Kyle Petty - Biography

Last Editor: paula51167				Kyle Petty Biography -   Name : Kyle Petty Profession : Spouse : Pattie Huffman (4 February 1979 - present) 3 children

Kyle Petty Trivia -

Kyle went from driving the #44 car to driving the #45 in honor of his son Adam May 12, 2000 - Son Adam killed in racing accident while practicing. Kyle considered a career in country music, and was quite good at it too! He recorded at least one album, and one of the songs he recorded was called 'Oh King Richard', in honor of his father Grandson of 2-time Nascar Grand National Series Champion Lee Petty. Son of racing legend Richard Petty. Father of Adam Petty.

Kyle Petty Detailed Biography -

Born: June 2, 1960 Birthplace: Level Cross, North Carolina Awards: 2005 Pocono Raceway Spirit Award ; 2004 National Motorsports Press Association Myers Brothers Award; 2004 USA Weekend’s Most Caring Athlete ; 2003 American Motorcycle Association Hazel Kolb Brighter Image Award; 2002 True Value Person of the Year Award; 2002 March Of Dimes Sportsman of the Year Award ; 2000 NASCAR Illustrated's Person of the Year; 2000 NASCAR USG Person of the Year ; 2000 National Motorsports Press Association Myers Brothers Award; 1999 NASCAR Illustrated's Person of the Year; 1998 NASCAR USG Person of the Year NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics Car #, Team 45 - Petty Enterprises 2005 NEXTEL Cup Position: 27rd Best Cup Position: 5th - 1992, 1993 (Winston Cup) First Race: 1979 Talladega 500 (Talladega) First Win: 1986 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond) Last Win: 1995 Miller 500 (Dover) Wins Top Tens Poles 8 170 8 All stats current as of September 25, 2005. A dated Kyle Petty NASCAR picture. Kyle Eugene Petty (Born June 2, 1960 in Level Cross, North Carolina) is an American NASCAR driver, the son of racing driver Richard Petty. Petty originally did not intend to become a race car driver. He was a star in many sports in high school, including football and basketball and received scholarship offers from many colleges. However, Kyle did eventually decide to follow in his father's footsteps and he won his first stock car race, an ARCA event at Daytona International Speedway in 1979. He then entered the Winston Cup soon after that, driving as a teammate to his father at Petty Enterprises. He left his father's team in 1985 to drive for the Wood Brothers team. His first Winston Cup win came the following next year at Richmond International Raceway. Petty returned to driving for Petty Enterprises in 1996 and is now CEO of that team. Petty's son Adam Petty had begun a promising career in racing as well, but was killed in 2000 in a practice accident at New Hampshire International Speedway. Upon his son's death, Petty finished the 2000 season racing his son's car in the Busch Series. Petty is active in many charitable causes, such as the Victory Junction Gang Camp for terminally-ill children, which he established to honor his late son, as well as an annual charity motorcycle ride across the country. Below is a list of all of the different NASCAR teams for which Kyle Petty has driven at the Winston Cup level, and the companies who sponsored him in each year. Teams Petty Enterprises- 1979-1984; 1997-present Wood Brothers- 1985-1988 Felix Sabates- 1989-1996 Sponsors STP- 1979-1982 7-Eleven- 1983-1986 Citgo- 1987-1988 Peak Antifreeze- 1989-1990 Mello Yello- 1991-1994 Coors- 1995-1996 Hot Wheels- 1997-2000 Sprint- 2001-2002 Georgia-Pacific- 2003-2005 Wells Fargo-2006+