Richard Lee Petty will turn 81 July 2.
(Fox News) – Living racing legend Richard Petty (above) is auctioning off
a trove of trophies, memorabilia and even some of the cars from his 60-
year NASCAR career.
They include a 1974 Dodge Charger that he won 31 races with, including
the 1974 Daytona 500 (below).
The event is being organized by Julien’s Auctions and will take place at
the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on May 12.
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was born in Kannapolis, NC.
NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the Busch Series Championship in
1998 and 1999 and the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014. He went into his
first race with a car he co-owned with his half brother Kerry. Junior, as he
is called by many, won his 12th consecutive Sprint Cup Series Most Popular
Driver Award in 2014. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale
Earnhardt Sr.
Junior (left) with father Dale Sr. who was killed on February 18, 2001
on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
Robert Yates (April 19, 1943 – October 2, 2017)
(AP ) – NASCAR team owner and engine builder Robert Yates died Monday night
at age 74. No cause of death was given, but Yates had been battling liver cancer.
His son Doug Yates, who today runs Robert Yates Engines, posted the news on
Twitter, calling his dad his "hero."
(FoxNews) – Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. will make his Monster Energy Cup
Series debut this Sunday at Pocono Raceway (1:30 p.m. ET on FS1),
becoming the first black driver since Bill Lester in June of 2006 to run in
NASCAR’s top series.
Wallace is stepping in to sub for the injured Aric Almirola in the iconic No.
43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford. He was born in Mobile, Alabama but
grew up in Concord, North Carolina. Wallace will be 24 in October.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A NASCAR racing star is in Portland to kick off a charity
motorcycle ride across the nation.
Racing champ Kyle Petty is leading 200 other riders on an 8-state, 2,400-mile
trip across the continent.
He’s doing the ride to raise money for Victory Junction – a camp in his home
state of North Carolina for terminally ill children.
Kyle is the son of Richard Petty, a NASCAR champion nicknamed “The King.”
This is 23rd time they’ve done the ride, but it is the first time they’ve started
in Portland. Petty says he and his co-riders are loving their stay in Oregon.
The ride is set to begin this Saturday morning at Manheim Portland Auto
Auction in Hayden Island. They plan to end eight days later in Milwaukie,
Wisconsin. (KATU-TV NEWS)
