Richard Petty becomes nostalgic about his most special ... And to understand the impact of that 100th win, you don’t have to look further than the all-time wins list. There’s just one person ...
Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty, who in the fifties would win three Grand National championships.