Kyle Petty

Kyle Eugene Petty (born June 2, 1960) is an American former stock car racing driver and current racing commentator. He is the son of racer Richard Petty, grandson of racer Lee Petty, and father of racer Adam Petty, who was killed in a crash during practice in May 2000.^[1] Petty last drove the No. 45 Dodge Charger for Petty Enterprises, where he formerly served as CEO; his last race was in 2008.

Kyle Petty
Petty in 2011
Born	Kyle Eugene Petty (1960-06-02) June 2, 1960 (age 62) Randleman, North Carolina
Achievements	1987 Coca-Cola 600 Winner
Awards	1998, 2000 NASCAR USG Person of the Year 1999, 2000 NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year 2000, 2004 National Motorsports Press Association Myers Brothers Award
NASCAR Cup Series career
829 races run over 30 years
Best finish	5th (1992, 1993)
First race	1979 Talladega 500 (Talladega)
Last race	2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 (Phoenix)
First win	1986 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond)
Last win	1995 Miller Genuine Draft 500 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 8 173 8
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
55 races run over 10 years
Best finish	21st (1986)
First race	1982 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last race	2000 Miami 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 11 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	100th (1997)
First race	1997 The No Fear Challenge (California)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of September 24, 2017.

Early career

Petty was born in Randleman, North Carolina.^[2] He made his major-league stock car debut at the age of 18. He won the very first race he entered, the 1979 Daytona ARCA 200, in one of his father's old 1978 Dodge Magnum race cars;^[3] at the time, Petty became the youngest driver to win a major-league stock car race. Later in the season, he made his Winston Cup Series debut; again driving a passed down STP Dodge Magnum numbered No. 42 (a number used by his grandfather Lee Petty) for his family's team. He ran five races and had a ninth-place finish in his first series race, the 1979 Talladega 500. In 1980, he made a total of fifteen starts in the No. 42 (after crashing the last of his father's Dodge Magnums in one of the Daytona 125 qualifying races) and had six top-ten finishes, garnering a twenty-eighth-place points finish. He began the 1981 season driving his father's No. 43 for one race, before running a full schedule in his regular No. 42, finishing in the top-ten ten times and finishing twelfth in points.

 

Kyle Petty's 1983 Pontiac Grand Prix

He began the 1982 season with two top-ten finishes, but later began splitting time between his No. 42 and the No. 1 UNO/STP car owned by Hoss Ellington, and ended the season fifteenth in points. In 1983, he picked up funding from 7-Eleven and accordingly switched his number to 7. He had only two top-ten finishes but improved to thirteenth in the standings. He followed that season up with six top-tens the following year, but fell three spots in points.

1985–1996

 

Petty's 1985 car

Petty took his number and sponsorship to Wood Brothers Racing in 1985,^[3] where he had a then career-high seven top-fives and his first top-ten points finish. The next season, he won his first career race in the infamous 1986 Miller High Life 400 at Richmond and finished tenth in the final standings. In 1987, he switched to the #21 and received new sponsorship from Citgo, as well as winning the 1987 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. He failed to pick up a win in 1988, and fell to thirteenth in points, causing him to be released from the ride.

He signed on to a part-time schedule in 1989 for the new SABCO Racing team. Originally beginning the season unsponsored, he and SABCO later picked up sponsorship from Peak Antifreeze after he drove their car to a top-ten finish at the Daytona 500, filling in for Eddie Bierschwale, as well as Ames Department Stores. Petty and the #42 Pontiac team competed in nineteen races that season, his best finish being a 4th at Atlanta. Peak became the team's full-time sponsor in 1990, and Petty finished eleventh in points after winning the GM Goodwrench 500 at North Carolina Speedway with a 26-second margin of victory. Mello Yello would replace Peak as sponsor of the #42 in 1991, and Petty was running eleventh in points when he suffered a broken leg at a crash in the Winston 500 at Talladega, causing him to miss the next eleven races. His abbreviated schedule combined with only one top-ten in the second half of the season caused him to finish the season 30th in points.

In 1992, Petty rebounded to a career-best fifth-place finish in points, as well winning two separate races that season at Watkins Glen and Rockingham. The 1992 season would be the only year that he would win multiple races in a single season. Kyle came very close to winning the championship in 1992, he had a flat tire at Phoenix (2nd to last race) and broke an engine in the last race otherwise he would have been neck and neck with Elliott and Kulwicki for the title. He duplicated his points finish in 1993 as well as picking up a win in the Champion Spark Plug 500 at Pocono. He dropped ten spots in points in 1994 after he failed to finish higher than fourth, and lost the Mello Yello sponsorship at the end of the season. Coors Light became his new sponsor beginning in 1995, and Kyle won his final career Cup race in the Miller Genuine Draft 500 at Dover. He fell further down to 30th in points after only finishing in the top-ten five times and failing to qualify for the fall race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He improved to a 27th-place points finish the next season despite missing two races due to injury and failing to qualify for the season-ending race at Atlanta. He parted way with SABCO at the end of the season. In 1996, the popular rock group Soundgarden recorded a song called "Kyle Petty, Son of Richard."^[4]

1997–2006

 

Petty made his 500th Cup start at Phoenix International Raceway in 1997

 

The 44 car in 1997

Beginning with the 1997 season, Petty formed his own team, PE2 Motorsports, and fielded the No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac Grand Prix for himself. He had two top-five finishes and nine top-ten finishes, and finished 15th in points, the highest points placement of all the new teams to run during the 1997 season. He only had two top-tens in 1998, and fell back to 30th in points, causing him to return to Petty Enterprises and run his team from their shop, and became Petty Enterprises' new CEO. He began the 1999 season with two early DNQs, and finished 26th in points despite finishing in the top-ten nine times. Petty also made guest appearances on ESPN to provide commentary during Busch Series races. He had one top-ten early in 2000, the same year in which his son Adam died while practicing for a Busch Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway. He missed the next two races and returned to drive the No. 44 for the rest of the summer, before moving to the Busch Series full-time to finish out the season in Adam's No. 45 Sprint Chevrolet. He had four top-tens in the car over a span of fourteen races, and attempted two Cup races with the No. 45 Sprint PCS Chevrolet in 2000, finishing 31st at Martinsville. He also filled in at the Brickyard 400 for Penske Racing after their regular driver, Jeremy Mayfield, had to miss the race due to a concussion; Petty finished 32nd. Steve Grissom drove the No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac for the rest of the 2000 Winston Cup season and qualified 5 races in 2000. Kyle Petty had to drive the 45 Sprint PCS Chevrolet and the No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac and qualified in 19 races in 2000, causing him to finish 41st in the points standings in the 2000 Winston Cup Series.

 

Petty's 2004 24 Hours of Daytona Porsche, co-driven with Paul Newman

In 2001, Petty brought the No. 45 to Cup full-time and switched to Dodge. He failed to qualify for twelve races that season and failed to finish higher than sixteenth, causing him to finish 43rd in points. He qualified for every race in 2002 and had a top-ten at Talladega, raising him to 22nd in the points. After 2002, Sprint left the team and Brawny/Georgia Pacific became his new sponsor. He missed three races in 2003 (including one due to injury) and fell back to 37th in the standings.

In 2003, during the Food City 500, Petty crashed his No. 45 car in a hard driver's side impact, recording a hit of 80 g's. Petty held the record for hardest hit until Elliott Sadler crashed at Pocono in 2010.^[5] He moved up four spots in 2004 and had a best finish of 12th. In 2005, he competed in every race for the first time in three years and had two top-tens and finished 27th in points. When Georgia Pacific left after 2005, Wells Fargo, Schwan's, and Marathon Oil became the team's new primary sponsors and Petty duplicated his top-ten total in 2006, but fell five spots further in points.

2007–2008

 

Petty's car at Daytona in 2008

 

Petty's 2007 Dodge Avenger

At the 2007 Coca-Cola 600, Petty had his first top-five finish in ten years, finishing 3rd in the Coke Zero Dodge. He then raced the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma in a Petty Enterprises car while broadcasting for TNT. On lap 1 as the cars began lap 2, Petty crashed with Matt Kenseth, causing him to accidentally swear during the broadcasting.

He later took several races off to work as a color commentator for TNT's Nextel Cup coverage, replacing Benny Parsons after Parsons passed in January. He returned to the 45 after a five race break but surrendered the car for two additional races later in the season. Early in the 2008 season, Petty Enterprises was purchased by Boston Ventures, causing Petty to step aside as the team's CEO. When the #45 car fell out of the top-35 in owner's points, he took a large portion of the season off, including races that did not conflict with his broadcasting duties. After fourteen races, his best finish was a 24th at Richmond. He finished 39th in his final 2008 start in the fall race at Phoenix International Raceway after getting swept up into a multi-car crash. According to the Yahoo! sports blog "From The Marbles", he was being slowly pushed out the door at Petty Enterprises. In December, Petty told NASCAR.com, "I don't work for Petty Enterprises. When they did their deal and sold to Boston Ventures....they pretty much let me know there wasn't a place for me there going into 2009."^[6]

Any time he appeared on television with Speed, he wears a hat with a number 45 with a black line across the number, in memory of his son Adam. In the early 2010s he appeared on Fox Sports shows NASCAR Trackside, NASCAR Victory Lane, and NASCAR RaceDay as a television personality. Since 2015, he works for NBC Sports, appearing on all of their NASCAR related shows and broadcasts.

Personal life

Petty has been married twice, to Pattie Petty (1979–2012) and Morgan Petty in 2015. Kyle has six children: Adam Kyler Petty (1980–2000), Austin Kemp Petty (b. 1982) Montgomery Lee Petty Schlappi (b. 1985), Overton Owens Petty (b. 2018), Cotten Cable Petty (b. 2020), and Davant Isley Petty (b. 2022). Austin also has a son named Adam Petty, Jr. (b. 2013).

Charity

Petty is active in many charitable causes, such as Victory Junction, a facility that serves serious illness and chronic medical condition children, which he established to honor his late son, as well as an annual charity motorcycle ride across the country called the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America.^[7]

Music career

Petty is also known for his brief attempts as a professional country musician. He was signed to a record contract by RCA Records in 1986 and began work on an album with Don Light. His lone single from this period was "The Other Guy", which led to appearances on Hee Haw and opening for acts such as Randy Travis and The Oak Ridge Boys. Due to disagreements with his record company and management, Petty later abandoned the album project.^[8]

Later, Petty recorded a track entitled "Oh King Richard", a tribute to his father Richard written by Rodney Crowell that was released in 1995 as part of a NASCAR-themed country music compilation album. A music video for the song was produced, featuring Petty playing an acoustic guitar in front of his father's No. 43 racecar, as Richard watched highlights of his career on a screen.^[9]

Acting career

Petty appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace, as himself, and provided voice work for the character of Cal Weathers (the nephew of Strip Weathers, voiced by Richard Petty) in the 2017 film Cars 3.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts	Ref
1979	Petty Enterprises	42	Dodge	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NWS	BRI	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL 9	MCH 13	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 18	NWS	CAR	ATL 32							37th	559	^[10]
			Chevy																															ONT 14
1980			Dodge	RSD	DAY DNQ	RCH																																		28th	1690	^[11]
			Chevy				CAR 31	ATL 14	BRI	DAR	NWS 8	MAR 15	TAL	NSV	DOV 21	CLT 7	TWS	RSD	MCH 7	DAY	NSV	POC 7	TAL 9	MCH 12	BRI	DAR	RCH				CLT 9	CAR 35	ATL	ONT 35
			Olds																											MAR 27
	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Chevy																									DOV 23	NWS
1981	Petty Enterprises	43	Chevy	RSD 20																																				12th	3335	^[12]
		42	Buick		DAY 32	RCH 24	CAR 8	ATL 41	BRI 11	NWS 22	DAR 25	MAR 15	TAL 30	NSV 7	DOV 20	CLT 5	TWS 29	RSD 6	MCH 21	DAY 6	NSV 6	POC 8	TAL 7	MCH 19	BRI 28	DAR 24	RCH 22	DOV 7	MAR 19	NWS 18	CLT 20	CAR 37	ATL 8	RSD 37
1982			Pontiac	DAY 23	RCH 20	BRI 11	ATL 26	CAR 27	DAR 18	NWS 14	MAR 27	TAL 4	NSV 27	DOV 29	CLT 17	POC 11	RSD 12	MCH 6		NSV 23				BRI 30		RCH 14	DOV 2	NWS 10		MAR 21	CAR 29	ATL 31	RSD							15th	3024	^[13]
	Ellington Racing	1	Buick																DAY 38		POC 15	TAL 39	MCH 15						CLT 29
			Chevy																						DAR 14
1983	Petty Enterprises	7	Pontiac	DAY 33	RCH 14	CAR 15	ATL 35	DAR 31	NWS 30	MAR 11	TAL 30	NSV 17	DOV 11	BRI 11	CLT 8	RSD 6	POC 13	MCH 16	DAY 30	NSV 20	POC 11	TAL 11	MCH 14	BRI 11	DAR 35	RCH 12	DOV 26	MAR 12	NWS 16	CLT 18	CAR 24	ATL 20	RSD 13							13th	3261	^[14]
1984			Ford	DAY 40	RCH 17	CAR 31	ATL 38	BRI 26	NWS 5	DAR 24	MAR 8	TAL 15	NSV 11	DOV 13	CLT 37	RSD 8	POC 12	MCH 12	DAY 30	NSV 15	POC 8	TAL 22	MCH 17	BRI 24	DAR 32	RCH 6	DOV 14	MAR 10	CLT 17	NWS 20	CAR 24	ATL 22	RSD 28							16th	3159	^[15]
1985	Wood Brothers Racing			DAY 37	RCH 7	CAR 5	ATL 11	BRI 6	DAR 12	NWS 12	MAR 11	TAL 2	DOV 3	CLT 14	RSD 5	POC 14	MCH 12	DAY 5	POC 7	TAL 25	MCH 4	BRI 16	DAR 10	RCH 8	DOV 15	MAR 5	NWS 28	CLT 22	CAR 31	ATL 29	RSD 27									9th	3528	^[16]
1986				DAY 16	RCH 1	CAR 11	ATL 28	BRI 9	DAR 9	NWS 8	MAR 5	TAL 31	DOV 19	CLT 20	RSD 41	POC 8	MCH 32	DAY 5	POC 8	TAL 9	GLN 9	MCH 28	BRI 30	DAR 14	RCH 20	DOV 3	MAR 6	NWS 14	CLT 13	CAR 10	ATL 7	RSD 15								10th	3537	^[17]
1987		21		DAY 35	CAR 16	RCH 7	ATL 9	DAR 13	NWS 2	BRI 7	MAR 12	TAL 3	CLT 1	DOV 24	POC 3	RSD 24	MCH 3	DAY 17	POC 20	TAL 9	GLN 12	MCH 27	BRI 28	DAR 14	RCH 18	DOV 23	MAR 9	NWS 6	CLT 10	CAR 6	RSD 3	ATL 13								7th	3737	^[18]
1988				DAY 18	RCH 18	CAR 19	ATL 5	DAR 40	BRI 7	NWS 5	MAR 17	TAL 8	CLT 16	DOV 33	RSD 14	POC 12	MCH 33	DAY 24	POC 18	TAL 15	GLN 34	MCH 8	BRI 13	DAR 28	RCH 6	DOV 6	MAR 22	CLT 11	NWS 16	CAR 9	PHO 17	ATL 22								13th	3296	^[19]
1989	SABCO Racing	42	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR	ATL 4	RCH DNQ	DAR 28	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL 28					MCH 6	DAY 14	POC 14	TAL 7	GLN	MCH 9	BRI 27	DAR 14	RCH 32	DOV 11	MAR 30	CLT 29	NWS 31	CAR 10	PHO 21	ATL 6								30th	2099	^[20]
	Hendrick Motorsports		Chevy										CLT 17	DOV	SON	POC
1990	SABCO Racing		Pontiac	DAY 24	RCH 11	CAR 1*	ATL 6	DAR 13	BRI 10	NWS 10	MAR 16	TAL 7	CLT 17	DOV 9	SON 16	POC 10	MCH 8	DAY 10	POC 35	TAL 8	GLN 17	MCH 16	BRI 28	DAR 25	RCH 6	DOV 8	MAR 23	NWS 10	CLT 4	CAR 20*	PHO 41	ATL 41								11th	3501	^[21]
1991				DAY 16*	RCH 25	CAR 1*	ATL 39	DAR 6	BRI 21	NWS 18	MAR 2	TAL 33	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR 22	RCH 26	DOV 12	MAR 12	NWS 16	CLT 15	CAR 9	PHO 20	ATL 19								31st	2078	^[22]
1992				DAY 6	CAR 29	RCH 20	ATL 8	DAR 27	BRI 19	NWS 28	MAR 18	TAL 10	CLT 3*	DOV 29	SON 12	POC 6	MCH 4	DAY 14	POC 7	TAL 6	GLN 1*	MCH 6	BRI 4	DAR 7	RCH 12	DOV 3	MAR 4	NWS 3	CLT 3*	CAR 1*	PHO 19	ATL 16								5th	3945	^[23]
1993				DAY 31	CAR 32	RCH 5*	ATL 7	DAR 7	BRI 3	NWS 2	MAR 5	TAL 18	SON 5	CLT 14	DOV 29	POC 1*	MCH 12	DAY 33	NHA 8	POC 27	TAL 4	GLN 26	MCH 18	BRI 30	DAR 16	RCH 9	DOV 14	MAR 10	NWS 4	CLT 7	CAR 13	PHO 3	ATL 11							5th	3860	^[24]
1994				DAY 39	CAR 8	RCH 5	ATL 13	DAR 11	BRI 20	NWS 4	MAR 26	TAL 13	SON 11	CLT 26	DOV 11	POC 12	MCH 17	DAY 34	NHA 8	POC 27	TAL 19	IND 25	GLN 37	MCH 6	BRI 15	DAR 12	RCH 38	DOV 6	MAR 24	NWS 26	CLT 30	CAR 36	PHO 6	ATL 22						15th	3339	^[25]
1995	Team SABCO			DAY 12	CAR 10	RCH 33	ATL 14	DAR 35	BRI 35	NWS 31	MAR 9	TAL 31	SON 28	CLT 29	DOV 1*	POC 39	MCH 42	DAY 7	NHA 37	POC 28	TAL 6	IND 25	GLN 39	MCH 42	BRI DNQ	DAR 24	RCH 25	DOV 26	MAR 11	NWS 30	CLT 15	CAR 32	PHO 39	ATL 33						30th	2638	^[26]
1996				DAY 18	CAR 11	RCH 20	ATL 22	DAR 12	BRI 15	NWS 30	MAR 30	TAL 18	SON 30	CLT 23	DOV 18	POC 20	MCH 38	DAY 24	NHA 28	POC 26	TAL 12	IND 38	GLN 23	MCH	BRI	DAR 17	RCH 18	DOV 8	MAR 8	NWS 31	CLT 41	CAR 25	PHO 29	ATL DNQ						27th	2696	^[27]
1997	PE2 Motorsports	44	Pontiac	DAY 14	CAR 29	RCH 10	ATL 13	DAR 33	TEX 27	BRI 29	MAR 40	SON 13	TAL 40	CLT 14	DOV 5	POC 14	MCH 26	CAL 31	DAY 7	NHA 13	POC 8	IND 13	GLN 26	MCH 23	BRI 36	DAR 32	RCH 20	NHA 12	DOV 3	MAR 26	CLT 9	TAL 7	CAR 22	PHO 9	ATL 6					15th	3455	^[28]
1998				DAY 11	CAR 24	LVS 22	ATL 36	DAR 29	BRI 38	TEX 17	MAR 34	TAL 38	CAL 42	CLT 30	DOV 42	RCH 24	MCH 36	POC 31	SON 26	NHA 8	POC 21	IND 14	GLN 6	MCH 29	BRI 12	NHA 33	DAR 28	RCH 39	DOV 41	MAR 29	CLT 18	TAL 20	DAY 22	PHO 36	CAR 39	ATL 29				30th	2675	^[29]
1999	Petty Enterprises			DAY 7	CAR 43	LVS DNQ	ATL 43	DAR 31	TEX DNQ	BRI 8	MAR 10	TAL 13	CAL 26	RCH 7	CLT 30	DOV 32	MCH 27	POC 19	SON 8	DAY 36	NHA 41	POC 16	IND 41	GLN 8	MCH 31	BRI 29	DAR 28	RCH 15	NHA 33	DOV 20	MAR 7	CLT 32	TAL 19	CAR 23	PHO 7	HOM 7	ATL 24			26th	3103	^[30]
2000				DAY 25	CAR 31	LVS 29	ATL 26	DAR 25	BRI 24	TEX DNQ	MAR 38	TAL 9	CAL 26	RCH 28	CLT	DOV DNQ	MCH 39	POC 41	SON 19	DAY 30	NHA	POC 40	IND DNQ	GLN 41	MCH DNQ	BRI 22	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV			TAL QL^†	CAR	PHO					41st	1441	^[31]
	Penske-Kranefuss Racing	12	Ford																				IND 32
	Petty Enterprises	45	Pontiac																												MAR 31	CLT				HOM DNQ	ATL
2001			Dodge	DAY 16	CAR DNQ	LVS DNQ	ATL 42	DAR 35	BRI 41	TEX DNQ	MAR 42	TAL DNQ	CAL 35	RCH 22	CLT DNQ	DOV DNQ	MCH 27	POC 34	SON 22	DAY 29	CHI DNQ	NHA 26	POC 31	IND DNQ	GLN 39	MCH 25	BRI DNQ	DAR 26	RCH 25	DOV 43	KAN DNQ	CLT DNQ	MAR DNQ	TAL 33	PHO 43	CAR 43	HOM 16	ATL 30	NHA 23	43rd	1673	^[32]
2002				DAY 41	CAR 37	LVS 30	ATL 15	DAR 14	BRI 12	TEX 21	MAR 20	TAL 10	CAL 17	RCH 23	CLT 13	DOV 20	POC 13	MCH 12	SON 17	DAY 19	CHI 24	NHA 37	POC 27	IND 25	GLN 29	MCH 25	BRI 15	DAR 13	RCH 17	NHA 39	DOV 16	KAN 15	TAL 16	CLT 20	MAR 37	ATL 14	CAR 30	PHO 32	HOM 31	22nd	3501	^[33]
2003				DAY 13	CAR 35	LVS 31	ATL 34	DAR 36	BRI 34	TEX INQ^‡	TAL 11	MAR 34	CAL 28	RCH 27	CLT 30	DOV 43	POC 27	MCH 34	SON 27	DAY 23	CHI 27	NHA 32	POC 34	IND 40	GLN 42	MCH 16	BRI 34	DAR 27	RCH 34	NHA 30	DOV 32	TAL DNQ	KAN 23	CLT 40	MAR 25	ATL 25	PHO 35	CAR 32	HOM DNQ	37th	2414	^[34]
2004				DAY 21	CAR 39	LVS 12	ATL 28	DAR 34	BRI 25	TEX 21	MAR 18	TAL 24	CAL 39	RCH 27	CLT 38	DOV 37	POC 37	MCH 18	SON 32	DAY 24	CHI 26	NHA 27	POC 19	IND 23	GLN 18	MCH 29	BRI 37	CAL 35	RCH 34	NHA 21	DOV 17	TAL 29	KAN 38	CLT 27	MAR 22	ATL 29	PHO 28	DAR 35	HOM DNQ	33rd	2811	^[35]
2005				DAY 17	CAL 18	LVS 25	ATL 36	BRI 8	MAR 18	TEX 24	PHO 31	TAL 43	DAR 28	RCH 33	CLT 17	DOV 19	POC 41	MCH 30	SON 27	DAY 19	CHI 27	NHA 29	POC 30	IND 13	GLN 20	MCH 33	BRI 25	CAL 41	RCH 27	NHA 21	DOV 8	TAL 24	KAN 29	CLT 15	MAR 14	ATL 25	TEX 21	PHO 19	HOM 27	27th	3288	^[36]
2006				DAY 39	CAL 25	LVS 29	ATL 8	BRI 18	MAR 30	TEX 39	PHO 31	TAL 18	RCH 26	DAR 18	CLT 25	DOV 27	POC 40	MCH 35	SON 21	DAY 28	CHI 28	NHA 28	POC 42	IND 27	GLN 30	MCH 31	BRI 34	CAL 35	RCH 34	NHA 37	DOV 25	KAN 29	TAL 38	CLT 22	MAR 10	ATL 17	TEX 11	PHO 25	HOM 28	32nd	2928	^[37]
2007				DAY 42	CAL 22	LVS 28	ATL 34	BRI 20	MAR 22	TEX 35	PHO 30	TAL 18	RCH 25	DAR 25	CLT 3	DOV 34	POC	MCH	SON 39	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND 32	POC 34	GLN 43	MCH	BRI	CAL 28	RCH 35	NHA 37	DOV 40	KAN 21	TAL 28	CLT 18	MAR 21	ATL 13	TEX 42	PHO 29	HOM 34	35th	2312	^[38]
2008				DAY 34	CAL 38	LVS 41	ATL 32	BRI 28	MAR DNQ	TEX	PHO DNQ	TAL 32	RCH 27	DAR 41	CLT 36	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN QL^¤	MCH	BRI 31	CAL 38	RCH 24	NHA	DOV 40	KAN 41	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO 39	HOM	44th	879	^[39]
^† - Qualified for Steve Grissom · ^‡ Qualified but replaced by Christian Fittipaldi · ^¤ - Qualified for Boris Said

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1980	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	DNQ
1981		Buick	11	32
1982		Pontiac	12	23
1983			7	33
1984		Ford	15	40
1985	Wood Brothers Racing		6	37
1986			7	16
1987			20	35
1988			21	18
1989	SABCO Racing	Pontiac	DNQ
1990			22	24
1991			6	16
1992			33	6
1993			1	31
1994			26	39
1995	Team SABCO		13	12
1996			29	18
1997	PE2 Motorsports	Pontiac	30	14
1998			39	11
1999	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac	24	7
2000			42	25
2001		Dodge	28	16
2002			34	41
2003			30	13
2004			33	21
2005			33	17
2006			12	39
2007			29	42
2008			39	34

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1982		36	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	BRI	MAR	DAR	HCY	SBO	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV	HCY	CLT	ASH	HCY	SBO	CAR	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP 25	BRI	HCY	RCH	MAR 22	CLT	HCY	MAR				101st	185	^[40]
1986	Randy Hope Motorsports	47	Buick	DAY 12	CAR	HCY	MAR 17	BRI	DAR 28	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT 9	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU	CLT 26	CAR	MAR		42nd	456	^[41]
1988	Petty Enterprises	30	Ford	DAY 12	HCY	CAR 14	MAR	DAR 37	BRI 18	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT 14	DOV 34	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP 8	ROU	BRI	DAR 15	RCH	DOV 30	MAR	CLT 37	CAR 25	MAR			43rd	537	^[42]
1989	Highline Racing	82	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT 33	DOV													DOV 4	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR				61st	370	^[43]
		81	Buick													ROU 7	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH
1990		42	Pontiac	DAY 32	RCH 30*	CAR 2*	MAR	HCY	DAR 37	BRI 3	LAN	SBO	NZH 36	HCY	CLT 25	DOV DNQ	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA 22	SBO	DUB	IRP 13	ROU	BRI 16	DAR	RCH	DOV 30	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR		35th	1079	^[44]
1995	Team SABCO	42	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR	HOM DNQ							NA	-	^[45]
1996	Shaver Motorsports	49	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NHA	TAL	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 34	CAR	HOM 17							72nd	173	^[46]
1997				DAY 24	CAR	RCH								TAL 4	NHA	NZH	CLT 38	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY 35	IRP	MCH DNQ	BRI	DAR	RCH 33	DOV	CLT	CAL	CAR	HOM			60th	422	^[47]
			Pontiac				ATL DNQ	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV
1998	Andretti-Laird Racing	96	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR	BRI	TEX 12	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	RCH	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM		91st	127	^[48]
2000	Petty Enterprises	45	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV 26	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW 8	NZH 5	PPR	GTY 9	IRP 15	MCH 11	BRI 19	DAR 13	RCH 29	DOV 40	CLT 17	CAR 15	MEM 21	PHO 16	HOM 9	31st	1710	^[49]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1997	McCray Racing	42	Chevy	WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL 11	PHO	LVS	100th	130	^[50]

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	NWWSC	Pts	Ref
1979	Petty Enterprises	4	Chevy	RSD	MMR	RSD	EVG	YAK	POR	AAS	SHA	CRS	SON	EVG	SRP	POR	ASP	ONT	PHO 8	60th	43	^[51]
1980		42		RSD	ONT	S99	RSD	LAG	EVG	POR	SON	MMR	ONT	PHO 3						76th	–	^[52]
1981			Buick	RSD	S99	AAS	MMR	RSD	LAG	POR	WSP	EVG	SHA	RSD	SON	RSD	PHO 3			36th	48	^[53]
1984	Jefferson Racing	7	Ford	RSD	YAK	SIR 17	POR	EVG	SHA	WSR	SON	MMR	RSD	PHO						40th	34	^[54]

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	ARSC	Pts
1979	Petty Enterprises	44	Dodge	AVS	DAY 1*	NSV	FRS	SLM	DSP	IMS	TAL	FRS	N/A	–

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
1994	Dodge	DAY 5	DAR 5	TAL 7	MCH 8	7th	35

Other awards

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