Richard Petty

This is a site about some portions of Richard Petty's life. He was in the NASCAR hall of fame being named as "The King". Born July 2, 1937 in Level Cross, North Carolina. They've even made a museum all about him located at 309 Branson Mill Rd., Randleman, NC Level Cross.

Was the first person to win NASCAR Cup Championship seven times. Had a record of 200 races during his career. Won the Daytona 500 7 times, and 27 races in 1967 alone.
In 1979 he won his sixth Daytona 500. It was the first to be on televison. He won the race because the first and second places crashed on the last lap.