Richard Petty
Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He is best known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times, winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 racesin the 1967 season alonein length, reducing the schedule to 30 races). Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth2 July 1937
CityLevel Cross, NC
CountryUnited States of America
When I first started racing, my father said, "Win the race as slow as you can.
If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.
Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.
You can only live on the past for so long, and we kind of stretched our luck on that. We think we're on the way back, but it's just a matter of how quickly things come together. Common sense tells you it's not going to happen overnight because we're trying to catch up.
I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.
Never put a question mark where God puts a Period
If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'
There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.
The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.