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Richard Petty
THE KING
Long Live the King !!!
1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX
27 wins including ten in a row
2nd Championship
They started calling him King Richard
1970 Plymouth  Superbird
Five Speedway wins
Thirteen more races were won
in a Plymouth Road Runner.


1972 Plymouth Road Runner
4th Championship
First year with STP
The last year for Petty and Plymouth
World 600 - 1977



1977 Olds Cutlass  (1979 & 1980)
The Olds was ran on the Super Speedways
6th Daytona 500 - 1979


1981 Buick Regal
7th Daytona 500

1977 Chevy Monte Carlo (1979 & 1980)
7th Winston Cup Championship - 1979
1981 Daytona 500 Victory Lane
Richard, Ralph Salvino (STP),  & Crew Chief
Dale Inman
The King - 1982
1982 Pontiac Grand Prix
The first of many years racing Pontiacs
(1982 - 2000)
1983 Pontiac
The last win for Petty Enterprise with Richard
as the driver.
1984  Pontiac - Mike Curb Motorsports
200th Win, July 4th - 1984  Firecracker 400
President Ronald Reagan in attendance
1986 Pontiac 2+2
1988 Pontiac Grand Prix
1990 Pontiac
On the Road Course at Sears Point
1992 Pontiac
The Fan Appreciation Tour
35 Years of Racing
4 Generations of Pettys
Lee, Richard, Kyle and Adam
50 years of racing - 1999
2001 Dodge Intrepid R/T
Back home with Dodge

Stats on the King
My Links
This site was designed by The Chief
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Maurice Petty
"The Chief"
1974 Dodge Charger
31 wins (1974 - 1977)
5th Daytona 500 - 1974
5th & 6th Championship - 1974 & 1975

1978 Dodge Magnum
The Last Dodge Raced by Richard Petty, the team switched to Chevrolet during the second half of the year.
1982 STP Pontiacs
A young Richard Petty
1969 Ford Torino
The only year that Richard drove a Ford
He scored ten wins in this car

Father & Son - 1983
Waving to the Crowd
1989 Pontiac
Richards streak of 513 consecutive races
came to an end when he failed to qualify at Richmond. 
At the wheel
Notice the white towel, Richard
would chew on a wet towel during a race.
Cousin Dale Inman & The King
Last race, Atlanta - 1992
Richard gets caught up in a
big wreck.  Not exactly the
blaze of glory he would have
preferred.  Car was repaired
for a final lap to say good bye.
1996 25th Anniversary with STP
Bobby Hamilton put Petty Enterprise back in victory lane at Phoenix for the first time since 1983.
End of an Era   1972 - 2000
Half way into the 2000 season,
Cheerios took over as the main
sponsor with STP remaining as
an associate.
The car carried the famous STP
colors for the last time at Sonoma
and the final race of 2000 in Atlanta.
2000 Cheerios Pontiac
Not quite the same without STP but you can bank that Petty blue will never go away !!!
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1997 STP Pontiac
1998 STP Pontiac
1999 STP Pontiac
Victory Lane 1999 - Martinsville
Adam Petty 1980 - 2000
What might have been..
Nascar Info. Page - Stats/Links
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