(Born
June 2 ,
1960 in
Randleman, North Carolina ) is an American
NASCAR driver, the son of racing driver
Richard Petty . He pilots the #45
Wells Fargo Dodge Charger for
Petty Enterprises . Petty originally did not intend to become a
Race Car driver. He was a star in many sports in
High School , including
Football and
Basketball and received
Scholarship offers from many
Colleges .
However, Kyle did eventually decide to follow in his father's footsteps and he won his first
Stock Car race, an
ARCA event at
Daytona International Speedway in
1979 . He then entered the
Winston Cup soon after that, driving as a teammate to his father at
Petty Enterprises . He left his father's team in
1985 to drive for the
Wood Brothers team. His first Winston Cup win came the following next year at
Richmond International Raceway . Petty returned to driving for Petty Enterprises in
1996 and is now
CEO of that team.
Petty's son
Adam Petty had begun a promising career in racing as well, but was killed in
2000 in a practice accident at
New Hampshire International Speedway . Upon his son's death, Petty finished the 2000 season racing his son's car in the
Busch Series .
Petty is active in many charitable causes, such as the
Victory Junction Gang Camp for terminally-ill children, which he established to honor his late son, as well as an annual charity
Motorcycle ride across the country.
Below is a list of all of the different NASCAR teams for which Kyle Petty has driven at the Winston Cup level, and the companies who sponsored him in each year.
