CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Richard Petty Motorsports will honor Maurice "Chief" Petty this weekend by running a car featuring the likeness of the Hall of Fame inductee on the hood. Aric Almirola's ...

In the early days, drivers like Herb Thomas and Lee Petty dominated the sport ... came to a close following the 1966 season, when Ford withdrew from the sport. He won 48 of his 50 career events ...

The "Great American Race" has been held 66 times, with the patriarch of the Petty family, Lee Petty, taking the first Daytona 500 checkered flag in 1959. His son, Richard "The King" Petty ...

Everyone with even a smattering of stock car history knows about three-time champion Lee Petty and his son, seven-time champion Richard. They’re likely familiar to some extent with Maurice Petty ...

Family patriarch Lee Petty was the new company’s owner of record when Petty Enterprises was created in 1949. For most of the 50’s and into the 60s’, Lee Petty and son Richard Petty did the ...

Lee Petty driver of the #42 Oldsmobile leads Johnny Beauchamp driver of the #73 Holman Moody Ford during the the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959 at the Daytona International Speedway on February 22 ...