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{{short description|American racing driver (born 1937)}}

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{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|image = Richard Petty Las Vegas Fall 2024.jpg

|caption = Petty at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|07|02}}

|birth_place = Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.

|achievements = 1964, 1967, Grand National Series Champion
1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979 Winston Cup Series Champion
Tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson for most NASCAR Cup Series Championships (7)
1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981 Daytona 500 Winner
1967 Southern 500 Winner
1975, 1977 World 600 Winner
1983 Winston 500 Winner
All-Time Wins Leader in NASCAR Cup Series (200)
All-Time Poles Leader in NASCAR Cup Series (123)
Holds record for most NASCAR Cup Series wins in a season (27 in 1967)
Holds record for most consecutive NASCAR Cup Series wins (10 in 1967)
Most all time wins at Daytona International Speedway (10)

|awards = 1959 Grand National Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR's Most Popular Driver (1962, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1989)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1997)
NASCAR Hall of Fame (2010)
Diecast Hall of Fame (2011)
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992)15px
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)

|Total_Cup_Races = 1,184

|Years_In_Cup = 35

|Best_Cup_Pos = 1st (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979)

|First_Cup_Race = 1958 Jim Mideon 500 (Toronto)

|First_Cup_Win = 1960 untitled race (Southern States)

|Last_Cup_Win = 1984 Firecracker 400 (Daytona)

|Last_Cup_Race = 1992 Hooters 500 (Atlanta)

|Cup_Wins = 200

|Cup_Top_Tens = 712

|Cup_Poles = 123

|Total_Conv_Races = 15

|Years_In_Conv = 2

|Best_Conv_Pos = 4th (1959)

|First_Conv_Race = 1958 Race No. 14 (Columbia)

|Last_Conv_Race = 1959 Race No. 14 (Greenville-Pickens)

|First_Conv_Win = 1959 Race No. 13 (Columbia)

|Conv_Wins = 1

|Conv_Top_Tens = 8

|Conv_Poles = 10

}}

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937)[https://www.nascarhall.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/richard-petty "Richard Petty"], NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductees, nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is one of the members of the Petty racing family. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times (a record now tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson),{{cite book|title=Daytona: From the Birth of Speed to the Death of the Man in Black|last=Hinton|first=Ed|year=2001|publisher=Warner Books|location=New York|isbn=0-446-52677-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/daytona00edhi/page/118 118]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/daytona00edhi/page/118}} while also winning a record 200 races during his career. This included winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times and winning a record 27 races in one season (1967). Petty is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history.A 1972 rule change eliminated races under {{convert|250|mi|km}} in length, reducing the schedule to 30 (now 36) races.

Petty was inducted into the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite web|title=Meet the Inductees|url=http://www.nascarhall.com/inductees/meet-the-inductees/2010|publisher=NASCAR Hall of Fame|access-date=May 26, 2014|archive-date=May 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528005637/http://www.nascarhall.com/inductees/meet-the-inductees/2010|url-status=live}} He is also statistically the most accomplished driver in the history of NASCAR, having racked up most wins (200), most poles (123), tied for most championships (seven), most wins in a season (27), most Daytona 500 wins (seven), most consecutive wins (10) and most starts (1,185).{{cite web |title=Richard Petty |url=https://www.nascarhall.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/richard-petty |website=NASCAR Hall of Fame }}

He earns broad respect in motorsport where beyond driving, he remains very active as both a team ambassador (Legacy Motor Club) in the Cup Series and owner of Petty's Garage (a car restoration and modification shop) in Level Cross, North Carolina. During his 35-year career, Petty collected a record number of poles (123) and over 700 top 10 finishes in a record 1,184 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971 to 1989. Petty was the first driver to win in his 500th race start, being joined by Matt Kenseth in 2013.

The Richard Petty Museum was formerly in nearby Randleman, North Carolina, but moved back to its original location in Level Cross in March 2014. Petty has also voiced a role in Disney/Pixar's animated films Cars and Cars 3, playing Strip "The King" Weathers, a character partially based on himself.

Personal life

Petty is a second-generation driver. His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a three-time NASCAR champion. In 1958, Petty married Lynda Owens, who would die of cancer on March 25, 2014, at her home in Level Cross, North Carolina at age 72.[http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/16795711-first-lady-of-nascar-lynda-petty-dies "First Lady of NASCAR" Lynda Petty Dies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091132/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/16795711-first-lady-of-nascar-lynda-petty-dies|date=April 7, 2014}}, allvoices.com; accessed March 31, 2014.{{cite web |last=Bruce |first=Kenny |date=March 25, 2014 |title=LYNDA PETTY, WIFE OF RICHARD PETTY, DIES AT AGE 72 |url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/3/25/lynda-petty-dies-wife-of-richard-petty.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326062346/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/3/25/lynda-petty-dies-wife-of-richard-petty.html |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2014 |publisher=NASCAR}} Lynda's brother Randy Owens was a member of Petty's pit crew and killed at age 19 during a pit road accident when a water tank exploded during the 1975 Winston 500. Richard and Lynda had four children, including Kyle Petty.{{cite web |title=Lynda Petty |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1872135 |work=IMDb}} The family resides in Petty's home town of Level Cross, North Carolina.

Petty's son Kyle is also a former NASCAR driver. His grandson, Adam (Kyle's son), was killed in a practice crash at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on May 12, 2000, five weeks after the death of Lee Petty.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-29 |title=The death that changed Nascar |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32413903.amp |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}} Adam's brother Austin is Emeritus Chairman and Founder of Victory Junction, a SeriousFun Children's Network camp established by the Pettys after Adam's death.

Racing career

{{see also|List of NASCAR race wins by Richard Petty}}

Petty was born in Level Cross, North Carolina, the son of Elizabeth Petty (née Toomes) and Lee Arnold Petty, also a NASCAR driver, and the older brother of NASCAR personality Maurice Petty.{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/petty.html|title=Ancestry of Richard Petty|work=wargs.com|access-date=April 5, 2007|archive-date=September 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181143/http://www.wargs.com/other/petty.html|url-status=live}} He was educated in Randleman, North Carolina and attended Randleman High School, where he was an All-Conference guard on the football team.{{cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/petty-richard-lee |title=Biography: Petty, Lee Richard |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423163512/https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/petty-richard-lee |url-status=live }} After his 1955 graduation, he took a business course at Greensboro Junior College, then began work for his father's racing company, Petty Enterprises. He began his NASCAR career on July 18, 1958, 16 days after his 21st birthday. His first race was held at CNE Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (the site of BMO Field and the Honda Indy Toronto currently). In 1959, he was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year, after he produced 9 top 10 finishes, including six Top 5 finishes. That year, he had participated in the inaugural Daytona 500 at the new Daytona International Speedway, but after his day ended due to engine trouble, he joined his father Lee's pit crew, who won the race.{{Cite web|last=Baime|first=A. J.|title=Richard Petty's Greatest Moments, According to Richard Petty|url=https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2190/richard-pettys-greatest-moments-according-to-richard-petty|access-date=2020-07-05|website=The Drive|date=February 16, 2016 |archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029225140/https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2190/richard-pettys-greatest-moments-according-to-richard-petty|url-status=live}} In Lakewood, Georgia in 1959, Petty won his first race, but his father Lee protested, complaining of a scoring error on the officials' part. Hours later, Lee was awarded the win.

= First championship rides (1960-1970) =

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In 1960, he finished 2nd in the NASCAR Grand National Points Race, and got his first career win at the Charlotte Fairgrounds Speedway. 1963 was his breakout year, winning at tracks like Martinsville and Bridgehampton. In 1964, driving a potent Plymouth with a new Hemi engine, Petty led 184 of the 200 laps to capture his first Daytona 500, en route to 9 victories, earning over $114,000 and his first Grand National championship.

Joining in the Chrysler boycott of NASCAR due to the organizing body's ban of the Hemi engine, Petty spent much of 1965 competing as a drag racer. Petty Enterprises installed the Hemi in the new compact Barracuda and lettered "OUTLAWED" on the door. He crashed this car at Southeastern Dragway, in Dallas, Georgia, on February 28, 1965, killing an eight-year-old boy and injuring seven others.Times-Picayune, March 1, 1965, p. 1Trenton Evening Times, March 1, 1965, p. 1. Petty, his father Lee, and Chrysler Corporation faced lawsuits totaling more than $1 million, though Petty and his team came to settlements with the lawsuits within 1 month of the suits being filed.Plain Dealer, May 19, 1965, pp. 35, 40. Afterwards, a second Hemi Barracuda was built, this time with an altered wheelbase and eventually with Hilborn fuel injection. This car was lettered with a large "43 JR" on the door. The car was very successful, winning its class at the Bristol Spring Nationals and competing in many match races against well-known racers such as Ronnie Sox, Don Nicholson, Phil Bonner, Huston Platt, Hubert Platt and Dave Strickler. Even after returning to NASCAR once the Hemi was reinstated, Richard continued drag racing the 43 JR until early 1966.

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On February 27, 1966, Richard Petty overcame a 2-lap deficit to win his second Daytona 500 when the race was stopped on lap 198 of 200 because of a thunderstorm. This made him the first driver to win the event twice. In 1966, he won the first ever race at Middle Georgia Raceway (Morelock 200). Petty broke the half-mile NASCAR record for half-mile tracks with an average speed of 82.023 miles per hour during the 100-mile (160 km) event.{{Cite web|title=Race Results at Middle Georgia Raceway - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/tracks/Middle_Georgia_Raceway|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.racing-reference.info|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722165228/https://www.racing-reference.info/tracks/Middle_Georgia_Raceway|url-status=live}} He would end up recording 4 wins there in his career, including one in 1970 in which he was very ill before the race. 1967 was a milestone year. In that year, Petty won 27 of the 48 races he entered, including a record 10 wins in a row (between August 12 and October 1, 1967). He won his second Grand National Championship. One of the 27 victories was the Southern 500 at Darlington, which would be his only Southern 500 victory. His dominance in this season earned him the nickname "King Richard". He had previously been known as "the Randleman Rocket".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&q=richard+petty+the+randleman+rocket&pg=PA603|title=Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 Volumes]|last=Freedman|first=Lew|date=2013-03-14|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313387104|language=en|access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423163511/https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&q=richard+petty+the+randleman+rocket&pg=PA603|url-status=live}}

In 1968, Petty won 16 races including the last ever race at Occoneechee Speedway.

In 1969 Ford significantly ratcheted up their factory involvement in NASCAR when they introduced the Ford Torino Talladega. The Talladega was specifically designed to give Ford a competitive race advantage by being more aerodynamic and thus faster, especially on super-speedway tracks more than a mile long. Petty switched brands to Ford, due to his belief the Plymouth was not competitive on super-speedways; he wanted a slippery Dodge Daytona but Chrysler executives insisted he stay with Plymouth. He would win 10 races and finish second in points. He won in 1970 in the sleek new Plymouth Superbird with a shark nose and towel rack wing, Petty returned to Plymouth for the 1970 season. This is the car in which Petty is cast in the Pixar film Cars (2006), in which Richard and Lynda had voice roles.

= The 1970s =

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On February 14, 1971, Petty won his third Daytona 500, driving a brand-new (for 1971) Plymouth Road Runner and beating Buddy Baker, by little more than a car length en route to another historic year, making him the first driver to win the race 3 times. He won 20 more races (which would make him become the first driver to earn more than $1 million in career earnings) and claimed his 3rd Grand National Championship. At the end of the 1971 season, Chrysler told the Pettys they no longer would receive direct factory funding support; this caused the Petty team great concern. In 1972, STP began what would turn into a successful 28-year sponsorship arrangement with Petty, however, it marked the end of his famous all "Petty Blue" paint job. STP previously insisted on an all STP orangish-red color for the cars, but Petty balked and after an all-night negotiation session, the familiar STP orange/"Petty blue" paint scheme was agreed to as a compromise that would later become part of STP's motorsport paint schemes, most notably Gordon Johncock's win in the 1982 Indianapolis 500 (where the car had a primarily "Petty Blue" scheme). Thanks to his 28 Top 10 finishes (25 Top 5 finishes and 8 victories), Petty went on to win his 4th NASCAR Cup Series championship. 1972 was a year of change in other ways, as it was the last year where Petty would campaign a Plymouth-based race car; as in the middle of the year, he debuted to drive a newly built 1972 Dodge Charger in a few races (winning one of them), as he believed that the car would have a slight aero advantage over the Plymouth body style. In a driver's duel on February 18, 1973, Petty, in a newly built 1973 Dodge Charger (a body style he would use exclusively until the end of 1977), outlasted Baker (now with the K&K Insurance Dodge race team) to win his 4th Daytona 500 after Baker's engine gave out with 6 laps to go. A year later, Petty won the Daytona "450" (shortened 20 laps {50 mi/80 km} due to the energy crisis) for the fifth time en route to his 5th Winston Cup Championship.

1975 was another historic year for Petty, as he won the World 600 for the first time in his career, one of 13 victories en route to his 6th Winston Cup. The 13 victories is a modern (1972–present) NASCAR record for victories in a season and was tied in 1998 by Jeff Gordon, although Gordon won 13 out of 33 races, compared to Petty's 13 out of 30 races. In 1976, Petty was involved in one of the most famous finishes in NASCAR history. Petty and David Pearson were racing on the last lap out of turn 4 in the Daytona 500. As Petty tried to pass Pearson, at the exit of turn 4, Petty's right rear bumper hit Pearson's left front bumper. Pearson and Petty both spun and hit the front stretch wall. Petty's car came to rest just yards from the finish line, but his engine stalled. Pearson's car had hit the front stretch wall and clipped another car, but his engine was running. Members of Petty's pit crew came out onto the track and tried to push the car to the finish line, but ultimately failed. Pearson was able to drive his car toward the finish line, while Petty's car would not restart. Pearson passed Petty on the infield grass and won the Daytona 500. Petty was given credit for second place.

Oddly, 1978 will stand out as the one year during his prime that Petty did not visit the winner's circle. The Petty Enterprises Team could not get the new 1978 Dodge Magnum to handle properly, even though much time, effort, and faith were spent massaging the cars. Unhappy with the seven top-five and eleven top-ten finishes (including three-second places), Petty decided that his longtime relationship with Chrysler could not continue and he instead began racing a secondhand 1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo at the fall race at Michigan. Returning to the General Motors fold proved successful as Petty recorded six top-ten finishes in the final ten races of the 1978 season and finished sixth in the final standings. He would go on to even better results in 1979. Petty won the Daytona 500 in an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme in the "Famous Finish" and ran most of the remaining races in a Chevrolet, winning four additional races and taking the NASCAR championship for the seventh, and last, time by 11 points which was the closest points margin in NASCAR history until 1992.

= Twilight years (1980–1991) =

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Petty won two more Daytona 500s in 1979 and 1981. In 1979, he snapped a 45-race drought, winning his sixth Daytona 500, the first to be televised live flag-to-flag; it would become notorious for a fistfight between competitors following the controversial finish. Petty won the race as the first and second place cars of Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crashed on the last lap. Petty held off Darrell Waltrip and A. J. Foyt. The race is also regarded as being the genesis of the current surge in NASCAR's popularity. The East Coast was snowed in by a blizzard, giving CBS a captive audience. The win was part of Petty's seventh and last NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. He was able to hold off Waltrip to win the title in 1979.

In 1980, Petty won two races early in the year at North Wilkesboro and Nashville but a violent crash at Pocono in July ended his championship hopes. He finished 4th in points. For 1981, NASCAR dictated that all teams had to show up with the new downsized cars of 110" wheel-base, that Detroit had been building since 1979. Though Petty had been successful with the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile cars he had been running, he wanted to get back to his Mopar roots. After taking a phone call from Lee Iacocca (who personally asked Petty to campaign a Dodge for 1981), the Petty team built a stunning 1981 Dodge Mirada and took it to Daytona in January 1981 for high speed tests. Petty's fans were also in a large part fans of his Dodges, so when word got out about the Mirada testing, 15,000 or so showed up on January 17, 1981, at Daytona Speedway to watch Petty put the Dodge through its paces. Sadly for the fans, the car could do no better than 186 miles per hour, about eight miles per hour slower than the GM and Ford cars. Petty gave up on returning to Dodge knowing that for the superspeedways the Mirada would not be competitive, and bought a Buick Regal for the Daytona race. In the 1981 Daytona 500, Petty used a "fuel only" for his last pit stop, with 25 laps to go, to outfox Bobby Allison and grab his seventh and final Daytona 500 win. This win marked a large change in Petty's racing team. Dale Inman, Petty's longtime crew chief, left the team after the Daytona victory (Inman would win an eighth championship as crew chief in 1984 with Terry Labonte).

While the 1981 season gave Petty 3 wins, he felt the season was a failure, and the Regals being ill-handling and poor in reliability. For 1982, he made the move to the Pontiac Grand Prix, with the promise of substantial factory support from Pontiac. 1982 was a repeat of 1978, and no victories were to be had. At first, the Grand Prix behaved much like the Dodge Magnum of 1978, with handling and speed problems. Toward the end of 1982 things improved with several top-10 finishes, which opened the door to a successful 1983 season with three victories, and several top-5 and top-10 finishes. In 1983, he broke his 43-race winless streak from 1982 with a win in the 1983 Carolina 500, barely edging out a young Bill Elliott. After a controversial win at Charlotte in October 1983 (recognised by NASCAR as win No. 198), Petty left the race team his father founded for the 1984 season. He spent '84 and '85 driving for Mike Curb before returning to Petty Enterprises in 1986.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pire3s6v7UA |title=Richard Petty Road To 200 Wins |website=YouTube |access-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311070941/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pire3s6v7UA |url-status=live }}

Because of the 1971 Myers Brothers 250 combination race in 1971 that Petty finished second in a Grand National Car while winner Bobby Allison drove a Grand American car, there is a technical dispute regarding which race is credited as his 200th win. NASCAR did not credit Petty with a class win, which was a dispute that affected two other drivers, Elmo Langley and Charlie Glotzbach, both of whom drove in combination races that season, finishing second to Grand American cars. Under modern NASCAR combination race rules for various series, Petty would be credited with that would be recognized as his 135th win. On May 20, 1984, Petty won what under modern regulations would be recognized as his 200th Cup class win, the Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway, when the Winston-Salem class win is recognized.

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On July 4, 1984, Petty won his officially-recognized 200th (and what would turn out to be his final victory) race at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The race was memorable: On lap 158, Doug Heveron crashed, bringing out the yellow caution flag, essentially turning lap 158 into the last lap as the two drivers battled back to the start-finish line. Petty and Cale Yarborough diced it out on that lap, with Yarborough drafting and taking an early lead before Petty managed to cross the start/finish line only a fender-length ahead. President Ronald Reagan was in attendance, the first sitting president to attend a NASCAR race. Reagan celebrated the milestone with Petty and his family in victory lane.{{cite web|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=127|title=Richard Petty's 200th Victory Car|publisher=National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 17, 2008|archive-date=June 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630184924/http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=127|url-status=live}}

In early 1988, Petty traveled to Australia to help promote a NASCAR exhibition race at the then new Calder Park Thunderdome, the first NASCAR race outside of North America. While he did not compete in the track's inaugural race, the Goodyear NASCAR 500 (though his son Kyle did), Richard Petty, in testing at the 1.119 mi (1.801 km) track which owner Bob Jane had modeled on the Charlotte Motor Speedway, set an unofficial lap record of 28.2 seconds (142.85 mp/h). This would have in fact landed him on pole position for the race, as the fastest time in official qualifying was by Alabama Gang member Neil Bonnett, who recorded a 28.829-second lap (139.734 mp/h) in his Pontiac Grand Prix.

= Petty's final ride (1992) =

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On October 1, 1991, Petty announced he would retire after the 1992 season. Petty's final top ten finish came at the 1991 Budweiser at the Glen which was the same race J. D. McDuffie was killed in a fifth lap accident. Petty chose to run the entire 1992 season, not just selected events as other drivers have done before retirement. His year-long Fan Appreciation Tour took him around the country, participating in special events, awards ceremonies, and fan-related meetings. Racing Champions ran a promotional line of diecast cars for every race in Petty's Farewell Tour.

At the 1992 Pepsi 400 on July 4, Petty qualified on the front row for the first time since 1986. Before the start of the race, he was honored with a gift ceremony which included a visit from President George H. W. Bush. When the green flag dropped, Petty led the opening five laps as the holiday crowd cheered wildly. Unfortunately, the oppressive heat forced him to drop out after completing just 84 laps.

Despite the busy appearance schedule and mediocre race results, Petty managed to qualify for all 29 races in 1992. On his final visit to each track, Petty would lead the field on the pace lap to salute the fans. Petty's final race, the season-ending Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which also marked the start of Jeff Gordon's NASCAR career and the second-closest points championship in NASCAR history, with six drivers mathematically eligible to win the championship, is hailed to this day as the greatest race in NASCAR history. A record 160,000 spectators attended the race and celebrated Petty's farewell. In the intense title race, the championship contender, Davey Allison, got mixed up in a crash with Ernie Irvan, dashing his title hopes. Long-shot contenders Mark Martin, Kyle Petty and Harry Gant fell behind in the long run, which left Bill Elliott and Alan Kulwicki to compete for the title. The race went down to the final lap with Elliott winning and Kulwicki taking the championship by 10 points because he had led the most laps, one more than Elliott, which gave him a five-point bonus.

Facing intense pressure, Petty barely managed to qualify at Atlanta, posting the 39th fastest speed out of 41 cars. He would not have been eligible for the provisional starting position, and had to qualify on speed. On the 94th lap, Petty became tangled up in an accident, and his car caught fire. Petty pulled the car off the track, and climbed out of the burning machine uninjured. His pit crew worked diligently with less than 20 laps to go to get the car running again, and with two laps to go, Petty pulled out of the pits and was credited as running at the finish in his final race. He took his final checkered flag, finishing in 35th position. After the race, Petty circled the track to salute the fans one final time in his trademark STP Pontiac.

Thereafter he made a few public show appearances at racetracks. On August 18, 1993, NASCAR participated in a tire test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in preparations for the 1994 Brickyard 400. Petty drove several laps around the track, and then donated his car to the Speedway's museum. He would again step into a racecar in 2003 on the week of the final race under the Winston banner at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he took a solo lap honoring his seven Winston Cup Championships for Winston's salute to the champions. In 2009 at the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona, for the 25th anniversary of his final, 200th victory in 1984, Petty drove one of his 1980s Pontiac racecars during the pace laps, leading the field for the first one. The field split him and he followed it for one more pace lap before he pulled his car in. Finally, at the 2017 Southern 500 at Darlington, Petty led the field through several pace laps in his Plymouth Belvedere. He apparently stayed out a lap longer than expected and was humorously black flagged by the starter. Petty followed the pace car down pit road at the start of the race.

= Petty as an owner =

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In later years of his career, Petty developed the career of crew leader Robbie Loomis, who was at the helm of Petty Enterprises as crew chief in the 1990s and won three races—the 1996 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix, the 1997 ACDelco 400 at North Carolina Speedway, both with Bobby Hamilton driving, and the 1999 Goody's Body Pain 500 at Martinsville Speedway, with John Andretti driving. Petty remained as operating owner until his son Kyle Petty took over day-to-day operations a decade later.

However, in 2008, Kyle Petty was released by Petty Enterprises, and, because of lack of sponsorship, Petty Enterprises was bought out by Gillett-Evernham Motorsports. The name was originally going to stay the same, but when Evernham left the team, it was renamed Richard Petty Motorsports, despite George Gillett continuing to own the majority.

In November 2010, an investment group including Medallion Financial Corp., Douglas G. Bergeron and Petty, signed and closed sale on racing assets of Richard Petty Motorsports.[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_taxi_tycoon_andrew_murstein_is_revved_to_build_race_track_in_new_york_bring_spor.html "Taxi tycoon Andrew Murstein is revved to build race track in New York, bring sport to fans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195435/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_taxi_tycoon_andrew_murstein_is_revved_to_build_race_track_in_new_york_bring_spor.html |date=June 29, 2011 }}, nydailynews.com, December 14, 2010.[http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/nascar/story.asp?i=20110816174624103641708&ref=hea&tm=&series=NASCAR ”Ambrose victory validates investment into RPM”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074439/http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/nascar/story.asp?i=20110816174624103641708&ref=hea&tm=&series=NASCAR |date=April 7, 2014 }}, nbcsports.msnbc.com, August 16, 2011. Andrew M. Murstein, president of Medallion, had been seeking a sports investment since 2008 when he formed a special-purpose acquisition company together with Hank Aaron, a Medallion board member, and others.[http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/misc/avg_med_price.shtml “Industry Information”, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924133343/http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/misc/avg_med_price.shtml |date=September 24, 2011 }}, retrieved October 7, 2010.[https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TAXI&ql=0 "Medallion Financial Corp"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035633/http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TAXI&ql=0 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, finance.yahoo.com, April 8, 2010.

= Petty as a broadcaster =

In 1995, Petty moved to the television broadcast booth, joining CBS as a color commentator. Petty worked three races for CBS including the Daytona 500, and one race for TBS, the Coca-Cola 600.

= Sponsorship =

Petty promised his mother not to accept alcohol sponsorship.[https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=jf-petty103009 Petty in a Catch-43] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040925/https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=jf-petty103009 |date=March 5, 2016 }} – Jenna Fryer, AP, October 30, 2009 Therefore, he never collected purses for the Bud Pole Award, and he competed at the Busch Clash only once, in 1980.

= Close calls =

As well as his numerous victories, Petty is remembered for three of the many disastrous crashes that he survived:

  • In the 1970 Rebel 400 at Darlington, Petty was injured when his Plymouth Road Runner cut a tire and slammed hard into the wall separating the track from the pit area. The car flipped several times before coming to rest on its side. This accident injured Petty's shoulder and helped Bobby Isaac to win the 1970 Grand National Championship. During the accident, Petty's head hit the track pavement several times, a mishap that, along with Joe Weatherly's fatal crash six years earlier, led NASCAR to mandate the installation of the Petty-developed safety net that covers the driver's side window.
  • In a 1980 race at Pocono, Petty slammed the Turn 2 wall, nearly flipping the car. He barely escaped, breaking his neck in the wreck, but still raced the next Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.{{cite web |title=1980 NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega Results |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults/_/series/sprint/raceId/198008030041 |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN Enterprises}} This is unlikely to happen now because of modern NASCAR rules requiring an official series medical liaison to clear a driver after a crash.
  • In the 1988 Daytona 500, on Lap 106, Petty got turned by Phil Barkdoll out of turn 4. Petty's car went aloft, tumbled many times, rode along the catch fence, and hurled parts all over the front stretch at the Daytona International Speedway. After several flips, Petty was t-boned by Brett Bodine before coming to a stop. Petty walked away with no serious injuries, except for temporary sight loss due to excessive g-forces. The crash was similar to the accident suffered by Bobby Allison during the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and Carl Edwards's 2009 Talladega crash in that, in all three cases, the racers' cars became airborne after turning sideways and damaged the spectator fencing (though much less in Petty's case). Petty's car became airborne despite the use of the carburetor restrictor plate, which was mandated by NASCAR for races at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway just before the start of the 1988 season.

= Career awards =

File:President George H. W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASCAR Driver Richard Petty.jpg from President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush in 1992]]

Politics

In 1978, Petty was elected to the Randolph County Commission as a Republican.{{cite news |last1=Pash |first1=Phil |title=Auto Agenda for 1979 Gets More Big Races |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 1979}} In 1980 he endorsed John Connally for the Republican nomination for president. According to Petty, it was a "tossup" between Connally and Ronald Reagan, but he chose Connally "basically on personality. And Connally's been there in Washington a lot of times doing a lot of things. He knows the system better."{{cite news |title=Some race car drivers have become so successful they have become capitalists |work=The Boston Globe |date=February 13, 1980}} He was reelected to the county commission in 1982, 1986, and 1990.{{cite news |last1=Cadigan |first1=Barry |title=Petty sure he'll win this year |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 28, 1983}}{{cite news |last1=Tuttle |first1=Tim |title=Petty's front-runner status confined to politics |work=The Orange County Register |date=June 12, 1988}} During his 1992 retirement tour, Petty took a parade lap before every race with the exception of the Southern 500, where Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton served as grand marshal.{{cite news |last1=Flick |first1=Shav |title=He Doesn't Think Marshal Was So Grand |date=|work=The Los Angeles Times}} In 1993, Petty formed a political action committee to support Republican candidates.{{cite news |title=Petty Moves to Front in Politics |work=Greensboro News Record |date=October 15, 1993}} He was the Republican nominee in the 1996 North Carolina Secretary of State election, but was defeated by Democratic state senator Elaine Marshall. Petty was mistakenly seen as a shoo-in, and his campaigning was sporadic. Following his loss, Petty stated, "If I had known I wasn't going to win, I wouldn't have run."{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/fix-notes/the-fixs-grab-bag-of-celebrity.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=The Fix's Grab Bag of Celebrity Politicians |access-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130154436/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/fix-notes/the-fixs-grab-bag-of-celebrity.html |url-status=dead }} In June 2016, he made an appearance on stage with Donald Trump.{{cite web |url=http://abc11.com/politics/on-70th-birthday-trump-holds-greensboro-rally/1384670/#videoplayer |title=On 70th Birthday Trump Holds Greensboro Rally |publisher=ABC 11 |access-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-date=June 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618074011/http://abc11.com/politics/on-70th-birthday-trump-holds-greensboro-rally/1384670/#videoplayer |url-status=live}} Petty is a Kentucky Colonel.{{cite web|url=https://www.kycolonels.org/famous-colonels/|title=Famous Colonels|website=The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels|access-date=March 22, 2025}}

Life after racing

File:President George W. Bush with NASCAR racing champion Richard Petty.jpg George W. Bush in 2006]]

Petty is currently a spokesman for Liberty Medical, Cheerios and the GlaxoSmithKline products Nicorette and Goody's Headache Powder. His portrait was featured on Brawny paper towels during a limited time when the company replaced their image with several "real Brawny men". General Mills created a Petty-themed packaged cereal, "43's," its boxes featuring his image and story.{{cite web|url=http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news030206_king43/|title=Take a Bite Out of "The King" – Richard Petty 43's Cereal|work=Motor Trend|date=February 6, 2003|access-date=July 2, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221003605/http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news030206_king43/|url-status=live}} Petty also played himself in the 2008 film Swing Vote, where he commends the film's protagonist by allowing him to briefly drive his famous "43" Plymouth.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/movies/01swin.html|title=Hey, America, This Guy's for You|work=The New York Times|author=Manohla Dargis|date=August 1, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522082014/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/movies/01swin.html|url-status=live}}

For public benefit, Petty and his son Kyle have lent their talent to host "Lifting It Right", an automotive lift safety training DVD produced and distributed by the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI); it is used in high school vocational programs and community colleges. He has recorded public service announcements for Civitan International, a nonprofit organization of which he is a former member.[http://www.customerconnection.tv/DIAMONDCLIENTS/CIVITAN/3%20PSAsWMV.wmv Public Service Announcement for Civitan International featuring Richard Petty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529153920/http://www.customerconnection.tv/DIAMONDCLIENTS/CIVITAN/3%20PSAsWMV.wmv |date=May 29, 2008 }} He has also established a summer camp known as "Victory Junction", which is intended to give seriously ill children an outdoors, summer-camp experience and has medical staff on hand around the clock in case of emergencies.

In May 2011, Petty was chosen to be the Grand Marshal for the 2011 STP 400 of the Sprint Cup Series.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansasspeedway.com/Articles/2011/05/The-King-Named-Grand-Marshal.aspx|title=Richard Petty Named Grand Marshal of STP 400 at Kansas Speedway|work=Kansas Speedway|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=August 25, 2013|archive-date=April 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421051310/http://www.kansasspeedway.com/Articles/2011/05/The-King-Named-Grand-Marshal.aspx|url-status=live}} In public, he is usually seen wearing his trademark sunglasses and a Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hat, with a large snakeskin hat band and a plume of rooster feathers at the front.

After retirement, Petty purchased a 90-acre (36 ha) ranch south of Jackson, Wyoming.{{Cite web |url=http://kingfm.com/wyomings-best-race-car-drivers/ |title=Wyoming's Best Race Car Drivers |date=February 19, 2016 |publisher=KIGN-FM}}

Motorsports career results

= NASCAR =

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Grand National Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=69| NASCAR Grand National Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! 37

! 38

! 39

! 40

! 41

! 42

! 43

! 44

! 45

! 46

! 47

! 48

! 49

! 50

! 51

! 52

! 53

! 54

! 55

! 56

! 57

! 58

! 59

! 60

! 61

! 62

! {{abbr|NGNC|NASCAR Grand National classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=4| 1958

! rowspan=29 nowrap| Petty Enterprises

! 142

! rowspan=7| Olds

| FAY

| DAB

| CON

| FAY

| WIL

| HBO

| FAY

| CLB

| PIF

| ATL

| CLT

| MAR

| ODS

| OBS

| GPS

| GBF

| STR

| NWS

| BGS

| TRN

| RSD

| CLB

| NBS

| REF

| LIN

| HCY

| AWS

| RSP

| MCC

| SLS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR
17

| colspan=31|

! rowspan=4| 37th

! rowspan=4| 1016

! rowspan=4|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1958/W|title=Richard Petty – 1958 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001005157/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1958/W|url-status=live}}

42A

| colspan=31|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BUF
11

| MCF

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL
9

| BRR

| CLB

| NSV

| AWS

| colspan=24|

2

| colspan=38|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BGS
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MBS
16

| DAR

| CLT

| BIR

| CSF

| GAF

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HBO
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAS
22

| MAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
23

| colspan=12|

42

| colspan=50|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
35

| colspan=11|

rowspan=4| 1959

! 24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FAY
13

| DAY

| colspan=60|

! rowspan=4| 15th

! rowspan=4| 3694

! rowspan=4|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1959/W|title=Richard Petty – 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001022007/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1959/W|url-status=live}}

43

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
57

| HBO

| CON

| ATL

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WIL
3

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRN
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
19

| NSV

| ASP

| PIF

| GPS

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| CLB

| WIL

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BGS
24

| AWS

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MBS
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
20

| colspan=32|

42

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BGS
9

| CLB

| NWS

| REF

| HCY

| colspan=50|

rowspan=2| 43

! rowspan=20| Plymouth

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
26

| HEI

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
26

| BGS

| GPS

| CLB

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
4

| HCY

| RCH

| CSF

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HBO
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
15

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CON
7

| colspan=18|

rowspan=2| 1960

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLB
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
10

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
18

| PHO

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLB
6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| WIL
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AWS
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PIF
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HBO
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
6

| HMS

| style="background:#000000; color:white"| CLT
55

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
11

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HEI
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAB
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MBS
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BIR
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PIF
13

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
2

|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BGS
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
12

| CSF

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GSP
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HBO
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
22

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
7

| colspan=18|

! rowspan=2| 2nd

! rowspan=2| 17228

! rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1960/W|title=Richard Petty – 1960 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907212049/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1960/W|url-status=live}}

42

| colspan=32|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SBO
6

| colspan=29|

rowspan=2| 1961

! 43

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
11

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JSP
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
16

| DAY

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PIF
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
4

| HMS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
24

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
2

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLB
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
20

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
32

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1

| CLT

| RSD

| ASP

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PIF
15

| BIR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
5

| NOR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HAS
17

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| STR
4

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLB
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MBS
17

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
14*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AWS
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
26

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
17

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
23

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HBO
10

| colspan=10|

! rowspan=2| 8th

! rowspan=2| 14984

! rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1961/W|title=Richard Petty – 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001000400/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1961/W|url-status=live}}

rowspan=2| 42

| colspan=10|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HBO
2

| colspan=31|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
18

| CSF

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
4

| colspan=11|

rowspan=3| 1962

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CON
13

| colspan=35|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CHT
4*

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| STR
1

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HCY
10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DTS
11

| colspan=14|

! rowspan=3| 2nd

! rowspan=3| 28440

! rowspan=3|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1962/W|title=Richard Petty – 1962 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908022346/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1962/W|url-status=live}}

43

|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AWS
7

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CON
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AWS
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SVH
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HBO
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
20

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLB
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
11

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MBS
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HCY
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CON
9*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
15

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PIF
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
23

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
19

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SBO
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ASH
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SVH
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MBS
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
3

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HUN
1*

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AWS
7

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BGS
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PIF
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
5*

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
4

| colspan=9|

41

| colspan=48|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
2

| colspan=13|

rowspan=3| 1963

! 43

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BIR
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GGS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THS
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
41

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
12

| DAY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PIF
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AWS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HBO
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
2

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SBO
1*

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
36

|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
8

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DTS
11

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ASH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OBS
16

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
4

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PIF
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ONA
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HCY
15

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THS
1

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
6

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
36

| colspan=7|

! rowspan=3| 2nd

! rowspan=3| 31170

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41

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
4

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BGS
11

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THS
13

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ODS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BIR
1*

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MBS
15

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
1

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
5

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
26

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SBO
1*

| colspan=9|

rowspan=2| 42

| colspan=22|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3*

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SVH
15

|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BGS
8

| colspan=15|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DTS
4

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HBO
6

| colspan=8|

rowspan=3| 1964

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CON
3

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JSP
5*

| colspan=59|

! rowspan=3| 1st

! rowspan=3| 40252

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43

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUG
19*

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVH
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
26

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HBO
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PIF
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SVH
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LGY
17

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SBO
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ASH
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CON
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CHT
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BIR
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL
13

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PIF
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
16*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ODS
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OBS
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRR
13

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
21

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MBS
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
25

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DTS
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ONA
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
17

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
5

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HBO
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SVH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
19

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
3*

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JAC
2

41

| colspan=38|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ISP
3

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LIN
2

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| STR
15

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ODS
3

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HAR
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUG
25

|

1965

! 43

| RSD

| DAY

| DAY

| DAY

| PIF

| ASW

| RCH

| HBO

| ATL

| GPS

| NWS

| MAR

| CLB

| BRI

| DAR

| LGY

| BGS

| HCY

| CLT

| CCF

| ASH

| HAR

| NSV

| BIR

| ATL

| GPS

| MBS

| VAL

| DAY

| ODS

| OBS

| ISP

| GLN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
17

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CCF
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AWS
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SMR
3*

| PIF

| AUG

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DTS
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BLV
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2

| DAR

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LIN
19

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ODS
1

| RCH

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
33

| CLT

| HBO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
36

| DTS

| colspan=7|

! 38th

! 5638

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rowspan=2| 1966

! 42

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUG
1

| colspan=36|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BLV
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
12

| HBO

| colspan=17|

! rowspan=2| 3rd

! rowspan=2| 22952

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rowspan=8| 43

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
25

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
2*

| DAY

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1*

| CAR

| BRI

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
25

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HCY
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLB
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
11

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LGY
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MGR
1*

| MON

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DTS
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ASH
17

| PIF

| SMR

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BLV
21

| GPS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
29

| ODS

| BRR

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OXF
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FON
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ISP
15

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
29

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL
1*

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2*

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
38

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
28

| colspan=13|

1967

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AUG
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
21

| DAY

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
8

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
19

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
22

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
1

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SVH
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BLV
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LGY
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ASH
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MGR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BIR
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGY
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
11

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TRN
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OXF
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FDA
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ISP
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRI
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SMR
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
17*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BGS
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVH
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BLV
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HBO
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
28

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
2

| colspan=13|

! 1st

! 42472

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1968

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGR
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MGY
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
17

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
15*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUG
18

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AWS
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BLV
14*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LGY
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
38

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ASH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGR
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BIR
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
26

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
21

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ISP
4*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OXF
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| FDA
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRN
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
24

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLB
21

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
26

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SBO
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LGY
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
4

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BLV
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HBO
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
32

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JFC
2

| colspan=13|

! 3rd

! 3123

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rowspan=2| 1969

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MGR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGY
2*

| colspan=60|

! rowspan=2| 2nd

! rowspan=2| 3813

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Ford

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSD
1*

| DAY

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
11

| BLV

| LGY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
19

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MGR
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| KPT
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GPS
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NCF
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
5

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TPN
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRN
29

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BLV
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
23

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SBO
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BGS
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AWS
23

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
19

| style="background:#DFC484;"| TAL
Wth

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SVH
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUG
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
32

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JFC
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MGR
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
21

| colspan=8|

rowspan=2| 1970

! rowspan=3| Plymouth

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
5

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
6

| DAY

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
39

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
24

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
18

| BLV

| LGY

| CLT

| SMR

| MAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
28*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSD
1*

| HCY

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| KPT
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GPS
19

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
18

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AST
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TPN
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TRN
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
5

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
16

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLB
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ONA
1*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BGS
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SBO
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1*

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
23

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MGR
1

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
6

| LGY

| colspan=14|

! rowspan=2| 4th

! rowspan=2| 3447

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nowrap| Robertson Racing

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1*

| colspan=29|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NCF
1*

| colspan=20|

1971

! Petty Enterprises

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3

| DAY

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HCY
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GPS
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SMR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SBO
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
38

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ASH
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KPT
17

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
13

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOU
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GPS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AST
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ISP
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TRN
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BGS
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ONA
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLB
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HCY
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1

| MGR

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TWS
1*

| colspan=14|

! 1st

! 4435

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== Winston Cup Series ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! {{abbr|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1972

! rowspan=17 nowrap| Petty Enterprises

! rowspan=13| 43

! Plymouth

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSD
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
26

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
23*

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TRN
3

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
2

|

! rowspan=2| 1st

! rowspan=2| 8701.4

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rowspan=7| Dodge

| colspan=10|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
19

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
3

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TWS
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
2

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
4

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
10

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TWS
3

1973

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
21

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
23

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
34

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
13

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
4

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TWS
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
33

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
4

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
35

| colspan=3|

! 5th

! 6877.95

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1974

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
23

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
20

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
25

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MCH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
13*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL
1

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POC
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TAL
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
35

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
29

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
15*

|

! 1st

! 5037.75

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1975

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RCH
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRI
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
26

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
19

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSD
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MCH
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
22

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
28

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
35

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRI
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
16

|

! 1st

! 4783

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1976

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
28

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
23

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
22

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POC
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
8

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
28

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
27

|

! 2nd

! 4449

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1977

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
26

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1*

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSD
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
22

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
23

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
24*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
32

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
2

|

! 2nd

! 4614

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rowspan=2| 1978

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
22

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
25

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
30

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
7

| colspan=12|

! rowspan=2| 6th

! rowspan=2| 3949

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rowspan=2| Chevy

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
34

|

rowspan=2| 1979

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
32

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
32

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
5

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
2*

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAR
1*

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
2*

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TWS
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
5

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
2

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MCH
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
6

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ONT
5

! rowspan=2| 1st

! rowspan=2| 4830

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Olds

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
11

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
4

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
4

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
30

| colspan=4|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
5

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
4

| colspan=11|

rowspan=2| 1980

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
3

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
33

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
9

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
3

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NSV
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
2

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TWS
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
5

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
33

|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
30

! rowspan=2| 4th

! rowspan=2| 4255

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Olds

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
25

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
31

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
5

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
18

| colspan=11|

rowspan=2| 1981

! 42

! Chevy

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
5

| colspan=30|

! rowspan=2| 8th

! rowspan=2| 3880

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rowspan=6| 43

! Buick

|

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
38

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
29

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NWS
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
28

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
39

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NSV
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
19

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
24

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TWS
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
40

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MCH
1*

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
30

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
7

1982

! rowspan=5| Pontiac

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
27

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
31

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
24

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
8

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
36

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
25

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
2*

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
26

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
30

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
31

|

! 5th

! 3814

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1983

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
38

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
8

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAR
1

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
25

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
17

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| TAL
1*

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
7

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
2

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
33

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSV
19

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
10

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
12

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CLT
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
26

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
5

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
10

|

! 4th

! 4042

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1984

! rowspan=2| Curb Racing

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
31

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
15

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
7

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DOV
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSD
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
34

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSV
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
23

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
29

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
37

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
8

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSD
14

|

! 10th

! 3643

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1985

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
26

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
13

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
21

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
26

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
27

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
37

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
12

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
22

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
8

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
33

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
8

| colspan=3|

! 14th

! 3140

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rowspan=2| 1986

! Petty Enterprises

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
20

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAR
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
28

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
6

| style="background:#DFC484;"| CLT
Wth

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
37

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
18

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
7

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
40

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NWS
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
35

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
21

| colspan=2|

! rowspan=2| 14th

! rowspan=2| 3314

! rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1986/W|title=Richard Petty – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001012453/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1986/W|url-status=live}}

U.S. Racing

! 6

! Chevy

| colspan=10|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
38

| colspan=20|

1987

! rowspan=6| Petty Enterprises

! rowspan=6| 43

! rowspan=6| Pontiac

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
6

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
36

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
29

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
26

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
11

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
5

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
13

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
9

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
17

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
30

| colspan=2|

! 8th

! 3708

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1988

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
34

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH
3

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
41

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
41

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
39

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
38

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
36

| colspan=2|

! 22nd

! 2644

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1989

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
27

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
15

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NWS
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
18

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
32

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
42

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
28

| colspan=2|

! 29th

! 2148

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1989/W|title=Richard Petty – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906155116/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1989/W|url-status=live}}

1990

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
38

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
36

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
18

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
17

| colspan=2|

! 26th

! 2556

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1990/W|title=Richard Petty – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001013628/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1990/W|url-status=live}}

1991

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
38

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
40

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
34

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
35

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
31

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
18

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
41

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
22

| colspan=2|

! 24th

! 2817

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1991/W|title=Richard Petty – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930234316/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1991/W|url-status=live}}

1992

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
31

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
41

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
35

| colspan=2|

! 26th

! 2731

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1992/W|title=Richard Petty – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930233302/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1992/W|url-status=live}}

colspan=38| – After his backup car was deemed ineligible to race, Petty bought the race slot from D. K. Ulrich

===Daytona 500===

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Start

! Finish

1959

|rowspan=6 nowrap| Petty Enterprises

| Oldsmobile

|align=center| 6

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 57

1960

|rowspan=5| Plymouth

|align=center| 19

|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

1961

|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

1962

|align=center| 10

|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

1963

|align=center| 23

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6

1964

|align=center| 2

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1966

|rowspan=18| Petty Enterprises

|rowspan=3| Plymouth

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1967

|align=center| 2

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 8

1968

|align=center| 2

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8

1969

| Ford

|align=center| 12

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8

1970

|rowspan=3| Plymouth

|align=center| 11

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39

1971

|align=center| 5

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1972

|align=center| 32

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 26

1973

|rowspan=6| Dodge

|align=center| 7

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1974

|align=center| 2

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1975

|align=center| 4

|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7

1976

|align=center| 6

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 2

1977

|align=center| 3

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 26

1978

|align=center| 6

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33

1979

|rowspan=2| Oldsmobile

|align=center| 13

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1980

|align=center| 4

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 25

1981

| Buick

|align=center| 8

|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

1982

|rowspan=2| Pontiac

|align=center| 21

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 27

1983

|align=center| 6

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38

1984

|rowspan=2| Curb Racing

|rowspan=2| Pontiac

|align=center| 34

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 31

1985

|align=center| 8

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34

1986

|rowspan=7| Petty Enterprises

|rowspan=7| Pontiac

|align=center| 10

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36

1987

|align=center| 11

|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3

1988

|align=center| 34

|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34

1989

|align=center| 34

|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17

1990

|align=center| 11

|align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34

1991

|align=center| 3

|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19

1992

|align=center| 32

|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16

= International Race of Champions =

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=9| International Race of Champions results

Season

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! Pos.

! Pts

! Ref

1973–74

! Porsche

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| RSD
7

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| RSD
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
10

| DAY

! 10th

! NA

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1974–75

! rowspan=4| Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSD
5

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| RSD
10

| DAY

! 10th

! NA

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1975–76

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| RSD
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSD
11

| DAY

! 10th

! NA

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1976–77

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSD
3

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| RSD
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
4

! 6th

! NA

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1977–78

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
4

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSD
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSD
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
8

! 5th

! NA

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1989

! Chevy

| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| DAY
9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NZH
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
12

! 12th

! 16

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Film and TV appearances

  • In 2011, Petty was featured in the show Modern HotrodZ. Petty's Garage now builds Custom cars for the general public, most of which are Limited Edition.
  • He appeared as himself in the movie Swing Vote driving in his famous blue No. 43 car, and letting Bud drive his car to Air Force One to meet the President.
  • Petty voiced Strip Weathers (a fictionalized version of himself), also known as "The King", in the Disney/Pixar animated movie Cars (2006). His car, the Road Runner Superbird with the distinctive "Petty Blue" tint and the number 43, is also the model used for the car in the movie. He is hoping to get one more victory in him before he can retire from racing on the Piston Cup circuit. Though The King's accident caused by his longtime running rival Chick Hicks at the end of the film was a re-creation of Rusty Wallace's real-life Winston 500 accident in 1993, the bit in which rookie racer Lightning McQueen assists him to the finish line is based on the 1976 incident, albeit by the pit crew. Petty's wife Lynda voiced The King's wife, a 1976 Chrysler Town & Country station-wagon (based on Petty's family car), in that movie as well. Petty's character did not appear in Cars 2 (2011), but did return in Cars 3 (2017), in which Petty voiced his character as the crew chief of his nephew and new Dinoco racer Cal Weathers, who was voiced by Kyle Petty, who is Petty's son.
  • Petty appeared in the Tom Cruise movie Days of Thunder (1990).
  • He appeared in the Burt Reynolds movie Stroker Ace (1983) as himself.
  • Petty appeared as himself in the movie 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972) (a Victory Lane Production, released by Video Gems, distributed by United American Video in 1986).
  • In 1989, Petty appeared as himself in the movie Speed Zone, driving in his famous blue No. 43 car.
  • In 1967, Petty appeared in the opening credits of the Elvis Presley movie Speedway that was shot and filmed at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This movie was released in 1968.
  • He was in Petty Blue, a documentary by NASCAR.
  • Petty guest-starred in the Alley Oop daily comic strip from June 7 to June 20, 1994, in which he drove a pickup truck to help corral an escaped dinosaur (that had been transported to the 20th century).
  • Petty appeared as himself in the (1965) Howard Hawks film Red Line 7000.

References

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