Richard Petty
Richard Lee Petty<br><em>The King</em>
July 2, 1937
(Age: 89)
Randleman, North Carolina
July 2, 1937
(Age: 89)
Richard Lee Petty<br><em>The King</em>
Randleman, North Carolina
| NASCAR Cup Series Statistics |
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| Year | Rank | Starts | Wins | Top5's | T5's | Top10's | T10's | Poles | Laps | Led | Races Led |
DNF's | Avg Start |
Avg Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 977 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.4 | 20.4 | ||
| 1959 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3648 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 15.4 | ||
| 1960 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 8189 | 447 | 6 | 8 | 7.4 | 8.2 | ||
| 1961 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 7866 | 703 | 7 | 19 | 8.9 | 11.0 | ||
| 1962 | 2 | 52 | 8 | 32 | 39 | 4 | 11551 | 1478 | 19 | 11 | 6.7 | 6.9 | ||
| 1963 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 8 | 12183 | 2181 | 25 | 12 | 6.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 1964 | 1 | 61 | 9 | 37 | 43 | 8 | 14041 | 3405 | 33 | 20 | 4.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 1965 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3697 | 967 | 9 | 4 | 2.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 1966 | 3 | 39 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 8737 | 2924 | 26 | 16 | 3.6 | 11.0 | ||
| 1967 | 1 | 48 | 27 | 38 | 40 | 1 | 12739 | 5543 | 41 | 8 | 2.4 | 5.0 | ||
| 1968 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 31 | 35 | 1 | 12254 | 4242 | 35 | 16 | 3.5 | 8.4 | ||
| 1969 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 12589 | 2777 | 32 | 15 | 4.1 | 7.9 | ||
| 1970 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 10536 | 5007 | 32 | 10 | 4.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 1971 | 1 | 46 | 21 | 38 | 41 | 9 | 13739 | 4932 | 41 | 5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 1972 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 10282 | 2093 | 30 | 31 | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 1973 | 5 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 8644 | 1815 | 16 | 10 | 4.9 | 10.9 | ||
| 1974 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 9097 | 3100 | 24 | 8 | 4.0 | 6.8 | ||
| 1975 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 9082 | 3158 | 26 | 6 | 4.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 1976 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 8941 | 1269 | 23 | 9 | 6.1 | 9.0 | ||
| 1977 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 8840 | 1403 | 24 | 6 | 4.4 | 7.5 | ||
| 1978 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 8904 | 417 | 15 | 12 | 8.9 | 12.8 | ||
| 1979 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 9367 | 1149 | 16 | 3 | 7.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 1980 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 9314 | 714 | 23 | 9 | 9.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 1981 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 7276 | 547 | 21 | 14 | 10.6 | 15.4 | ||
| 1982 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 7834 | 355 | 18 | 13 | 13.4 | 14.4 | ||
| 1983 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 9439 | 279 | 16 | 5 | 14.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 1984 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8835 | 275 | 8 | 7 | 14.8 | 15.2 | ||
| 1985 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7767 | 105 | 7 | 12 | 17.0 | 17.9 | ||
| 1986 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7639 | 153 | 7 | 10 | 15.5 | 17.4 | ||
| 1987 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 8306 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 20.2 | 13.3 | ||
| 1988 | 22 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6207 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 23.8 | 24.4 | ||
| 1989 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5567 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 27.6 | 25.8 | ||
| 1990 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7438 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 26.3 | 25.0 | ||
| 1991 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8341 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26.6 | 22.0 | ||
| 1992 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7977 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22.6 | 23.0 |
1959 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of The Year
1964 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1967 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1971 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1972 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1974 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1975 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1979 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
1983, Petty completes his first Grand Slam
