new rules were introduced that made the engine in Petty’s Plymouth #43 illegal. This caused frustration for Richard, who took a break from NASCAR and joined the drag racing circuit. He came back ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Seven-time Cup Series champion Richard Petty recently spent a day with local news stations and promoted NASCAR's 2025 season's first race. He also shared his excitement about the governing body's ...

Thad Moffitt, the grandson of NASCAR icon Richard Petty, is set to make his mark on the ARCA Menards Series by racing full-time in 2025 with Nitro Motorsports. The 24-year-old driver comes from a ...

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.