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.
Petty Enterprises was the name of the team for most of his career. He drove for Don Robertson for a few races in 1970 because Petty's regular cars had been wrecked; in 1984-5 he drove for Mike Curb.
Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times, using several different car makes.1964 (Plymouth)1966 (Plymouth)1971 (Plymouth)1973 (Dodge)1974 (Dodge)1979 (Oldsmobile)1981 (Buick)
Richard Petty drove a Plymouth in his first Nascar championship season, which was 1964.
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Richard Petty used the following car numbers during his Nascar Cup Series career:2, 24, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 142
Marcos Ambrose's car is owned by Richard Petty Motorsports.
Jeff Gordon and Richard Petty both drove cars sponsored by Meineke.
Yes. Richard Petty first drove the #43 car in 1959 and it was his primary number throughout his career.
Here is the breakdown of Richard Petty's 200 career Nascar Cup Series wins by car manufacturer:Plymouth - 139Dodge - 37Ford - 9Chevrolet - 6Pontiac - 5Buick -3Oldsmobile - 1
I went to GeorgeTown East elementary in Annapolis Maryland and Richard Petty brought his race car to the school he came because his sister was a sixth grade teacher there don't know if she us alive but he did have a sister
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.