Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is one of the members of the Petty racing family. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times (a record now tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson), while also winning a record 200 races during his career. This included winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times and winning a record 27 races in one season (1967).
15 movies · 4 shows
Fistful of Steel: The Rise of Bubba Wallace
2021·9.0
Blink of an Eye
2019·7.4
The Wood Brothers
2019·10.0
Cars 3
2017·6.9
Petty Blue
2010·7.0
Swing Vote
2008·5.8
The Inspiration for 'Cars'
2006·5.7
Cars
2006·7.0
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
2004·7.2
The Race to Daytona
1997·0.0
Stockcar!
1977·10.0
43: The Richard Petty Story
1972·6.7
Country Music
1972·0.0
Corky
1972·5.5
Speedway
1968·5.9