Blog series about "Uncle Julie"

Julius Hilton Petty - known in some circles as Julian, J.H. or even "Uncle Julie" - was born April 1, 1916. His brother Lee had a Hall of Fame racing career as did his nephews Richard and Maurice.

Julian dabbled in driving himself but without success. In the late 1950s though and again in the early 1960s, he enjoyed a pretty good round of success as a car owner in NASCAR's GN and convertible series.

Today, I introduced a blog series I'm planning for this year - to write about Julian Petty's wins as an owner with drivers such as Gwyn Staley, Jim Paschal and most notably Bob Welborn.

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2015/04/uncle-julie.html

I've found info and photos re: Julian to be pretty limited. I'll appreciate contributions of all kinds here or by sending me a message.

Should be fun.

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updated by @tmc-chase: 09/11/17 10:16:38AM

Look forward to keeping up with your new undertaking about Julian Petty.

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Actually, Julian did have success in racing. He swept an ARCA (then MARC) doubleheader at Flat Rock Speedway on September 11, 1953. ARCA has no other records except that Julian won the races.

That's good stuff. I'll have to search for an article from a newspaper, NSSN, ISN, etc. Thanks.


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Stumbled across this earlier today.  Julie was my grandfather.  I may be able to answer some questions or direct you to someone who would know more.  Let me know if this is still of interest.  One of his sons is still alive as well as his daughter.