The budget brand of the Chrysler Corporation, the Plymouth Car Company was founded in 1928 ... thanks to famed drivers like Richard Petty, Dan Gurney and the drag racing team of Sox & Martin.

A few days before turning 80, Richard Petty touched upon his ... including a record seven Daytona 500 wins. Petty raced in the top tier of stock car racing for 35 years, where he racked up 1184 ...

NASCAR legend Richard Petty remembered his late wife Lynda Owens for her birthday on March 6. The couple got married in 1959 when she was just 17. They had been high school sweethearts and went on ...

Behind every successful man, there is a woman.' This might sound cliche sometimes, but in Richard Petty's case, it's true.

The automotive world contains many terms to describe different sorts of specialized cars, often with overlaps between them. Two such terms are "kit car" and "replica," frequently misidentified or ...

It all started with Lee Petty, which feels appropriate. He won the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Five years later, his son, Richard ... 67th running of the stock-car Super Bowl is scheduled for ...

Sean Gardner//Getty Images Back in the 1970s, Richard Petty was easily the most popular driver in stock car racing. And his Petty blue and STP red Dodge Charger was the most identifiable car in ...

1976: In perhaps the zaniest of finishes, David Pearson and Richard Petty crash in the final turn of the final lap, Pearson emerging victorious by keeping the engine in his spinning car running ...

Here on the edge of the continent, fast cars are breaking the winter silence ... linked for all racing eternity with such giants as Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt and Cale Yarborough.