The racing world of the late 1970s and early 1980s was a crucible of raw talent and unwritten rules. The post When Richard ...

Two years ago, NASCAR legend Richard Petty admitted that losing control of his former team was tough. Fellow seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson took an ownership stake in Petty GMS ...

He has not won a race since 1984. His last championship came in 1979. But Richard Petty's big sunglasses, cowboy hat and that No. 43 still loom large over stock-car racing. Petty raced for a ...

NASCAR legend Richard Petty remembered his late wife Lynda Owens for her birthday on March 6. The couple got married in 1959 when she was just 17. They had been high school sweethearts and went on ...

"Richard was not arrogant -- outwardly. But he was very arrogant inwardly. You know that with that big smile he had, there were two big fangs hanging down. So you want to go after that guy.

It all started with Lee Petty, which feels appropriate. He won the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Five years later, his son, Richard, claimed the increasingly iconic NASCAR race for the first time.

Lee Petty, winner of the very first Daytona 500 in 1959, was its founder, and his son Richard Petty became the best-known driver in the sport's history, wracking up a record 200 victories.