I am not a racing fan. For years, the joke was on me at the Mansfield News Journal. One of my first assignments at the newspaper in the summer of 1990 was to help cover the IndyCar race at the ...

N.C., shop and is relocating to the RCR facility in Welcome, N.C. RCR will supply chassis and engineering support to the Petty team, and Wallace will race with engines built by ECR Engines ...

He was summoned to a race shop. His boss, one of the most successful ... I go back to when Richard Petty retired. He was asked by NASCAR, ‘Do you want us to retire your car number?’ ...

These include a racing team, a high-performance auto shop, and a charitable organization. Petty's father, Lee Petty, founded Petty Enterprises in 1949 and fielded family members on the team.

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Me and Maurice [Petty’s brother and engine builder Maurice Petty] were pretty upset, but Richard was ready for the next race. “So we took that car back to the shop, made the repairs and ...

Petty was also a part of the family-owned NASCAR racing team. Founded in 1949 as Lee Petty Engineering, the team was later renamed Petty Enterprises. Apart from Lee, Richard and Kyle Petty ...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Bobby Allison, founder of racing's "Alabama Gang" and a NASCAR ... Bud Moore, Pearson and Lee Petty. "Bobby Allison personified the term 'racer,'" France said in statement.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s “Alabama Gang” and ... Bud Moore, Pearson and Lee Petty. “Bobby Allison personified the term ‘racer,’” France said in statement.

Adam Petty was the oldest son of Kyle Petty, Richard’s only son. Petty family patriarch Lee started the racing team, and Richard’s engine-building brother, Maurice, are all considered the ...

With a net worth of $65 million, Petty’s illustrious career spans over three decades, during which he redefined the sport of auto racing and became a cultural icon. Born in 1937 to NASCAR legend Lee ...