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About Me

Kyle Eugene Petty (Born June 2, 1960 in Randleman, North Carolina) is an American NASCAR driver, the son of racing legend Richard Petty. He pilots the #45 Marathon Petroleum Company Dodge Charger for Petty Enterprises. The Marathon Petroleum Company announced the sponsorship on August 8,2006. Marathon will remain the Sponsor through the 2008 season. Petty originally did not intend to become a race car driver. He was a star in many sports in high school, including football and basketball and received scholarship offers from many colleges.However, Kyle did eventually decide to follow in his father's footsteps and he won his first stock car race, the ARCA 200 event at Daytona International Speedway in 1979 using a retired (but refurbished) 1978 Dodge Magnum race car that his father campaigned the previous year. He then tried to enter the Winston Cup soon after that, but crashed during qualifying in March, May, and just before the July 4th Daytona races. Using one of the few remaining Magnums (the others were wrecked beyond repair), Kyle qualified for the August '79 Talledega race and finished a very respectable 9th place. The following year, when spare cars were available, Kyle raced as often as he could, but did not have a successful year, driving as a teammate to his father at Petty Enterprises. He left his father's team in 1985 to drive for the Wood Brothers team. His first Winston Cup win came the following next year at Richmond International Raceway. Petty returned to driving for Petty Enterprises in 1996 and is now CEO of that team.

My Interests

Music:

Sponsors* STP- 1979-1982 * 7-Eleven- 1983-1986 * Citgo- 1987-1988 * Peak Antifreeze- 1989-1990 * Mello Yello- 1991-1994 * Coors- 1995-1996 * Hot Wheels- 1997-2000 * Sprint- 2001-2002 * Georgia-Pacific- 2003-2005 * Marathon Petroleum Company 2006+ * Wells Fargo-2006+ * Schwans Home Delivery Service-2006+ * National Tire and BatteryTire Kingdom -2006+ * Merchants Tire/Auto Centers-2006+ * Coca-Cola: MyCokeRewards-2006+

Movies:

Teams--Kyle has Scored 8 Wins, 172 TOP10s, 8 Poles* Petty Enterprises- 1979-1984; 1997-present * Wood Brothers- 1985-1988 * Felix Sabates/Team SABCO- 1989-1996-----

Television:

# Official Petty Enterprises Web Site # Career statistics at RacingReference.com # Victory Junction Gang Camp # Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America # Coca-Cola Racing Family's Kyle Petty profile

My Blog

10 Questions: Kyle Petty

1. What's the best advice you've ever received, and who was it from? Kyle Petty: The best advice I ever received was probably from my mother. When it became obvious that I was going to pursue racing ...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:57:00 PST

Inside the Halls of Petty: Three times a crew chief

Hey, Petty fans. This is Bill Wilburn, crew chief of the No. 45 Wells Fargo/Marathon/Tire Kingdom Dodge. Over the past three races I have had the opportunity to work with three outstanding drivers, C...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:54:00 PST

Race Report - Savemart 350

Petty and the #45 Wells Fargo Dodge team had a strong run end dry on Sunday. Petty started 23 rd in Sunday's race and ran into trouble early. Contact with Matt Kenseth put a dent in the right-rear qua...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:35:00 PST

Qualifying Report-Toyota/Savemart 350

KYLE PETTY "Our car was good. We made some big improvements from practice and we ran about the same. Nobody is going to pick up a lot. I'm happy with it. Our stuff has gotten better and better. The Do...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:33:00 PST

Kyle Petty Notes & Quotes - Toyota/Savemart 350

Telling His Story From The Cockpit Petty To Navigate and Commentate in Sonoma This weeke...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:51:00 PST

Race Report - Citizens Bank 400

FINAL RESULTS: 1. Carl Edwards, Ford 2. Martin Truex, Jr., Chevrolet 3. Tony Stewart, Chevrolet 4. Casey Mears, Chevrolet 5. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Chevrolet 27. John Andretti, #45 Marathon Ameri...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:50:00 PST

Kyle Petty to be enshrined

The Boise, Idoho based World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame will hold its 13th annual induction ceremony at 7:30 tonight at Boise State's Morrison Center. Former Major League Baseball great Edgar Ma...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:49:00 PST

Preliminary Entry List Infineon Raceway

..> Car# Driver Sponsor/Manu Owner 1 00 P.J. Jones Toyota Calvin Wells, III 2 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Teresa Earnhardt 3 01 Regan Smith Chevy Bobby Ginn 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Roger Pens...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:53:00 PST

Notes & Quotes - Citizens Bank 400

Andretti Returns To Petty Enterprises Former Winner at Petty Enterprises Ready for Opportunity ...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:04:00 PST

Inside the Halls of Petty: Welcome back Andretti

Hey Petty fans, this is Robbie Loomis. I'm back again to give you a perspective into what I see as vice president of operations for Petty Enterprises. These next few weeks will be an exciting time fo...
Posted by Kyle Petty on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:14:00 PST