Originally posted by me as part of my on-going series about each of Richard Petty's 200 wins here:
https://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/09/september-28-this-day-in-petty-history.html
1969 - Richard Petty wins his 101st career race in the Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville in his Ford.
The scanned image below is really small and tough to read. For an alternative version of the race recap [ read this article ] from the Sumter Daily Item.
In the summer of '69 ( someone should write a song with that title! ), many NASCAR drivers formed the Professional Drivers Association to address key issues with Bill France, Sr. and NASCAR. Petty was elected as its initial (and turns out, only ) president. Its interesting the PDA was mentioned in the tag line accompanying the victory lane photo.
Article and photo courtesy of RR's Jerry Bushmire
Article and photo courtesy of RR's Jerry Bushmire TMC
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updated by @tmc-chase: 09/28/20 10:13:09AM