To be able to beat NASCAR legend Lee Petty seemed near impossible, but one 29-year-old driver from Alabama stood in Petty’s ...
Today would have seen the Cup Series hold its 128th race at Richmond Raceway. The race would have fallen on the same day that Richmond hosted its inaugural event in 1953. Then, instead of a .750-mile ...
That’s what was running through Kyle Petty’s mind one day at a dirt track in Pender County, North Carolina. As Kyle remembers it, he was 18 at the time and had just started racing — and being the ...
Auto racing is an inherently cruel sport, and NASCAR racing has seen its fair share of heartbreaking championship losses. Here are five that has been particularly painful for the driver that came out ...
NASCAR is hotter than the sizzling asphalt it drives on, and the Petty name is legendary, dating back to the inception of Lee Petty Engineering in 1949. Lee’s son Richard sped onto the scene in 1958, ...
In America every car is a declaration of independence. The special genius of this car lies not in what it is, but in what it did. Richard Petty, “The King,” won the Firecracker 400 behind the wheel of ...