This is a video tribute to some drivers we lost in the past 1112 years. Today will talk about adam petty and how his career would have turned out and. Ove andersson ashley cooper paul dana dale earnhardt guido. Adam petty l with richard petty and kyle petty in 1999. Always smiling, he had a way of making everyday troubles. Ritchie petty born 1968, son of maurice, and a nascar driver. He launched his career in 1998, when he was only 18 years old. He is believed to be the first fourthgeneration athlete in all of modern american professional sports. Fourthgeneration nascar driver adam petty was the greatgrandson of nascar patriarch lee petty, the grandson of nascar legend and seventime champion richard petty, and the. Adam petty 19802000, son of kyle, and nascar driver. Petty moved to nascar busch series fulltime in 1999, driving the no. He wants to keep race car drivers particularly those in grassroots racing as safe. The crash came eight weeks to the day at almost the same spot where adam petty was also killed in a wreck during practice at new hampshire international speedway. Fourthgeneration nascar driver adam petty killed in practice crash 20 years ago.
Adam petty, son of nascar on nbc analyst kyle petty and grandson of. The petty family also decided to start a camp in his memory and built victory junction, a camp for children with medical conditions or illnesses. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Nascar is one of the most popular sports in the us and the pettys are one of its bestknown families.
He was the fourth generation from the petty family to drive in races in the highest division of nascar racing. Maurice petty born 1939, son of lee and a nascar mechanic. Car number races wins top 5s top 10s top 20s laps led dnf avg. In honor of adam petty, the paint scheme will be the arca racing series no. May 12 marks the 19th anniversary of perhaps the most horrific day in nascar history the day we lost adam petty. On may 12, 2000, adam petty, the fourthgeneration driver of nascar s first family of racing, died after crashing into a wall during a practice session at new hampshire international speedway.
Fourthgeneration driver adam petty, 19, died of head injuries after a crash at new hampshire international speedway in. That was partly because of the uncertainty surrounding ryan newmans condition after the terrifying lastlap wreck in the daytona 500. A fourthgeneration nascar driver, adam was preceded by his father kyle petty, his grandfather richard petty, and his greatgrandfather lee. Petty is a father to daughter montgomery lee petty, 32, and sons austin petty, 35, and adam petty, a professional racing driver who died at age 19 in may 2000 after suffering a basilar skull. Click on the site to see adam petty s career results at that track glossary. His family has been involved with nascar since the early days. Richard petty born 1937, son of lee and the winningest driver in nascar cup series history.
See more ideas about richard petty, nascar and nascar racing. Adam kyler petty july 10, 1980 may 12, 2000 was the first fourthgeneration driver in nascar. The fourthgeneration driver, already deemed the future of nascar, crashed in a. Nascar driver adam pettys legacy lives on in memory, camp. Adam petty s nascar career born into the legendary petty family, its no wonder that adam petty pursued a stock car racing career. His greatgrandfather, lee, was a driver in the sports inaugural season in 1949, and. Not long after adam s death, kyle petty switched his nascar number to the no. Kyle petty born 1960, son of richard, and nascar driver. Christi lewien adam pettys down to earth style made him special in many hearts.
Adam petty first got serious notice in racing in september 1998 when he won the arca race in charlotte, n. He stopped racing in 2008 but has been talking about it his entire life. Nascars most famous family suffered its most devastating tragedy friday. See more ideas about nascar racing, richard petty and nascar. This series will go over a driver that nascar lost too soon. How the fatal crash that killed the rising racing star, adam petty. Wallace to honor adam petty with darlington throwback. The fourthgeneration driver, already deemed the future of nascar, crashed in a practice session at new hampshire motor speedway in 2000. Kyle petty grandson of lee, son of richard, father of adam, kyle petty is nascar royalty. Today will talk about adam petty and how his career would have turned out and also. Regardless, we went a full nine months between pettys passing and earnhardts. Nascar driver adam pettys legacy lives on in memory, camp marty obrien when more than 175 motorcyclists participating in the kyle petty charity ride stopped at krispy kreme in hampton on. On may 12, 2000, adam petty, the fourthgeneration driver of nascars first family of racing, died after crashing into a wall during a practice session at.
Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. As a fourthgeneration driver in one of racings most famous families, many felt adam would carry on the tradition started by his greatgrandfather lee petty, who won the first daytona 500. Photo by sporting news via getty images via getty images petty was just 17 when he made his first nascar start in whats now known as. Retired nascar driver kyle petty expecting child with wife.
Petty drove that number for the rest of his cup series career. Kyle petty would drive the 45 car for the remainder of his career, despite many nascar fans scratching their heads in regards to kyle racing. For more than 50 years, nascars royal family remained untouched by an ontrack racing death. Adam petty, son of nascar on nbc analyst kyle petty and grandson of nascar hall of famer richard petty, was killed may 12, 2000, at the age of. On may 12, 2000, adam petty, the fourthgeneration driver of nascars first family of racing, died after crashing into a wall. Driver adam petty 1999 nascar busch grand national series. The pit crew chief for adam petty was crushed to death when the car he was working on during a race was lowered off the jack too soon and the driver sped away over him. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Kyle petty had a hard time getting to sleep monday night. But shortly after noon yesterday, adam petty, the always smiling 19yearold son of kyle, grandson of. Petty finished sixth in his first busch series race at daytona.
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