Sports Briefs: Petty set to rele...   Dec 25, 2008 14:22:11

Richard Petty will release an audio book in 2009, the year of the 25th anniversary of his record 200th victory in racing. Stock-car racing "is a very ...View Full Article Read More

Va. Tech unveils new racers for ...   Nov 07, 2008 10:34:27

43 associated with racing legend Richard Petty was replaced with VT, according to a news release. An image of Tech’s Hokie Bird mascot was displayed on the ...View Full Article Read More

NASCAR notes: PIR expects 'full ...   Nov 07, 2008 10:34:27

Team owners Jack Roush, Ray Evernham, Richard Childress, Richard Petty and Michael Waltrip have brought in non-racing investors in recent years. ...View Full Article Read More

Racing legend likes Johnson for ...   Nov 06, 2008 13:49:44

In the six-decade history of NASCAR, Yarborough – not Richard Petty nor Dale Earnhardt – is the only driver to win three straight championships . . . until ...View Full Article Read More

Petty and Earnhardt teams losing...   Nov 05, 2008 10:08:41

By Tania Ganguli | Orlando Sentinel Remember when Richard Petty won the first 500 that mattered as a fight broke out in the infield behind him? ...View Full Article Read More

Several Cup titles have been dec...   Nov 04, 2008 12:30:40

Richard Petty won his seventh championship by 11 over Darrell Waltrip in 1979, while Dale Earnhardt bested Cale Yarborough by 19 a year later. ...View Full Article Read More

Nation's economic troubles could...   Nov 02, 2008 10:46:50

To stay marginally competitive, seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty sold a controlling interest in his family's race team to an investment firm, ... View Full Article Read More

Jimmie Johnson could buck Sprint...   Nov 02, 2008 10:46:38

By RICHARD DURRETT / The Dallas Morning News Richard Petty, the greatest living authority on Sprint Cup championships, never won three consecutive titles. ...View Full Article Read More

Ed Hinton: Get us back to yester...   Oct 31, 2008 12:42:20

But Richard Petty, right, and Bobby Allison, rear, didn't think twice before giving Cale Yarborough a hand at the 1973 Daytona 500. ...View Full Article Read More

Petty makes 1000th and final sta...   Oct 29, 2008 11:33:37

COM With Michael Waltrip making his 1000th NASCAR national series start this weekend at Atlanta, it's a good time to look back at Richard Petty's final Cup ...View Full Article Read More