Richard Petty
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 Richard Petty facts

• He is best known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (10 of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone (a 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles (400 km) in length, reducing the schedule to 30 [now 36] races)
• Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history of the sport and is one of the most respected figures in motorsports as a whole
• He also collected a record number of poles (127) and over 700 Top 10 finishes in his 1,184 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971–1989
• Petty was the only driver to ever win in his 500th race start, until Matt Kenseth joined him in 2013
• He was inducted into the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010
• Petty is a second generation driver
• His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a three-time NASCAR champion
• His son Kyle is also a well-known NASCAR driver
• His grandson, Adam, was killed in a practice crash at New Hampshire International Speedway on May 12, 2000, five weeks after Lee's death
• Adam's brother Austin works on day-to-day operations of the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a Hole in the Wall Gang Camp established by the Pettys after Adam's death