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Kyle Petty
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Born: 2 June 1960
Hometown: Randleman, North Carolina, USA

Son of Richard Petty, father of driver Adam Petty, former NASCAR driver, and longtime NASCAR commentator following his driving career.

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Kyle Petty page on 25 September 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Kyle Eugene Petty is an American former stock car racing driver, and current racing commentator. He is the son of racer Richard Petty, grandson of racer Lee Petty, and father of racer Adam Petty, who was killed in a crash during a practice in May 2000. Petty last drove the No. 45 Dodge Charger for Petty Enterprises, where he formerly served as CEO, his last race was in 2008. Petty has been married twice. Pattie Petty (1979-2002) and to Morgan Petty in 2015. Kyle has four children. Adam Petty (1980-2000), Austin Petty (b. 1982) Montgomery Petty (b. 1985) and Overton Owens Petty (b. 2018).

Petty was born in Randleman, North Carolina. He began racing at a young age and made his major-league stock car debut at the age of 18. He won the very first race he entered: the 1979 Daytona ARCA 200, in one of his father's mothballed 1978 Dodge Magnum race cars; at the time becoming the youngest driver to win a major-league stock car race. Later in the season, he made his Winston Cup Series debut; again driving a passed down STP Dodge Magnum numbered No. 42 (a number used by his grandfather Lee Petty) for his family's team. He ran five races and had a ninth-place finish in his first series race at Talladega. In 1980, he made a total of fifteen starts in the No. 42 (after crashing the last of his father's Dodge Magnums in one of the Daytona 125 qualifying races) and had six top-ten finishes (using what ever hand-me-down race car his father could spare), garnering a twenty-eighth-place points finish. He began the 1981 season driving his father's No. 43 for one race, before running a full schedule in his regular No. 42, finishing in the top-ten ten times and finishing twelfth in points.

Photographs

Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
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Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,875KB

	1983 Van Scoy 500 The Petty Enterprises Pontiac #7 of Kyle Petty. Kyle finished 13th in the 1983 Van Scoy 500. Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1983 Van Scoy 500 - 433KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License (CC BY-SA 2.0).
	1983 Like Cola 500 Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1983 Like Cola 500 - 259KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License (CC BY-SA 2.0).
	1984 The fate of Petty Enterprises was lefy solely in the hands of Kyle Petty in 1984 with this good looking T-Bird. Hopefully someday, Petty Enterprises will have some better success than in recent years. Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Kyle Petty at Pocono in 1984 - 631KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License (CC BY-SA 2.0).
	1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,164KB
	1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1986 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,363KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,331KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,385KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,348KB
	1986 Goody's 500 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1986 Goody's 500 - 1,420KB
	1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1987 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 259KB
	1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,344KB
	1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,249KB
	1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,205KB
	1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty Car at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 - 1,266KB
	Photo ©2008 Bill Crittenden February 2008 Meeting of C.A.R.S. in Miniature View photo of Kyle Petty Model Car - 3,730KB
	Photo ©2008 Bill Crittenden February 2008 Meeting of C.A.R.S. in Miniature View photo of Kyle Petty Model Car - 3,697KB
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,550KB
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,694KB
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 278KB
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 340KB

	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,797KB
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,834KB
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test June 23, 1992 Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,860KB
	1997 Pocono 500 I really liked this paint scheme of the Hot Wheels car in 1997. Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1997 Pocono 500 - 68KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
	1997 Pocono 500 The #44 in 1997. Photo by Mike Traverse View photo of Kyle Petty at the 1997 Pocono 500 - 67KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
	1994 Car, Dodge Charger body Show Car for Victory Junction Gang Camp Photo ©2012 Bill Crittenden Reserve not met ($4,000 high bid) at the Mecum 2012 Fall Premier Auction Mecum Auctions View photo of Kyle Petty Wells Fargo/Marathon Car - 3.9MB
	1994 Car, Dodge Charger body Show Car for Victory Junction Gang Camp Photo ©2012 Bill Crittenden Reserve not met ($4,000 high bid) at the Mecum 2012 Fall Premier Auction Mecum Auctions View photo of Kyle Petty Wells Fargo/Marathon Car - 4.3MB
	1996 Car, Dodge Charger body Photo ©2012 Bill Crittenden Reserve not met ($13,000 high bid) at the Mecum 2012 Fall Premier Auction Mecum Auctions View photo of Kyle Petty Wells Fargo Car - 4.9MB
	1996 Car, Dodge Charger body Photo ©2012 Bill Crittenden Reserve not met ($13,000 high bid) at the Mecum 2012 Fall Premier Auction Mecum Auctions View photo of Kyle Petty Wells Fargo Car - 3.7MB
	1996 Car, Dodge Charger body "LAST PLACE" written in the dust on hood Photo ©2012 Bill Crittenden Reserve not met ($13,000 high bid) at the Mecum 2012 Fall Premier Auction Mecum Auctions View photo of Kyle Petty Wells Fargo Car - 3.4MB

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
9 May 2006	NASCAR Media Conference	Bobby Labonte Kyle Petty
18 July 2006	NASCAR Media Conference	Carl Edwards Kyle Petty
9 January 2010	NASCAR Sprint Sound & Speed presented by SunTrust	Brian Bandas Stephen Barker Liles Jason Michael Carroll Carl Edwards Eric Gunderson Kyle Petty
23 May 2010	NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Richard Petty (Part 3/6)	Dale Inman Kyle Petty Richard Petty
23 May 2011	NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Lee Petty	Kyle Petty Mark Petty Maurice Petty Richard Petty Ritchie Petty Tim Petty
5 June 2012	NASCAR Media Conference	Adam Alexander Kyle Petty

Merchandise

Type & Item #	Name	Details
Model Kit - AMT 8047	Kyle Petty Grand Prix Stock Car	1:25 scale, #7 7-11
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 42	Kyle Petty	#42 Mello Yello Pontiac
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 192	1991 Memorable Moments	Kyle Petty at the Winston 500
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 266	Race 3: Rockingham	GM Goodwrench 500, Kyle Petty #42 Mello Yello Pontiac
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC28	Kyle Petty	#42 Coors Light Pontiac Grand Prix
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC110	Changin' Gears: Kyle Petty	#42 Coors Light Pontiac Grand Prix