With his grandfather Lee Petty clinching the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959 and his father Richard Petty dominating the track, excellence runs in his blood. The post Richard Petty Once Unleashed ...

Richard Petty's initial victory was overturned after his father, Lee Petty, protested the win during Richard's second ...

Family patriarch Lee Petty was the new company’s owner of record when Petty Enterprises was created in 1949. For most of the 50’s and into the 60s’, Lee Petty and son Richard Petty did the ...

Lee Petty, the father of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Richard Petty, and a three-time National Grand Series title winner, is the founding father of one of the sport's most successful ...

Not bad for a guy who made only $760 his first year of racing. Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty.

Lee Scott Petty Virginia Beach – Lee S. Petty of Virginia Beach, Virginia passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at his son’s residence in Odenton, Maryland. Lee was born on ...

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.

Not bad for a guy who made only $760 his first year of racing. Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty ...

In the closing laps, Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp – the only two cars to finish the race on the lead lap – were neck and neck, having battled each other for the win over the final 30 laps.