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Richard has been featured on many sponsors ads over the years among many other media outlets.

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Petty is not only known for his racing but also his film and TV appearances in such shows as Modern HotrodZ and movies like Swing Vote, Days of Thunder (1990), Stroker Ace (1983), 43: The Richard Petty Story (1972), Speed Zone (1989), with Elvis in Speedway (1968), Petty Blue and the voice of Strip Weathers, also known as 'The King' in Disney/Pixar animated movie Cars (2006) also wife Lynda was featured in the movie as well. After the race he circled the track to salute fans and one last lap in the trademark STP Pontiac. He was uninjured from the accident and his team worked diligently to get the car running again and Petty finished the race. On the 94th lap, Petty was in a wreck in which his car caught fire. His final race was in Atlanta at the Hooters 500. His year long Fan Appreciation Tour took him across country where he attended special events and received numerous awards. Octocame the dreaded news that Petty would retire after the 1992 season. In 1988 a horrific wreck in Dayton found Richard going end over end spreading debris over the front straight away and after the flips Petty walked away with no serious injuries. President Ronald Regan was in attendance and celebrated with the family in victory lane. On Jhe won his 200th victory at the Firecracker 400 in Daytona.

In 1959, he was named NASCAR's Rookie of the Year after producing 9 Top 10 finishes, including 6 Top 5. his first race was in CNE Stadium in Toronto, Canada. He began his career on Jonly 16 days after his 21st birthday.

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He has also been inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1997), named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers (1998), sole stock car representative in the first class inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1989) and awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush (1992), the first motorsports athlete to ever receive this honor.

He was inducted into the first class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010. He had a record number of poles at 127, over 700 Top 10 finishes in 1184 starts including 513 consecutive starts from 1971-1989. He won 200 races, won the Daytona 500 a record 7 times and a record 27 races with 10 being consecutively in the '67 season alone. He holds 7 NASCAR Championships (Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson are the only other ones to reach this milestone).

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A second generation driver he accomplished more and set the standards for the Stock/Grand National Era as well as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. He is the most respected and accomplished driver of all motorsports. Richard is nicknamed 'The King' for a reason. Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) in the Level Cross community of Randleman, North Carolina to Elizabeth (Toomes) and Lee Arnold Petty, also a NASCAR driver and the older brother of Maurice Petty.

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