richard petty

     

In 1992 George Bush presented this stock car racer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Trivia about richard petty

  • Though his last name means "of little importance", he's "The King" of NASCAR, the all-time leader in races won at 200
  • This champion stock-car racer lost the 1996 race for North Carolina's Secretary of State
  • In 1959 Lee Petty became the first to win the Daytona 500; this son later won the race a record 7 times
  • In 1967 this NASCAR "king" won 27 races to set the single-season standard
  • With 200 victories, he's won more NASCAR races than any other driver