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Petty Blue, the hue made famous ... Late in the 1959 season, while Lee was away racing, 22-year-old Richard and little brother/crew chief Maurice were busy repairing another Petty Engineering ...
That's kind of shocking. But to be fair, Dale Jr. once broke his sternum and a rib and has absolutely no idea how or when. 3. How the color Petty Blue originated (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Another ...
Each of the Petty children had three kids, giving Richard and Lynda a dozen grandchildren. To the grandkids, they are Pepaw and Memaw. The youngest great-grandchild is 3-month-old Gunner.
The famous blue Plymouth that Richard Petty drove to victory lane 192 times during his Sprint Cup career is one of the greatest paint schemes to have ever existed in NASCAR history.
So much has been written and detailed about Richard Petty and his family through the years but there's a few details in the documentary "Petty Blue'' (scheduled to air Oct. 8 on CMT) that might ...
FILE - In this May 4, 1972, file photo, Richard Petty looks under the hood of his new car, a Dodge, and likes what he sees, in Talladega, Ala. Petty turns 80 this weekend.
Quick quiz: In 1969, NASCAR legend Richard Petty won 10 out of ... than old school ... And while the first car is appropriately blue, Petty's Garage General Manager Greg Steadman predicts ...
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N ASCAR legend Richard Petty will participate in Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, with his iconic blue 1970 Plymouth Superbird being honored in the incoming U.S. President's inaugural parade ...
Richard Petty is The King of NASCAR, ... N.C. — WFMY News 2 is in Randleman for the Petty Family Foundation fundraiser called Boots and Blue Jeans. ... I was 11 years old," Richard Petty recalled.
Petty, who had six colored Sharpies and a can of Skoal in his pocket, never stopped smiling and shook hands for every selfie and snapshot. Yes, the blue hairs and graybeards had old-school cameras ...
Kyle Petty, his 57-year-old son and former driver, said racing is life for his father. “If he couldn’t go to the race track, he would just sit down and wither away,” Kyle Petty said.