When the NASCAR haulers rolled into Daytona Beach in the summer of 1975, Richard Petty’s future Hall of Fame plaque was already largely engraved. He’d won five of what would become seven Cup Series ...

Daytona Beach is still the center of the racing universe twice a year, but for 60 years, there was a third time of year on or around the Fourth of July. For many of those years, the race was known as ...

Richard “The King” Petty’s name echoes through NASCAR like thunder rolling over the plains. Over 35 seasons, he entered 1,184 races, conquered 200 of them, and claimed seven Cup Series championships.

Some kings wear robes. Others wear crowns. Richard Petty wore a cowboy hat and sunglasses. During his reign as NASCAR’s sovereign ruler from 1958 to 1992, Petty won 200 NASCAR Cup Series races, seven ...

Richard Petty once autographed a live duck. No kidding. Happened at the North Carolina State Fair in the early '90s. Compared to that, signing whiskey bottles is rather routine. First, some other ...