Richard Petty’s golden career featured such brush-up moments with rivals on the racetrack, starting from his early days. During the 1959 race at Lakewood Speedway, his own father Lee Petty ...

Not bad for a guy who made only $760 his first year of racing. Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty.

The late Lee Petty was one of the pioneers of NASCAR. With 54 career Cup Series wins and three championships, Petty was one of the most accomplished drivers of all time. As one of NASCAR's early ...

Richard Petty's father, Lee Petty, founded the NASCAR Cup team, Petty Enterprises, in the late 1940s. Over the years, the team changed names through mergers. The family ran the team until 2009 ...

The famous event began in 1959 when Lee Petty won the inaugural race, finishing with an average speed of 135.52 miles per hour. Petty, racing in an Oldsmobile branded car, is also the event's ...

Not bad for a guy who made only $760 his first year of racing. Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty ...

Donna Lee Petty, 80, passed away January 7. Preceded in death by husband Gale. Mother of Gale Lee (Gerri) Petty, Gloria Lynn Croisant (Peter Davidovic), Greg (Judy) Petty; grandmother of 8 ...