In 1996, when Richard Petty attempted to pass a car on Interstate 85 ... Yet Richard got back at his old man soon enough. In 1967, he broke his father’s race win record, winning 27 races ...

But Richard Petty's big sunglasses, cowboy hat and that No. 43 still loom large over stock-car racing ... Petty's bellwether year was 1967. Of the 48 races he started, he won 27, including ...

It all started with Lee Petty, which feels appropriate. He won the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Five years later, his son, ...