Yes. Richard Petty first drove the #43 car in 1959 and it was his primary number throughout his career.
43 The Richard Petty Story - 1972 was released on: USA: November 1972
43 The Richard Petty Story - 1972 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G (1985) USA:G
Richard Petty's most famous car number was #43. In his first season he drove car #'s 2, 42A and 142. He also drove the #24 in the first race of the 1959 season. For a few seasons, before switching to the 43 full time, Richard drove the #41 and #42 cars.
It depends. What year are you talking about.Like in 05 it was bobby labonte. 1980 had Richard petty.
His car number has been 43 since at least July 18th 1959 when he won the Columbia S.C. Nascar convertible race in his Plymouth.Richard Petty's first car number was #142. Richard drove that car number on July 18, 1958 at Canadian Exposition Stadium.
As with most classic race teams, these numbers aren't any particular font per se. Rather, most were painted on freehand by a body or paint man.
Richard Petty used the following car numbers during his Nascar Cup Series career:2, 24, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 142
Richard Petty is known as "The King".
Richard Petty was born on July 02, 1937
Jeff Gordon is 118 behind. He has 82 wins and Richard Petty has 200.
Richard Petty married his wife Lynda in 1958 and have four children (Kyle Petty, Sharon Petty Farlow, Lisa Petty Luck, and Rebecca Petty Moffit).