A wreck so fatal that Richard Petty’s father ... So I had to go home, get another car.” Lee Petty, on the other hand, did not initially realize the seriousness of his injury.

Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty. The elder Petty won three Grand National championships in the '50s ...

The team is one of the oldest and best known racing outfits in stock car racing, or in any other type of racing for that matter. Lee Petty, winner of the very first Daytona 500 in 1959 ...

Lee Petty became the inaugural Daytona 500 champion. The race saw an incredible photo finish between Petty and Johnny Beauchamp. As the leaders approached Joe Weatherly, a lapped car, Beauchamp ...

They watched 59 cars race for a purse of less than $70,000, and the finish was so close it took three days to determine Lee Petty had edged ... It’s a wreck. OK, not just a wreck, but THE ...

Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty, who in the fifties would win three Grand National championships.