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Richard Petty

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

89

Movies

15

TV

4

Born: July 2, 1937
From: North Carolina, USA

Biography

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).

Works

15 films

Cars 3

Cars 3

20176.9

Cars

Cars

20067.0

Swing Vote

Swing Vote

20085.8

Speedway

Speedway

19685.9

NASCAR: The IMAX Experience

NASCAR: The IMAX Experience

20047.2

Petty Blue

Petty Blue

20107.0

Stockcar!

Stockcar!

197710.0

Corky

Corky

19725.5

The Wood Brothers

The Wood Brothers

201910.0

The Inspiration for 'Cars'

The Inspiration for 'Cars'

20065.7

43: The Richard Petty Story

43: The Richard Petty Story

19726.7

Country Music

Country Music

1972

Fistful of Steel: The Rise of Bubba Wallace

Fistful of Steel: The Rise of Bubba Wallace

20219.0

Blink of an Eye

Blink of an Eye

20197.4

The Race to Daytona

The Race to Daytona

1997