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The Petty Museum holds nearly all of Richard Petty’s race cars, his family’s race cars, some of his personal car collection, trophies, and a wide range of his other memorabilia. There’s also Petty’s Garage, an aftermarket performance shop that makes some awesome cars.
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), 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 ...
Richard Petty is still the king of NASCAR. These days, Richard Petty continues to live in Level Cross, N.C. but on occasion, comes to Richard Petty Motorsports in Welcome, N.C. to talk with crew members and look over the No. 43 Chevrolets to be driven by Erik Jones this season. Read More. JOIN THE MAILING LIST TO GET ALL OF THE LATEST UPDATES!
The Petty Enterprises crew pushes Richard Petty's No. 43 to Victory Lane after recording his 200th career win in NASCAR's top series in the 1984 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International...
Richard Petty’s last Chrysler stock car, a 1977 1978 Dodge Magnum. Photos courtesy Dragone Auctions. For the first two decades of Richard Petty’s legendary stock car racing career, and excluding the 1969 season when he drove a Ford, The King had an unwavering loyalty to Mopar products.
Although his driving career was winding down, Richard Petty still won 10 NASCAR premier races from 1980 through 1984, securing his place as the all-time wins leader with 200 victories.
While many car shoppers back in the day didn’t know what to make of the Mopar wing cars like this 1970 Plymouth Superbird, Richard Petty certainly appreciated the aerodynamic design. Now a lucky ...
Petty drove cars such as the Plymouth Superbird in the iconic Petty blue, and the Dodge Charger that took him to two Winston Cup Series titles in 1974 and 1975. The exact car that helped Petty win the titles went up for auction back in 2018 and sold for $500,000.
This Pontiac No. 43 — that number was Richard Petty's hallmark, as No. 42 was for his father's cars — follows the 1984 design rules. Note the tubular space-frame, specially built body, racing wheels and tires, and safety gear in the interior.
The brainchild of former Top Gear USA host Rutledge Wood, the car is a Toyota GR Supra dressed up Plymouth Superbird style, to honor Richard Petty. Scroll through for a full look at the car.