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Richard Petty's "Petty Blue" 1970 Plymouth Superbird on display. One of the most distinctive features of the No. 43 car is its color. Petty Blue, as it's called, was created by the Petty family. According to Richard, the color was created by accident when they didn't have enough white or dark blue paint to cover the entire car.
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.
In Autumn 1968, Richard Petty left the Plymouth NASCAR Racing Team for Ford's. Charlie Grey, director of the Ford stock car program, felt that hiring Petty would send the message that "money rules none". However, the Superbird was designed specifically to lure Petty back to Plymouth for the 1970 season.
Going all the way back to the 1950s when Lee Petty raced in a distinctive blue Plymouth, the family's stock cars have always been standouts, so when Toyota partnered with Legacy Motor Club ...
Strip "The King" Weathers (voiced by Richard Petty) is a veteran race car and racing legend. Weathers is an anthropomorphic version of Petty's 1970 Plymouth Superbird, sporting the same shade of blue and Petty's racing number, 43, as well as being a fictionalized version of him. [6]
The team ran four cars in 2010 but financial issues caused it to drop to two in 2011. Jones finished 24th in the Cup Series standings in 2021 and Aric Almirola's Daytona win in 2014 remains the ...
Richard Petty’s signature cowboy hat has been an iconic symbol of NASCAR for decades. NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday unveiled the first of 28 unique statues featuring ...
Granatelli insisted the car be STP day-glo red. Petty held out for his iconic Petty blue, and neither would budge. The resulting two-tone red and blue scheme became more famous than either color alone. STP sponsored Petty through the end of his driving career in 1992, then Bobby Hamilton, and John Andretti in Petty Enterprises' famous #43