Richard Petty is one of the all-time most popular drivers in the history of NASCAR. He has won NASCARÕs most popular driver 8 times in the years 1962, 1964, 1968, 1974,1975,1976,1977, and 1978.
Lee Petty won the Nascar Grand National Series championship in 1954.
Richard Petty is nicknamed The King, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times.
From 1958 through 1992, Richard Petty started 1,184 races and won 200 times.
Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times.1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981
Jimmie Johnson is the only Nascar driver to win the Cup Series championship five times. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. won seven championships each.
During his Nascar Cup Series career, Richard Petty won 61races starting from the pole position.
Over the course of both drivers careers, Dale Sr. and Richard Petty have beaten each other multiple times.
Richard Petty won three times at Darlington Raceway in the Nascar Cup Series.April 30, 1966 - (Rebel 400)May 13, 1967 - (Rebel 400)September 4, 1967 - (Southern 400)
Richard Petty had a number of accomplishments in his career. However, his record at the Daytona 500 is certainly something to make note of. In a race that only the best are able to win, Petty sat atop the leader board seven different times and holds the record for the most wins at the track.
Most of the drivers who won the Daytona 500 only won it once in their careers. Only ten drivers have won it more than once, led by Richard Petty who won it seven times.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. has the most wins at Daytona with 34. This includes victories in the Cup and Busch Series, IROC, the Budweiser Shootout and the Daytona qualifying races.
Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times, which is second most. Richard Petty leads all drivers with seven victories.