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CLASSIC NASCAR CHAMP #43 RICHARD PETTY W/1972 DODGE CHARGER WALLPAPER BORDER
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Description
Petty atDover International Speedway
in 2016
Born
Richard Lee Petty
July 2, 1937
(age 82)
Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina
, U.S.
Achievements
1964
,
1967
,
Grand National Series
Champion
1971
,
1972
,
1974
,
1975
,
1979 Winston Cup Series
Champion
Tied with
Dale Earnhardt
and
Jimmie Johnson
for most
NASCAR Cup Series
Championships (7)
1964
,
1966
,
1971
,
1973
,
1974
,
1979
,
1981
Daytona 500
Winner
1967
Southern 500
Winner
1975
,
1977 World 600
Winner
All-Time Wins Leader in
NASCAR Cup Series
(200)
All-Time Poles Leader in
NASCAR Cup Series
(123)
Holds record for most
NASCAR Cup Series
wins in a season (27 in 1967)
Holds record for most consecutive
NASCAR Cup Series
wins (10 in 1967)
Most all time wins at
Daytona International Speedway
(10)
Awards
1959
Grand National Series
Rookie of the Year
NASCAR's Most Popular Driver
(1962, 1964, 1968,
1974
,
1975
,
1976
,
1977
,
1978
)
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Inductee
(1989)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
Inductee
(1997)
NASCAR Hall of Fame
Inductee
(2010),
Diecast Hall of Fame
(2011)
Named one of
NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers
(1998)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(1992)
NASCAR
Cup Series
career
1,184 races run over 35 years
Best finish
1st (1964, 1967,
1971
,
1972
,
1974
,
1975
,
1979
)
First race
1958 Jim Mideon 500
(
Toronto
)
Last race
1992 Hooters 500
(
Atlanta
)
First win
1960
untitled race (
Southern States
)
Last win
1984 Firecracker 400
(
Daytona
)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
200
712
123
NASCAR
Convertible Division
career
15 races run over 2 years
Best finish
4th (
1959
)
First race
1958
Race No. 14 (
Columbia
)
Last race
1959
Race No. 14 (
Greenville-Pickens
)
First win
1959
Race No. 13 (
Columbia
)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
1
8
10
Richard Lee Petty
(born July 2, 1937), nicknamed
The King
, is an American former
NASCAR
driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the
NASCAR
MEASUREMENTS: 8" TALL X 15' LONG and repeats image every 27"