS
1*		 SBO
1*		 DAR
5		 HCY
2		 RCH
1*		 DOV
1*		 NWS
2*		 CLT
23		 MAR
1*		 MGR
1		 CAR
6		 LGY 4th 3447 [37]
Robertson Racing CLB
1*		 NCF
1*
1971 Petty Enterprises RSD
20		 DAY
3		 DAY DAY
1*		 ONT
3		 RCH
1*		 CAR
1*		 HCY
1*		 BRI
2*		 ATL
2		 CLB
1		 GPS
7		 SMR
1*		 NWS
1		 MAR
1		 DAR
20		 SBO
2		 TAL
38		 ASH
1*		 KPT
17		 CLT
4		 DOV
3		 MCH
6		 RSD
13		 HOU
7		 GPS
1		 DAY
2		 BRI
3		 AST
1*		 ISP
1*		 TRN
1*		 NSV
1*		 ATL
1*		 BGS
2		 ONA
1*		 MCH
2		 TAL
2		 CLB
1		 HCY
3		 DAR
2		 MAR
3		 CLT
4*		 DOV
1		 CAR
1		 MGR RCH
1*		 NWS
3*		 TWS
1*		 1st 4435 [38]

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1972 Petty Enterprises 43 Plymouth RSD
1		 DAY
26		 RCH
1		 ONT
4		 CAR
2		 ATL
6		 BRI
3		 DAR
2		 NWS
1		 MAR
1		 RSD
23*		 BRI
2		 TRN
3		 NSV
2		 RCH
1*		 DOV
2		 MAR
1		 NWS
1		 CAR
2		 1st 8701.4 [39]
Dodge TAL
5		 CLT
19		 DOV
2		 MCH
3		 TWS
1*		 DAY
2		 ATL
2		 TAL
7		 MCH
4		 DAR
3		 CLT
10		 TWS
3
1973 RSD
21		 DAY
1		 RCH
1*		 CAR
23		 BRI
2		 ATL
34		 NWS
1*		 DAR
7		 MAR
21		 TAL
35		 NSV
13		 CLT
13		 DOV
4		 TWS
1		 RSD
2		 MCH
3		 DAY
2		 BRI
21		 ATL
33		 TAL
14		 NSV
2		 DAR
4		 RCH
1*		 DOV
7		 NWS
2*		 MAR
1		 CLT
2		 CAR
35		 5th 6877.95 [40]
1974 RSD
2		 DAY
1		 RCH
2		 CAR
1*		 BRI
23		 ATL
6		 DAR
20		 NWS
1*		 MAR
2		 TAL
3		 NSV
1		 DOV
3		 CLT
2		 RSD
25		 MCH
1*		 DAY
2		 BRI
3		 NSV
13*		 ATL
1		 POC
1*		 TAL
1		 MCH
2		 DAR
35		 RCH
1*		 DOV
1*		 NWS
2		 MAR
29		 CLT
2		 CAR
3		 ONT
15*		 1st 5037.75 [41]
1975 RSD
7		 DAY
7		 RCH
1*		 CAR
3		 BRI
1*		 ATL
1*		 NWS
1*		 DAR
26		 MAR
1*		 TAL
19		 NSV
7		 DOV
3		 CLT
1*		 RSD
1		 MCH
2		 DAY
1		 NSV
2		 POC
2		 TAL
2		 MCH
1		 DAR
2*		 DOV
1*		 NWS
1*		 MAR
22		 CLT
1*		 RCH
28		 CAR
35		 BRI
1*		 ATL
3		 ONT
16		 1st 4783 [42]
1976 RSD
25		 DAY
2		 CAR
1*		 RCH
2		 BRI
27		 ATL
28		 NWS
2		 DAR
23		 MAR
4		 TAL
4		 NSV
2		 DOV
6		 CLT
2		 RSD
9		 MCH
4		 DAY
22		 NSV
2		 POC
1		 TAL
20		 MCH
3		 BRI
2		 DAR
2		 RCH
3		 DOV
2		 MAR
4		 NWS
3		 CLT
8		 CAR
1*		 ATL
28		 ONT
27		 2nd 4449 [43]
1977 RSD
3		 DAY
26		 RCH
6		 CAR
1*		 ATL
1		 NWS
2		 DAR
3		 BRI
3		 MAR
3		 TAL
20		 NSV
5		 DOV
3		 CLT
1*		 RSD
1*		 MCH
2		 DAY
1*		 NSV
3		 POC
2		 TAL
11		 MCH
8		 BRI
22		 DAR
4		 RCH
2		 DOV
23		 MAR
4		 NWS
24*		 CLT
32		 CAR
2		 ATL
6		 ONT
2		 2nd 4614 [44]
1978 RSD
16		 DAY
33		 RCH
22		 CAR
4		 ATL
26		 BRI
25		 DAR
5		 NWS
2		 MAR
3		 TAL
11		 DOV
7		 CLT
8		 NSV
3		 RSD
2		 MCH
6		 DAY
4		 NSV
23		 POC
30		 TAL
7		 6th 3949 [45]
Chevy MCH
14		 BRI
5		 DAR
3		 RCH
20		 DOV
27		 MAR
6		 NWS
4		 CLT
27		 CAR
6		 ATL
2		 ONT
34
1979 RSD
32		 CAR
32		 RCH
5		 NWS
2*		 DAR
2		 MAR
1*		 NSV
2*		 CLT
2		 TWS
6		 RSD
3		 MCH
5		 NSV
5		 POC
2		 MCH
1		 BRI
2		 DAR
9		 RCH
6		 DOV
1		 MAR
2		 CLT
4		 NWS
3		 CAR
1		 ATL
6		 ONT
5		 1st 4830 [46]
Olds DAY
1		 ATL
11		 BRI
4		 TAL
4		 DOV
30		 DAY
5		 TAL
4
1980 Chevy RSD
3		 RCH
3		 CAR
2		 ATL
33		 BRI
8		 DAR
9		 NWS
1*		 MAR
3		 NSV
1		 DOV
2		 CLT
4		 TWS
2		 RSD
8		 MCH
5		 NSV
5		 POC
33		 MCH
5		 BRI
4		 DAR
9		 RCH
2		 DOV
17		 NWS
18		 MAR
15		 CLT
27		 CAR
14		 ATL
21		 ONT
30		 4th 4255 [47]
Olds DAY
25		 TAL
31		 DAY
5		 TAL
18
1981 42 Chevy RSD
5		 8th 3880 [48]
43 Buick DAY
1		 RCH
3		 CAR
3		 ATL
38		 BRI
29		 NWS
1		 DAR
33		 MAR
28		 TAL
39		 NSV
4		 DOV
19		 CLT
24		 TWS
4		 RSD
3		 MCH
6		 DAY
3		 NSV
9		 POC
2		 TAL
40		 MCH
1*		 BRI
24		 DAR
30		 RCH
11		 DOV
10		 MAR
18		 NWS
21		 CLT
30		 CAR
4		 ATL
26		 RSD
7
1982 Pontiac DAY
27		 RCH
2		 BRI
7		 ATL
2		 CAR
30		 DAR
31		 NWS
5		 MAR
15		 TAL
27		 NSV
9		 DOV
24		 CLT
8		 POC
7		 RSD
36		 MCH
26		 DAY
25		 NSV
7		 POC
2*		 TAL
3		 MCH
2		 BRI
26		 DAR
2		 RCH
13		 DOV
30		 NWS
4		 CLT
8		 MAR
3		 CAR
6		 ATL
15		 RSD
31		 5th 3814 [49]
1983 DAY
38		 RCH
8		 CAR
1		 ATL
5		 DAR
25		 NWS
10		 MAR
17		 TAL
1*		 NSV
6		 DOV
7		 BRI
5		 CLT
2		 RSD
10		 POC
3		 MCH
11		 DAY
33		 NSV
19		 POC
10		 TAL
4		 MCH
6		 BRI
9		 DAR
12		 RCH
6		 DOV
9		 MAR
9		 NWS
12		 CLT
1		 CAR
26		 ATL
5		 RSD
10		 4th 4042 [50]
1984 Curb Racing DAY
31		 RCH
15		 CAR
4		 ATL
4		 BRI
8		 NWS
12		 DAR
7		 MAR
12		 TAL
6		 NSV
7		 DOV
1		 CLT
34		 RSD
23		 POC
13		 MCH
34		 DAY
1		 NSV
25		 POC
27		 TAL
23		 MCH
9		 BRI
17		 DAR
29		 RCH
5		 DOV
37		 MAR
8		 CLT
9		 NWS
18		 CAR
15		 ATL
8		 RSD
14		 10th 3643 [51]
1985 DAY
34		 RCH
26		 CAR
8		 ATL
13		 BRI
8		 DAR
33		 NWS
21		 MAR
7		 TAL
27		 DOV
7		 CLT
26		 RSD
7		 POC
33		 MCH
30		 DAY
29		 POC
27		 TAL
6		 MCH
37		 BRI
8		 DAR
12		 RCH
3		 DOV
9		 MAR
22		 NWS
8		 CLT
10		 CAR
33		 ATL
10		 RSD
8		 14th 3140 [52]
1986 Petty Enterprises DAY
36		 RCH
20		 CAR
3		 ATL
11		 BRI
14		 DAR
7		 NWS
29		 MAR
28		 TAL
7		 DOV
6		 CLT
Wth†		 RSD
6		 POC
19		 MCH
13		 DAY
22		 POC
34		 TAL
37		 GLN
10		 MCH
18		 BRI
7		 DAR
40		 RCH
4		 DOV
12		 MAR
16		 NWS
3		 CLT
35		 CAR
8		 ATL
2		 RSD
21		 14th 3314 [53]
U.S. Racing 6 Chevy CLT
38
1987 Petty Enterprises 43 Pontiac DAY
3		 CAR
15		 RCH
23		 ATL
14		 DAR
3		 NWS
6		 BRI
2		 MAR
22		 TAL
16		 CLT
4		 DOV
36		 POC
29		 RSD
6		 MCH
12		 DAY
26		 POC
8		 TAL
37		 GLN
14		 MCH
11		 BRI
5		 DAR
3		 RCH
5		 DOV
9		 MAR
13		 NWS
9		 CLT
5		 CAR
17		 RSD
4		 ATL
30		 8th 3708 [54]
1988 DAY
34		 RCH
3		 CAR
41		 ATL
23		 DAR
41		 BRI
6		 NWS
6		 MAR
32		 TAL
20		 CLT
15		 DOV
15		 RSD
6		 POC
26		 MCH
24		 DAY
20		 POC
28		 TAL
21		 GLN
17		 MCH
39		 BRI
8		 DAR
33		 RCH
34		 DOV
38		 MAR
27		 CLT
38		 NWS
18		 CAR
25		 PHO
35		 ATL
36		 22nd 2644 [55]
1989 DAY
17		 CAR
16		 ATL
27		 RCH
DNQ		 DAR
15		 BRI
DNQ		 NWS
DNQ		 MAR
24		 TAL
23		 CLT
19		 DOV
20		 SON
26		 POC
25		 MCH
30		 DAY
20		 POC
38		 TAL
21		 GLN
13		 MCH
18		 BRI
DNQ		 DAR
35		 RCH
33		 DOV
30		 MAR
24		 CLT
34		 NWS
32		 CAR
34		 PHO
42		 ATL
28		 29th 2148 [56]
1990 DAY
34		 RCH
35		 CAR
32		 ATL
25		 DAR
21		 BRI
26		 NWS
29		 MAR
20		 TAL
29		 CLT
27		 DOV
21		 SON
26		 POC
38		 MCH
11		 DAY
36		 POC
9		 TAL
29		 GLN
18		 MCH
33		 BRI
29		 DAR
34		 RCH
21		 DOV
16		 MAR
29		 NWS
17		 CLT
20		 CAR
21		 PHO
23		 ATL
17		 26th 2556 [57]
1991 DAY
19		 RCH
11		 CAR
15		 ATL
38		 DAR
37		 BRI
17		 NWS
16		 MAR
14		 TAL
40		 CLT
20		 DOV
17		 SON
34		 POC
11		 MCH
35		 DAY
22		 POC
31		 TAL
18		 GLN
9		 MCH
23		 BRI
12		 DAR
16		 RCH
24		 DOV
20		 MAR
30		 NWS
19		 CLT
12		 CAR
16		 PHO
41		 ATL
22		 24th 2817 [58]
1992 DAY
16		 CAR
16		 RCH
21		 ATL
16		 DAR
32		 BRI
27		 NWS
31		 MAR
29		 TAL
15		 CLT
41		 DOV
20		 SON
21		 POC
16		 MCH
15		 DAY
36		 POC
20		 TAL
15		 GLN
28		 MCH
18		 BRI
16		 DAR
20		 RCH
16		 DOV
28		 MAR
18		 NWS
27		 CLT
27		 CAR
25		 PHO
22		 ATL
35		 26th 2731 [59]
† – After his backup car was deemed inelligble to race, Petty bought the race slot from D. K. Ulrich
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1959 Petty Enterprises Oldsmobile 6 57
1960 Plymouth 19 3
1961 DNQ
1962 10 2
1963 23 6
1964 2 1
1966 Petty Enterprises Plymouth 1 1
1967 2 8
1968 2 8
1969 Ford 12 8
1970 Plymouth 11 39
1971 5 1
1972 32 26
1973 Dodge 7 1
1974 2 1
1975 4 7
1976 6 2
1977 3 26
1978 6 33
1979 Oldsmobile 13 1
1980 4 25
1981 Buick 8 1
1982 Pontiac 21 27
1983 6 38
1984 Curb Racing Pontiac 34 31
1985 8 34
1986 Petty Enterprises Pontiac 10 36
1987 11 3
1988 34 34
1989 34 17
1990 11 34
1991 3 19
1992 32 16

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Season Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref
1973–74 Porsche RSD
7		 RSD
10		 RSD
10		 DAY 10th NA [60]
1974–75 Chevy MCH
10		 RSD
5		 RSD
10		 DAY 10th NA [61]
1975–76 MCH
6		 RSD
6		 RSD
11		 DAY 10th NA [62]
1976–77 MCH
6		 RSD
3		 RSD
9		 DAY
4		 6th NA [63]
1977–78 MCH
4		 RSD
2		 RSD
5		 DAY
8		 5th NA [64]
1989 Chevy DAY
9		 NZH
12		 MCH
11		 GLN
12		 12th 16 [65]

Film and TV appearances

  • In May 2011, Petty was chosen to be the Grand Marshal for the 2011 STP 400 of the Sprint Cup Series.[66]
  • In 2011, Petty was featured in the show Modern HotrodZ. Petty's Garage now builds Custom cars for the general public, most of which are Limited Edition.
  • He appeared as himself in the movie Swing Vote driving in his famous blue No. 43 car, and letting Bud drive his car to Air Force One to meet the President.
  • Petty voiced Strip Weathers, also known as "The King", in the Disney/Pixar animated movie Cars (2006). His car, the Road Runner Superbird with the distinctive "Petty Blue" tint and the number 43, is also the model used for the car in the movie. The King's accident at the end of the film was also a re-creation of Petty's real-life Daytona 500 accident in 1988 with the exception that it was not caused by a deliberate crash. The bit in which Lightning McQueen assists him to the finish line is based on the 1976 incident, albeit by the pit crew. Petty's wife Lynda voiced The King's wife, a 1976 Chrysler Town & Country station-wagon (based on Petty's family car), in that movie as well. Petty's character did not appear in Cars 2 (2011), but did return in Cars 3 (2017), in which Petty voiced his character as the crew chief of his nephew and new Dinoco racer Hank/Cal Weathers, who was voiced by driver Kyle Petty, who is Richard Petty's son.
  • Petty appeared in the Tom Cruise movie Days of Thunder (1990).
  • He appeared in the Burt Reynolds movie Stroker Ace (1983).
  • Petty appeared as himself in the movie 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972) (a Victory Lane Production, released by Video Gems, distributed by United American Video in 1986).
  • In 1989, Petty appeared as himself in the movie Speed Zone, driving in his famous blue No. 43 car.
  • In 1967, Petty appeared in the Elvis Presley movie Speedway that was shot and filmed at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This movie was released in 1968.
  • He was in Petty Blue, a documentary by NASCAR.

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Joe Weatherly
David Pearson		 NASCAR Grand National champion
1964
1967		 Succeeded by
Ned Jarrett
David Pearson
Preceded by
Bobby Isaac
Benny Parsons
Cale Yarborough		 NASCAR Winston Cup champion
1971, 1972
1974, 1975
1979		 Succeeded by
Benny Parsons
Cale Yarborough
Dale Earnhardt
Achievements
Preceded by
Tiny Lund
Fred Lorenzen
Pete Hamilton
A.J. Foyt
Bobby Allison
Buddy Baker		 Daytona 500 Winner
1964
1966
1971
1973, 1974
1979
1981		 Succeeded by
Fred Lorenzen
Mario Andretti
A.J. Foyt
Benny Parsons
Buddy Baker
Bobby Allison
Preceded by
Darel Dieringer		 Southern 500 Winner
1967		 Succeeded by
Cale Yarborough
Preceded by
David Pearson
David Pearson		 World 600 Winner
1975
1977		 Succeeded by
David Pearson
Darrell Waltrip
Awards
Preceded by
Shorty Rollins		 NASCAR Rookie of the Year
1959		 Succeeded by
David Pearson
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