The greatest racer in American sports-car history kicked off his NASCAR Cup career ... in Canada. Six days before the 1958 NASCAR Cup race in Toronto, Richard Petty made his NASCAR debut in a non-Cup, ...

Massachusetts might have its Kennedys and Texas, its Bushes. But in North Carolina, the reigning dynasty is the Pettys from Level Cross, N.C. Patriarch Lee Petty (1914-2000) won the first Daytona 500 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — When Christmas rolls around, Richard Petty thinks back to his childhood. "Christmas is the only holiday, the only time I really get excited. You know birthdays and anniversaries are ...

Richard Petty, with a record 200 Cup Series wins, seven championships and a first-ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame, is considered NASCAR’s greatest driver. He is spending the season celebrating ...

Richard Petty recently reflected on his storied NASCAR career and revealed his favorite era. During an appearance on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s podcast, "The Dale Jr. Download," Petty described the early to ...

Richard Petty was in attendance for Sunday's Xfinity 500 at the Martinsville Raceway, where he met with each of the remaining ...

Ahead of Sunday's race in Arizona, seven-time Cup Series champion and all-time winningest driver Richard "The King" Petty was ...

Richard Petty’s record 200 NASCAR Cup Series victories were scored across a wide spectrum of tracks – from tiny quarter-miles to the sport’s biggest and fastest. He won on dirt, on asphalt and on road ...