RACING DRIVER

Richard Petty

1937 - Today

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Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "the King", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is one of the members of the Petty racing family. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times (a record now tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson), while also winning a record 200 races during his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Petty is the 307th most popular racing driver (down from 245th in 2019), the 6,472nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,832nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Richard Petty ranks 307 out of 1,080. Before him are André Pilette, Adrian Sutil, Gerino Gerini, Joey Dunlop, Takuma Sato, and Peter Walker. After him are Mauro Baldi, Bertrand Gachot, Johnny Claes, André Simon, Mário de Araújo Cabral, and Alexander Wurz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Richard Petty ranks 331. Before him are Clodovil Hernandes, Guram Kostava, Francis George, Andrei Bitov, Nadia Gamal, and Zhang Jie. After him are Miguel Trovoada, Jeff Farrell, Pedro Casado, Ali Soilih, Bob Schul, and José Sacristán.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Petty ranks 6,473 out of 20,380. Before him are Annabella Sciorra (1960), Sargent Shriver (1915), Glenn Morris (1912), Gregg Henry (1952), James L. Peters (1889), and Joe Rogan (1967). After him are Jean Hagen (1923), Ruby Dee (1922), Kristen Wiig (1973), Norah Jones (1979), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), and Gladys West (1930).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Richard Petty ranks 23. Before him are George Constantine (1918), Mark Donohue (1937), Kevin Schwantz (1964), Roger Penske (1937), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974), and Carl Scarborough (1914). After him are Nicky Hayden (1981), Bill Vukovich (1918), Eddie Cheever (1958), Freddie Spencer (1961), Manny Ayulo (1921), and Ronnie Bucknum (1936).

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