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.

There have been so many great race car drivers in the last 150 years or so. Brad Keselowski says Richard Petty is the greatest of all. While you can point to the 200 wins, his NASCAR championships, or ...

Rockingham Speedway returns with new life and deep ties to Petty family, honoring the legacy of Adam Petty and NASCAR’s rich ...

As the Richard Petty-Danica Patrick-Tony Stewart drama intensified in 2014, NASCAR legend Petty surprised fans by accepting a ...