Summary
The King, otherwise known as Richard Petty, is the most revered race car driver in NASCAR history. He won 200 races and finished in the top 10 712 times. Born on July 2, 1937, he was the son of Lee Petty, also an accomplished driver. Petty won the NASCAR championship a record seven times and also won the sport's most celebrated race the Daytona 500 seven times. Petty retired as an active race car driver after the 1992 season after a long dry spell. He won his final race, the Firecracker 400 at the Daytona International Speedway in 1984. Petty spent time as car owner before turning over operations to his son, Kyle. He currently is still a visible presence at races, signing autographs and acting as an ambass...
The King, otherwise known as Richard Petty, is the most revered race car driver in NASCAR history. He won 200 races and finished in the top 10 712 times. Born on July 2, 1937, he was the son of Lee Petty, also an accomplished driver. Petty won the NASCAR championship a record seven times and also won the sport's most celebrated race the Daytona 500 seven times. Petty retired as an active race car driver after the 1992 season after a long dry spell. He won his final race, the Firecracker 400 at the Daytona International Speedway in 1984. Petty spent time as car owner before turning over operations to his son, Kyle. He currently is still a visible presence at races, signing autographs and acting as an ambassador for the sport.
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Stewart's business arrangement makes sense
We will be well into the Obama administration's first term before we can fairly assess Tony Stewart's move into the wonderful world of NASCAR Sprint Cup team ownership. It's impossible to tell whether the Stewart Haas Racing team will be a competitive...Tags: Bill Elliott, General Motors Corp., NASCAR, Joe Gibbs, Tony Stewart
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Petty's seen plenty of changes
Before NASCAR became one of America's most popular sports with national expansion and Fortune 500 sponsors, stock-car racing for many fans boiled down to one driver: Richard Petty. He's simply called "The King," owing to his 200 victories in a career...Tags: NASCAR
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Passing keys
Sometimes, even American originals have to sell a piece of themselves. Richard Petty is one of the great sporting icons, who transformed his business, who takes over an event just by being there, with a black Charlie1 Horse cowboy hat looming over his...Tags: Jim Brown, Petroleum Industry, Vehicles, NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson
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Richard Petty is still 'King' of the oval
It has been 50 years since Petty first raced professionally – his dad knocked him into a wall – and his presence and personality still loom over racing. Skip Myslenski catches up with the legend. PAGE 2 Noah: Time to shape up Says he needs... -
Sentinel Institute prepared to go
Sentinel InstituteFor the fifth consecutive year the Orlando Sentinel will open its doors to a promising group of up-and-coming high school journalists from around Central Florida as part of the Orlando Sentinel High School Sports Reporting Institute. Beginning Monday,...Tags: Television Industry, University of Central Florida, NBC, Orlando Magic, National Football League
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New class cuts teeth at NBA draft
Sentinel InstituteIt was a long awaited day. Not just for the Orlando Magic, who had the 22nd pick in the 2008 NBA draft, but for students of the Orlando Sentinel High School Sports Reporting Institute. For them, it was their first taste of what being a reporter is like....Tags: University of Central Florida, Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association, National Football League, RDV Sportsplex
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NASCAR in Joliet
++++++++++++++++++++ || DRIVER WINS || || 1. Richard Petty || 200 || || 2. David Pearson || 105 || || 3. Darrell Waltrip || 84 || || 3. Bobby Allison || 84 || || 5. Cale Yarborough || 83 || || 6. Jeff Gordon || 81 || || 7. Dale Earnhardt || 76 ||...Tags: Mark Martin, Bill Elliott, NASCAR, Terry Labonte, Matt Kenseth
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Richard Petty still the NASCAR King
Tribune reporterThe track was a one-third-mile oval at the Canadian Exhibition Grounds in Toronto. It was there, on July 18, 1958, that Richard Petty made his Cup debut and that night, after completing 55 laps, he was put into the wall by the eventual winner, his...Tags: Daytona 500, Vehicles, NASCAR
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Wham, bam finish leaves Busch winner
Wire reportsKyle Busch survived a drag race with Carl Edwards, and won a wreck-filled race at Daytona International Speedway under caution Saturday night. Busch, the Sprint Cup Series points leader, was racing side-by-side with Edwards, who had punted Jeff Gordon...Tags: Mark Martin, Government, Daytona 500, Vehicles, NASCAR
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SPRINT CUP: Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Friday debriefing
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com wire servicesDALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD / AMP ENERGY IMPALA SS met with media and discussed Jay Leno, Mark Martin, racing at Daytona in July, on Randy Moss joining the sport of NASCAR, the Montoya/KyBusch incident at Loudon, the performance of the new...Tags: Mark Martin, Vehicles, Values, NASCAR, Randy Moss
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