No one has done that more than Richard Petty, who brought home the Harley J. Earl Trophy no fewer than seven times in a legendary stock-car ... Racing driver one of eight competing this year ...

It all started with Lee Petty, which feels appropriate. He won the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Five years later, his son, Richard, claimed the increasingly iconic NASCAR race for the first ... The 67th ...

This championship is determined through a points system based on race results ... NASCAR Cup Series National Champion since 1949. Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmie Johnson all hold ...

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.

There are few racing venues with as much prestige as Darlington Raceway. The 1.3-mile egg-shaped track is in its 75th year ...

Initially a fancy fastback, it became a more traditional muscle car in 1968 ... The following year, Richard Petty did the same for Plymouth in the Superbird. In 1972, Petty started the season ...

That year, it was the Daytona 332½ ... 1975: Another record — only 14 cars finished the race. 1976: Richard Petty and David Pearson wrecked on the last lap. Pearson limped across the line to win. 1977 ...

However, when George Gillett Jr. lost money from selling Liverpool FC in 2010, the team went from four cars ... Racing in 2021. Richard Petty left Richard Petty Motorsports and ended his 75-year ...