Richard Petty

Richard Petty (born the July 2nd 1937 with Level Cross-country race, in North Carolina) is old a racing driver American. Its career, begun fine 1958 is completed at the time of the finale of the season 1992 of Nascar.

Wire of Lee Petty and father of Kyle Petty, which have both run in Nascar, it is a true alive legend in its country following its impressive results.

Some figures give an outline of its 35 years of career:

: 1184 departures
123 poles
200 victories
555 times in the 5 first
712 times in the 10 first
: 307836 traversed turns
: 52194 carried out turns
: 303809 miles of race
: 8541210 dollars of profit
349 abandonments

Since its withdrawal of the series none of its records (the amount of the profits put aside) was beaten or even equalized to date.

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