Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.
Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.
I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.
I quit driving, I'm not retired.
I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.
If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities. And all of them are not that way. But it don't take but one or two to screw up the whole crowd.
If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
So I've realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.
In 1978 his winnings was $196,960.
In 1980 his winnings was $338,365.
In 1982 his winnings was $385,870.
In 1984 his winnings was $232,520.
In 1986 his winnings was $235,405.
In 1989 his winnings was $117,300.
In 1991 his winnings was $256,035.
He is the most successful Nascar driver in history.
His brother's name was Maurice.
In 1971 he had won his third Daytona 500 as well as his third Grand National championship.
His racing career started in 1958 and ended in 1992.
He had raced in Nascar for over 30 years before he died.
The most consecutive races he won was 10 in 1967.
He drove a Plymouth Pontiac.
He won two of his seven career season titles in the 1960's.
In 1949 his father, Lee Petty, won his first race.
His total career were $8,541,218.
He is in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame along with Dale Earnhardt, Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson, Arnold Palmer and Lee Petty.
He won the Daytona 500 seven times, in 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981.
He won the NASCAR Championship seven times in 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979.
He was the first NASCAR driver to earn more than $1 million in career earnings.
In 1989, he was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
He has 200 NASCAR Winston Cup Victories.
He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1997.
He starred in the movie Cars as the voice of the 1970 Plymouth "Road Runner" Superbird.
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