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Maurice Petty (March 27, 1939 – July 25, 2020) was an American NASCAR crew chief and engine builder for Petty Enterprises, of which he was part owner. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2011.
Maurice Petty, a driving force behind the dominance of his father, Lee Petty, and his brother, Richard Petty, died over the weekend. The former driver turned mechanic served as the crew chief and ...
Maurice Petty: Owner, crew chief, engineer and driver: 200 Cup race wins, 7-time Cup champion, and 7-time Daytona 500 winner as Chief Engineer for Petty Enterprises: Fireball Roberts: Driver: 33 race wins, 93 top 5s, 122 top 10s, 32 poles, 1962 Daytona 500 winner, 2-time Southern 500 winner, named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998
Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Level Cross, North Carolina, USA. It was founded by Lee Petty with his two sons Richard Petty and Maurice Petty. The team was later owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty and Boston Ventures.
Richard Petty's first home race didn't go well as the future King fell out with a transmission failure. Still it was a great day for the family as in addition to Paschal's win Richard's mechanic brother Maurice Petty, racing with Lee's famous #42, turned in a top-5 run. [2] Being a ¼-mile track, the entire race only spanned 50 miles (80 km). [2]
The Petty racing family made Martinsville its home track and Richard Petty won 15 of his record 200 career victories on the Virginia speedway.
Cale Yarborough lost several laps on pit road when his car wouldn't refire, while Richard Petty lost a couple more laps himself when the crew had to go under the hood of the #43 Plymouth. [2] Notable crew chiefs at this race included Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Maurice Petty, Tom Vandiver, Tom Ingram, Dick Hutcherson and Glen Wood. [8]
Richard Petty who was involved in the lap 10 crash, had a crew member, one Maurice Petty involved in a post crash scuffle with NASCAR officials. Maurice was suspended by NASCAR for the next two Cup Series races.