The Petty Family at Daytona (English Edition)

The Petty family from Randleman, North Carolina has had a profound impact on the NASCAR circuit. The Petty‘s have made the biggest venue in stock car racing, Daytona, their personal playground. Lee, the family patriarch, won on the sands of the Daytona Beach and Road Course in the mid 1950‘s. With his son Richard the duo took on Bill France‘s Daytona International Speedway in 1959 with spectacular results. But an accident nearly took the live of Lee Petty. Richard, however, became the most successful driver in the sport‘s greatest race. He won the Daytona 500 a record seven times over a period of three decades. The team also won the race with Pete Hamilton. But Richard has been there from the beginning of the track‘s history. His son Kyle earned a pole position there in the 1990‘s. Kyle‘s son Adam raced at the speedway and so did Adam‘s cousin Ritchie. Ritchie‘s dad was Maurice who was a Daytona 500 winning crew chief. Maurice has other sons who are mechanics and crew members on racing cars. The Petty‘s make a great story and their exploits are remembered in this book.
Which member of the Petty clan put a beating on another driver?
How did the Petty Blue color come to be?
What happened to Lee Petty in his first NASCAR start?
Which driver spun out Richard in his first Grand National start?
Who protested Richard‘s first race victory?
Lee was the all time winner in Grand National history until this driver beat his record, who was it?
This book is filled with trivia and information that won‘t send you to the poorhouse. The Petty‘s were there when the series was called the NASCAR Strictly Stocks, then they became the Grand National division, and later the Winston Cup Series. Now the sport is called the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Enjoy the stories from Daytona and the Petty accomplishments there.