This "winged warrior" spent its first years as a pace car at New York's Perry Raceway. It still retains the original 440 V8 ...

It all started with Lee Petty, which feels appropriate. He won the first Daytona 500 in 1959. Five years later, his son, Richard, claimed the increasingly iconic NASCAR race for the first time.

But Richard Petty's big sunglasses, cowboy hat and that No. 43 still loom large over stock-car racing. Petty raced for a remarkable 34 years. His record seven Daytona 500 wins might fall some day ...

Richard Petty won seven Wiston Cup championships. His record seven Daytona 500 wins might fall some day. But what never can be displaced is the role Petty had building stock-car racing from a day ...

Richard Petty shared his thoughts on the Daytona 500 and revealed what the race meant to him. Petty, a multiple Daytona 500 winner, hyped up the iconic race in a social media promo by Legacy Motor ...

Lee Petty, winner of the very first Daytona 500 in 1959, was its founder, and his son Richard Petty became the best-known driver in the sport's history, wracking up a record 200 victories.

NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty took to social media platform X and uploaded pictures with his son Kyle Petty. The former NASCAR driver shared pictures from the morning of the 2025 Daytona 500 ...

Byron is just the fifth driver to win the Daytona 500 in consecutive years. Richard Petty (1973, 1974), Cale Yarborough (1983, 1984), Sterling Marlin (1994, 1995), and Denny Hamlin (2019 ...