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Legacy Motor Club, formerly known as Petty GMS Motorsports, is an American professional stock car racing team owned by Maury Gallagher and Jimmie Johnson. [2] The team competes in the NASCAR Cup Series where they currently field three Toyota Camry teams: the No. 42 full-time for John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 43 full-time for Erik Jones, and the No. 84 part-time for team co-owner Johnson.
In 2023, Petty GMS Motorsports was renamed to Legacy Motor Club after seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson purchased a stake in the team. On August 23, 2023, GMS Racing announced that the team and GMS Fabrication would cease operations at the end of the 2023 season. Gallagher, alongside Johnson, will shift focus to developing Legacy ...
Petty was born in Randleman, North Carolina. [2] He made his major-league stock car debut at the age of 18. He won the first race he entered, the 1979 Daytona ARCA 200, in one of his father's old 1978 Dodge Magnum race cars, [3] at the time, Petty became the youngest driver to win a major-league stock car race.
Richard Petty Motorsports was a NASCAR auto racing team which operated from 2009–2021. Richard Petty Motorsports may also refer to: Petty GMS Motorsports , a NASCAR team now named Legacy Motor Club
Adam Kyler Petty (July 10, 1980 – May 12, 2000) was an American professional stock car racing driver. A member of the Petty racing family, he was the fourth generation from the Petty family to drive in races in the highest division of NASCAR racing, mostly in what was then known as the NASCAR Busch Series. He was believed to be the first ...
Drivers Johnny Sauter and Sheldon Creed won the Truck Series championship for GMS in 2016 [8] and 2020, [9] respectively. After the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, Richard Petty Motorsports majority owner and Medallion Financial CEO Andrew Murstein sold his stake of the team to Gallagher [ 10 ] and the team was renamed Petty GMS Motorsports .
In 2021, Richard Petty Motorsports became Petty GMS Motorsports, and in 2023 the team rebranded as Legacy Motor Club. Petty Enterprises formerly held the title of winningest team in NASCAR Cup Series for 61 years, beginning in 1960 with a win by Lee Petty. At the time of the team's final victory, it totaled 268 wins in the series.
Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. [1] The team was founded as a result of the merger between Gillett Evernham Motorsports (GEM) and Petty Enterprises, with former Montreal Canadiens and Liverpool F.C. owner George Gillett having a controlling interest in the organization.