Won back by the sleek new Plymouth Superbird with shark nose and goalpost wing, Petty returned to Plymouth for the 1970 season. He would win 10 races and finish second in points. In 1969 Petty switched brands to Ford, due to his belief the Plymouth was not competitive on super-speedways. His dominance in this season earned him the nickname "King Richard". One of the 27 victories was the Southern 500 at Darlington, which would be his only Southern 500 victory. He won his second Grand National Championship. In that year, Petty won 27 of the 48 races he entered, including a record 10 wins in a row (between August 12 and October 1, 1967).
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This made him the first driver to win the event twice.ġ967 was a milestone year. On FebruPetty overcame a 2-lap deficit to win his second Daytona 500 when the race was stopped on lap 198 of 200 because of a thunderstorm. In 1964, driving a potent Plymouth with a new Hemi engine, Richard Petty led 184 of the 200 laps to capture his first Daytona 500, en route to 9 victories, earning over $114,000 and his first Grand National championship. Petty famous Road Runner Superbird, on display at the Richard Petty Museum, courtesy of flickr contributorIn 1960, he finished 2nd in the NASCAR Grand National Points Race. In 1959, Richard was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year, after he produced 9 top 10 finishes, including six Top 5 finishes. His first race was in Toronto, Canada, and he finished 17th in an Oldsmobile. Richard Petty began his NASCAR career on July 18, 1958, 16 days after his 21st birthday.
Tragically, Richard's grandson, Adam Petty, was killed in an accident at New Hampshire International Speedway on May 12, 2000. Richard's son, Kyle Petty, is also a well-known NASCAR driver. His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a NASCAR champion. He also won seven Daytona 500s and nine Most Popular Driver awards. He also collected a record number of poles (127) and over 700 top-ten finishes in his 1,185 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971-1989. (A 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles in length, reducing the schedule to 30 races.) Petty is arguably the greatest NASCAR driver of all time. He is most well-known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat, but with 76 victories and a lone Daytona 500), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone.
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Richard Lee Petty was born in Level Cross, North Carolina, and is a renowned former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.
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