Hail the King!!!

[Newport 66]

Happy Birthday Sir Richard!

 

[Davea Lux]

He is 82 today.

Dave

 

[Mudeblue]

Great story behind Petty and this car but from an aesthetics perspective, in IMHO, was not Plymouths best work!

 

[1978 NYB]

King Richard still gets around pretty good!

 

[Davea Lux]

Great story behind Petty and this car but from an aesthetics perspective, in IMHO, was not Plymouths best work!

Still one of the best race cars ever, per King Richard himself. The wings and nose cone were all about keeping the car firmly on the track and the hell with how it looked.

Dave

 

[MarPar]

Happy Birthday Mr Petty!!

 

[bluefury361]

If you get the chance, read "king of the road". Richards biography published in 1977.

 

[david hill]

In motorsports the name says it all. The Petty legacy spans more decades than any other than the France family. In racing there is only one King that's Richard Petty.

 

[Fratzog]

Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992 GW Bush). An American icon.

 

[Old Mike]

 

[Old Mike]

Happy Birthday Mr Petty!!

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Forget about the street version available at the dealership, I bet even Richard’s racer cost less than that Bugatti.

 

[Davea Lux]

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That sure looks like Lee Petty's '59 Oldsmobile in the background, No 42.

Dave

 

[Davea Lux]

That sure looks like Lee Petty's '59 Oldsmobile in the background, No 42.

Dave

Lee petty won the first Daytona 500 in this car. #42

Dave