With its origins in rum-running and Prohibition-era bootlegging and its history of charismatic champions, such as Richard “The King” Petty and Jeff Gordon, NASCAR is as American of the sport as one ...

Richard Petty, one of NASCAR’s most iconic voices, has spoken out about two issues he sees hurting the sport. The absence of dominant drivers and the complications of the modern points system. Petty ...

Most remarkably, Petty had a marvelous run from May 25 to September 21. Over that 11-race stretch, he won six times and ...

The NASCAR that Richard Petty dominated in his day was far different than the one we see today. Like anything, the sport has evolved — some would argue for the worse, some for the better. What can’t ...