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Profile of Kyle Petty
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Kyle Petty |
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| Date of Birth: |
2nd June 1960 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Randleman, North Carolina, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Kyle Petty
| Born: |
June 2, 1960 |
| Birthplace: |
Level Cross, North Carolina |
| Awards: |
None |
| NASCAR Cup statistics |
| Car #, Team |
45 - Petty Enterprises |
| 2004 NEXTEL Cup Position: |
33rd |
| Best Cup Position: |
5th - 1992, 1993 (Winston Cup) |
| First Race: |
1979 Talladega 500 (Talladega) |
| First Win: |
1986 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond) |
| Last Win: |
1995 Miller 500 (Dover) |
| Wins |
Top Tens |
Poles |
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170 |
8 |
| All stats current as of September 25, 2005. |
Kyle Petty (Born June 2, 1960 in Level Cross, North Carolina) is an American NASCAR driver, the son of racing driver Richard Petty.
Petty originally did not intend to become a race car driver. He was a star in many sports in high school, including football and basketball and received scholarship offers from many colleges.
However, Kyle did eventually decide to follow in his father's footsteps and he won his first stock car race, an ARCA event at Daytona International Speedway in 1979. He then entered the Winston Cup soon after that, driving as a teammate to his father at Petty Enterprises. He left his father's team in 1985 to drive for the Wood Brothers team. His first Winston Cup win came the following next year at Richmond International Raceway. Petty returned to driving for Petty Enterprises in 1996 and is now CEO of that team.
Petty's son Adam Petty was intereted in racing as well, but was killed in 2000 in a practice accident at New Hampshire International Speedway. Upon his son's death, Petty finished the 2000 season racing his son's car in the Busch Series.
Petty is active in many charitable causes, such as the Victory Junction Gang Camp for terminally ill children, which he established to honor his late son, as well as an annual charity motorcycle ride across the country.
In 2005, Petty proposed that NASCAR begin making their races much shorter to keep casual viewers interested. New article on Petty's views
Teams/Sponsors
Below is a list of all of the different NASCAR teams for which Kyle Petty has driven at the Winston Cup level, and the companies who sponsored him in each year.
Teams
- Petty Enterprises- 1979-1984; 1997-present
- Wood Brothers- 1985-1988
- Felix Sabates- 1989-1996
Sponsors
- STP- 1979-1982
- 7-Eleven- 1983-1986
- Citgo- 1987-1988
- Peak Antifreeze- 1989-1990
- Mello Yello- 1991-1994
- Coors- 1995-1996
- Hot Wheels- 1997-2000
- Sprint- 2001-2002
- Georgia-Pacific- 2003-present
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