His father, Lee Petty, got all started when he began racing in 1949 and won the inaugural Daytona 500 10 years later. Richard Petty went on to become the winningest driver in NASCAR history.

But Richard Petty's big sunglasses ... Petty spent 1965 competing as a drag racer, but that phase of his career was cut short when he crashed his car at a race in Georgia, killing an 8-year ...

Richard Petty signs an autograph in the Fan Zone prior to the start of the Ambetter Health 302 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Source: Getty) With 200 wins to his ...

Richard Petty and his family will be at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday to be grand ...

Richard Petty won seven Wiston Cup championships ... and Chrysler boycotted the season. Petty went into drag racing, but instead of finding redemption, he found tragedy. On Feb.

An Alpine White 1970 Plymouth Superbird once owned by NASCAR legend Richard Petty is being ... the body parts for the Grand National racing series. Petty's ownership provenance is verified by ...

Richard Petty's grandchildren have shared the "scary" part about getting their driver's license in the Petty household. They said the stock car racing legend would get in the vehicle with them to ...

You know birthdays and anniversaries are there, but growing up and stuff in the country, there wasn't a lot going on, so Christmas was our holiday," said Richard Petty, The King of Racing.

In this episode of 'Shift', Richard Petty takes us back to 1992 and what the NASCAR world thought of the addition of lights to the high banks of Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Winston All-Star race.

In this episode of 'Shift,' Richard Petty relives the first race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1969 and the challenges the brand new track posed to NASCAR, teams and drivers.

In a monumental gesture of goodwill, NASCAR legend Richard Petty has made a remarkable donation ... Tragically, Adam's life was cut short in a racing accident at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ...