Petty Enterprises
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Fast Facts: Richard Petty Motorsports
Skirts and Scuffs &bull Oct 12, 2011
The team we know today as Richard Petty Motorsports began as Bill Elliott Racing in 1995, but has its roots in one of the most successful teams in NASCAR history, Petty Enterprises. Here's a look back at the history of… Full Story »
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Pattie Petty battling Parkinson's disease, vows to continue work at Victory Junction Camp
Scene Daily &bull Sep 28, 2011Pattie Petty, wife of retired NASCAR driver and television analyst Kyle Petty and co-founder of the Victory Junction Gang Camp for chronically ill children, announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. The illness is a brain disorder… Full Story »
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Harvick to get new Nationwide crew chief
Lee Spencer Nascar Column on Fox Sports &bull Aug 30, 2011
Lee Spencer is the senior NASCAR writer for FOXSports.com. She also is a correspondent for "Around the Track" on FOX Sports Net. Hyder was hired last October by KHI and worked as a crew chief on the No. 33 Rheem… Full Story »
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NASCAR Underdogs-Chad McCumbee
Hardcore Race Fans &bull Aug 18, 2011
Chad McCumbee has followed his dream to race since starting out in go-karts at the age of 10. Born the son of a dirt racer, McCumbee quickly found success behind the wheel throughout the Carolinas and beyond before joining the… Full Story »
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MB Motorsports: Paul Andrews Joins Team For 5 Races
Frontstretch Nascar Blog &bull Aug 1, 2011
MB Motorsports will be joined by NASCAR Cup Series Champion Crew Chief Paul Andrews for five races this season, starting with the AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway. Andrews will serve as a consultant for MB Motorsports and the… Full Story »
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In the Rearview Mirror: "Tiny" Lund; tiny by name only
Skirts and Scuffs &bull Jul 13, 2011
Sometimes I have a tough time picking who to spotlight for this column each week, so I decided to look at NASCAR's list of the 50 Greatest Drivers and chose "Tiny" Lund. Join me as I look back, In the Rearview Mirror, at the career of "Tiny" Lund. Tiny and… Full Story »
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Eleven Years Later - Remembering Kenny Irwin Jr.: 1969-2000
4ever3blog &bull Jul 7, 2011
What follows is a story I posted June 22 of last year, ahead of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ten years prior, on July 7, Kenny Irwin Jr. had been killed while practicing for that same event. I have an all-too-personal connection to Irwin's death that haunts me to this day, the eleventh anniversary of his passing, that I had shared bits and pieces of with fellow fans at times before. This time, though, I put it all out in the open. Let me preface this by saying that this story is about me and… Full Story »
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NASCAR Hall of Fame must include sport's founders
Nascar News on Sporting News &bull Jun 15, 2011
The NASCAR Hall of Fame voting committee got it right on Tuesday with the selections of Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarborough, Dale Inman, Glen Wood and Richie Evans. But the election of the Hall's third class of inductees-some of which amounts to the correction of previous slights and oversights-highlights a problem with the selection process that will get only worse as time passes. Raymond Parks was part of the Streamline… Full Story »
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Hall of Fame profile: Dale Inman
Nascar News on Sporting News &bull Jun 14, 2011
Dale Inman was Richard Petty's crew chief at Petty Enterprises for nearly three decades and holds the records for most wins (193) and championships (eight) by a crew chief. Inman was crew chief for all seven of Petty's championships (1964,… Full Story »
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CUP: Yarborough, Waltrip, Inman Lead Third Hall Class
SpeedTV NASCAR News &bull Jun 14, 2011
Two of NASCAR's most accomplished drivers and its leading championship crew chief led the third class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame elected Tuesday. Three-time Cup champions Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip were elected to the hall on their third… Full Story »
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Mountain Climbing Tips | Incredible History of NASCAR
www.mountainclimbingblog.com &bull May 28, 2011Most NASCAR fans have no idea about early NASCAR history, mostly because it's popularity was restricted to mostly the southern states. Most of the recent fans have heard of Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, but are not as familiar with some of the earliest stars who made… Full Story »
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Lake City Reporter Sports NASCAR inducts 2nd Hall of Fame class
www.lakecityreporter.com &bull May 27, 2011CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ned Jarrett won 50 races over his career, claimed two NASCAR championships, and once beat the field by 19 miles at Darlington Raceway. Then he moved on to broadcasting races, a second career that was as successful… Full Story »
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Pearson headlines NASCAR's second HOF class
www.gamblingiq.com &bull May 24, 2011CBSSports.com wire reports May 23, 2011 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There was shock, maybe even outrage, when David Pearson didn't make the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. If Pearson felt slighted, he never said. Pearson made the wait worth it Monday night, headlining the inauguration of the five-member second class. As he did last year, when he was passed over for induction, Pearson called on the voting panel to… Full Story »
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David Pearson, Bobby Allison honored as NASCAR inducts second Hall of Fame class
blog.syracuse.com &bull May 24, 2011Pearson made the wait worth it Monday night, headlining the inauguration of the five-member second class. As he did last year, when he was passed over for induction, Pearson called on the voting panel to elect NASCAR's pioneers before anyone else. The older guys ought to go in first, the ones that really started it and even me, I don't deserve to go in now." But Pearson, winner of… Full Story »
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Menzer: Once scrutinized, second Hall class proved perfect (NASCAR.com) | Sports Daily Fix - daily sports news and updates
www.sportsdailyfix.com &bull May 24, 2011Back when the 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame class was announced in October of 2010, there was a bit of a public outcry in several corners. How could it not include Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough, drivers with six championships and 167 race victories between them? Now we know how, and we recognize why the second class was just fine the way it played out. The 2011 class that included not only leading-notch drivers David Pearson and Bobby Allison, but… Full Story »
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Hall of Fame Inductee: Lee Petty taught family life's lessons through racing
Nascar News on Scene Daily &bull May 24, 2011CHARLOTTE - Lee Petty's children and grandchildren celebrated the Petty Enterprises patriarch's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame by reminiscing Monday night about some of their favorite lessons from Lee. Full Story »
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NASCAR - CUP: A Family Affair For Pettys
nascar.speedtv.com &bull May 24, 2011First and foremost racing was the family business for Lee Petty, patriarch of NASCAR's most famous family. And so it was fitting that Petty was inducted into the 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame class by his four grandsons, Kyle, Richie, Tim and Mark Petty. All… Full Story »
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NASCAR - CUP: NASCAR Hall Doubles Its Membership
nascar.speedtv.com &bull May 24, 2011And now there are 10. The NASCAR Hall of Fame welcomed five new members - David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Bud Moore, Ned Jarrett and the late Lee Petty - in a star-spangled ceremony Monday night at the Charlotte Convention Center.… Full Story »
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Fast five make up the second class of NASCAR Hall of Fame
jacksonville.com &bull May 23, 2011As a high school senior in South Florida, Allison raced under the name Bobby Sunderman so his parents wouldn't know what he was doing. Over the next 33 years, he won 84 races - third-most in Cup Series history - and the 1983 championship. Allison moved to Hueytown, Ala., shortly after high school with his brother, Donnie. Along with Red Farmer and Neil Bonnett, they were known as the Alabama Gang. Three of Allison's wins came in… Full Story »
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NASCAR Hall of Fame to enshrine second class - NASCAR - Sporting News
aol.sportingnews.com &bull May 22, 2011Five new members will enter the NASCAR Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony Monday night in Charlotte, constituting a class that was not without controversy when the identities of the five inductees were announced last October. Certainly, drivers David… Full Story »
