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October 7 - This day in Petty history 10/07/51 - Lee finishes 5th in a 150 lapper at Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsboro, NC.10/07/56 - Lee finishes 9th in a 200 lap race at Newport (TN) Speedway - home of L.D. Ottinger.10/07/73 - Richard finishes 2nd to Cale Yarborough in the National 500 at Charlotte.10/07/90 - Kyle finishes 4th in the SABCO Peak Pontiac in the Mello Yello 500 at Charlotte. Richard finishes 20th.10/07/79 - Richard finishes 4th in the National 500 at Charlotte. Kyle finishes 18th in a hand-me-down STP Dodge Magnum in his first start at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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October 16 - This day in Petty history


10/16/49 - Lee finishes 2nd in a sandwich of Flocks - Bob is 1st, Fonty is 3rd - in the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro in NASCAR's first Strictly...
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October 15 - This day in Petty history


10/15/67 - G.C. Spencer is the top finisher of the two-car Petty team finishing 5th in the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Richard's...
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David Briggs

Can Junior win a championship with Eury Jr.??


I know this will undoubtedly create some controversy, but I'm of the opinion that Junior should have let Rick Hendrick build him a team from...
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October 14 - This day in Petty history


10/14/62 - Speedy Thompson finished 9th driving car #41 in the National 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in his only Petty Enterprises start.
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October 13 - This day in Petty history


10/13/53 - Lee Petty finishes 2nd to future employee Jim Paschal in a 200 lapper at Martinsville Speedway.10/13/57 - Lee finishes 2nd to Fireball...
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October 12 - This day in Petty history


10/12/75 - Richard clinches his 6th Winston Cup championship by finishing 28th, dead last, in the Capital City 500 at Richmond Fairgrounds Speedway.
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Deana Cramberg

Sterling


What is your favorite memory of Sterling???????
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October 11 - This day in Petty history


10/11/59 - Lee wins a 200 lapper at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. Richard finishes 5th in his rookie year.
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October 10 - This day in Petty history


10/10/54 - Lee finishes 3rd in the Mid-South 250 at Memphis-Arkansas Speedway in LeHi Arkansas. He led 150 of 167 laps, but broke an axle and...
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October 9 - This day in Petty history


Behind a bit due to some work travel this week. Let's see if we can make up for lost time...10/9/64 - Richard finishes 2nd to Ned Jarrett at...
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