Richard Petty
Born
7/2/1937, Level Cross, NCBirth Name
Richard Lee PettyGender
MaleAlso Known As
The KingBiography
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Has 4 Children Has 11 Grand Children 200 Career NASCAR Winston Cup victories. Seven time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion. (1964, '67, '71, '72, '74, '75, '79) Seven Daytona 500 victories. (1964, '66, '71, '73, '74, '79, '81) 27 victories in one season. (1967) Entered in 1,185 races in…more
Credits
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Star (3)
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Cars
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Once Upon a Wheel
Star1991
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DALE
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Cars
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Guest Star (14)
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Inside NASCAR
Himself
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S 3:
Ep 1
February 29, 2012
2/29/12
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S 3:
Ep 1
February 29, 2012
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Boomer & Carton
Himself
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S 2:
Ep 61
April 4, 2011
4/4/11
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S 2:
Ep 61
April 4, 2011
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CMT Music Awards
Presenter
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S 1:
Ep 9
2010 CMT Music Awards
6/9/10
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S 1:
Ep 9
2010 CMT Music Awards
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The States
Himself
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S 1:
Ep 1
California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia
4/21/07
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S 1:
Ep 1
California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia
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Sidewalks Entertainment
Himself / Guest
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S 16:
Ep 10
Speed Racers
5/6/06
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S 16:
Ep 10
Speed Racers
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CMT Top 20 Countdown
Himself
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S 4:
Ep 44
November 3, 2005
11/3/05
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S 4:
Ep 44
November 3, 2005
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Woodie's World
Himself
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S 1:
Ep 5
Tony Conigliaro; Marcel Cerdan Jr.; Richard & Lee Petty; Swarthmore Football
11/28/02
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S 1:
Ep 5
Tony Conigliaro; Marcel Cerdan Jr.; Richard & Lee Petty; Swarthmore Football
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SportsCentury
Interviewee
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Dale Earnhardt
11/23/01
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Dale Earnhardt
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The Man Show
Himself
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S 3:
Ep 3
NASCAR
7/15/01
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S 3:
Ep 3
NASCAR
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Beyond the Glory
Himself
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S 1:
Ep 7
The Petty Family
2/18/01
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S 1:
Ep 7
The Petty Family
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Arli$$
Himself
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S 3:
Ep 5
Where Do Clients Come From?
7/5/98
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S 3:
Ep 5
Where Do Clients Come From?
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Arli$$
Guest Star
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Late Night With David Letterman
Guest
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S 11:
Ep 130
Show #1714
11/18/92
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S 7:
Ep 11
Show #0986
2/17/88
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S 11:
Ep 130
Show #1714
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The David Frost Show
Himself
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S 4:
Ep 19
October 14, 1971
10/14/71
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S 4:
Ep 19
October 14, 1971
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Inside NASCAR
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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He was the voice of The King in Cars.
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In 1977 his winnings was $303,425.
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In 1978 his winnings was $196,960.
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In 1979 his winnings was $416,650.
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In 1980 his winnings was $338,365.
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In 1981 his winnings was $369,505.
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In 1982 his winnings was $385,870.
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In 1983 his winnings was $389,060.
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In 1984 his winnings was $232,520.
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In 1985 his winnings was $268,585.
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In 1986 his winnings was $235,405.
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In 1987 his winnings was $363,850.
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In 1989 his winnings was $117,300.
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In 1990 his winnings was $158,715.
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In 1991 his winnings was $256,035.
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In 1992 his career earnings was $327,530.
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He is the most successful Nascar driver in history.
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His son Kyle Petty (#45) is a Nascar driver too.
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His brother's name was Maurice.
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He retired in 1992 when he was 55.
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In 1971 he had won his third Daytona 500 as well as his third Grand National championship.
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He wanted to be a race driver because his dad was one.
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His racing career started in 1958 and ended in 1992.
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He was honored with the highest civilian award in the U.S., the Medal of Freedom.
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He had raced in Nascar for over 30 years before he died.
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His most wins in one season was 27 in 1967.
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The most consecutive races he won was 10 in 1967.
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Overall the total laps he lead was 52,194.
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He drove a Plymouth Pontiac.
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He had 200 Cup wins.
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He won two of his seven career season titles in the 1960's.
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His son, Kyle Petty, was born in June 2, 1960 in Trinity, North Carolina.
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In 1949 his father, Lee Petty, won his first race.
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He was known as "The King".
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His total career were $8,541,218.
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In 1959, he was the Rookie of the Year.
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He is in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame along with Dale Earnhardt, Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson, Arnold Palmer and Lee Petty.
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In 1989, he was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
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He won the Daytona 500 seven times, in 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981.
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In 1959, he was the Rookie of the Year.
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He won the NASCAR Championship seven times in 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979.
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His first race was in Toronto, Canada, and he finished 17th in an Oldsmobile, on July 18, 1958.
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He was the first NASCAR driver to earn more than $1 million in career earnings.
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In 1992, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush, the first racecar driver ever to be honored with this award.
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In 1989, he was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
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In 1959, his father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500.
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He has 200 NASCAR Winston Cup Victories.
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He had over 700 top-ten finishes.
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He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1997.
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He won nine Most Popular Driver awards.
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He starred in the movie Cars as the voice of the 1970 Plymouth "Road Runner" Superbird.
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Quotes
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Richard Petty: If you keep running, you'll get something.
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Richard Petty: So I've realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.
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Richard Petty: Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
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Richard Petty: No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
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Richard Petty: If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.
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Richard Petty: If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd.
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Richard Petty: I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.
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Richard Petty: I quit driving, I'm not retired.
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Richard Petty: I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.
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Richard Petty: 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.
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Richard Petty: Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.
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