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(photo courtesy Marc Serota/Getty Images) Richard Petty must be hooked on the Indy 500. Richard Petty Motorsports and Andretti Auotosports have announced that they will join forces for the 2011 Indy 500, entering a car into the field for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Weekend this year. John . . . → Read More: Petty and Andretti Join Forces Again For The Indy 500 (photo courtesy Jeff Zelevansky) Richard Petty and a group of financial associates have signed and closed a deal to purchase Richard Petty Motorsports from George Gillett. The investment group of associates are; Richard Petty, Medallion Group, and DGB Investments. Petty, is a seven-time NASCAR champion who has won 200 races, including 10 . . . → Read More: The King Is King Again! (file photo courtesy NASCAR) This year marks the “golden anniversary” of The Atlanta Motor Speedway. The foundation of this 870 acre facility began back in the planning stage in 1958. WOMR would like to reflect on some thoughts about the six races at Atlanta that were viewed in person. The first Atlanta . . . → Read More: Atlanta: The Golden Anniversary (Adam Petty) Last weekend marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Lee Petty’s great-grandson, Richard Petty’s grandson, and the son of Kyle and Patti Petty, Adam Petty. It is hard to believe that ten years have passed since that tragic Mother’s Day weekend accident at the Louden, N.H. race track. Adam was . . . → Read More: What Might Have Been? If the France family is the backbone of NASCAR, then the Petty family was the “lifeline” of the NASCAR. It was Richard’s father, Lee Petty, that won the very first race staged at the famous Daytona International Speedway in 1959. But more importantly, it was Richard Petty who became the “poster child” . . . → Read More: Richard Petty #3 Inductee // // (photo courtesy NASCAR) This morning NASCAR celebrated the opening of their brand, new state of the art, Hall of Fame. Many of the living legends of NASCAR assembled for the grand opening ceremonies. The official opening ceremonies was briefly “interupted” by the loud rumbling of Richard Petty rolling up the . . . → Read More: NASCAR Hall of Fame Opens (photo courtesy John Harrelson/Getty Images) The world of NASCAR has its share of heroes over the past 60+ years. NASCAR also has its share of heroines, the only thing is they are often unseen, aka the driver’s wives! None of the wives are more respected than Richard Petty’s wife, Lynda Petty. Lynda . . . → Read More: If Richard Is The King….? (photo courtesy Chris Graythen/Getty Images) There was a time when race car drivers would do ANYTHING to win a race! Do the names like Dale Earnhardt, Sr., David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Fireball Roberts, and Junior Johnson ring a bell? These men were hard charging, blatantly fierce race car drivers. Yeah I know . . . → Read More: Competitors Fierce or Friendly? (File photo courtesy of Indy Racing League) Two of the great families in American auto racing will team up to race in this year’s Indianapolis 500 it was announced Wednesday. Andretti Autosport of the Indy Racing League, it was revealed, will work in a joint effort with racing legend Richard Petty and . . . → Read More: Andretti And Petty Join Forces For Indy (Marty Robbin’s Nashville Race Car) What was once known for her fast, wild, and frisky Saturday nights will soon be just a memory! The historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway is closing their doors after this weekend’s race. That will close the book of one of the most historic and fabled short track in . . . → Read More: She Was Fast And Wild: Soon Just A Memory |
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