Through most of Richard Petty ... out of brakes.” Petty adjusted to Martinsville’s challenges quickly. He won there in his third race in 1960, outrunning the Wood Brothers Racing entry ...

Petty won the 200-lap event (after a postrace scoring recount) at Martinsville ... way to Richard and the all-star roster of part-time drivers whom the Wood Brothers employed. Leonard called ...

When David Pearson was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011, one of the people he thanked was Richard Petty ... Wood Brothers - and they had their greatest success win him - 43 of Pearson’s ...

Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway opened on Sept. 7, 1947, just a few months before NASCAR was officially formed. Now in its seventh decade of operation, the famed short track has become home to ...

Richard Petty, more than 40 members of his family and select Xfinity Rewards members will serve as the Grand Marshals for this Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Together ...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martinsville Speedway is the track closest to Richard Petty's heart and the roots of his family's racing enterprise, which was based for decades just over an hour south.

Sammy Smith (#8), Kris Wright (#5) and Ryan Sieg (#39) at the end of US Marine Corps 250 at Martinsville (Source: Getty Images); (Inset) Richard Petty addresses the media during the Sprint Media ...