On The Ballot Rusty Jarrett/Getty ImagesDavid Pearson finished his career with the highest winning percentage of anyone who had over 250 starts.With the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame class announced, it's time to look ahead to the next one. For SI.com's Tom Bowles, legendary driver David Pearson is his top choice. Oct 16, 2009
Lee Petty: "The King" may be the sport's best driver, but he wouldn't be here if not for his dad. The patriarch of the Petty clan, the elder Petty won three championships as a driver in the sport's first 11 years of existence, and his 54 victories still rank him ninth on the all-time list. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
France, son in 1st NASCAR Hall of Fame class Oct 15, 2009
No Cale Yarborough, no Bobby Allison, no Darrell Waltrip, no Lee Petty. But their days will come, sooner not later. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Hall set to name first inductees Oct 14, 2009
Bill France Jr., Junior Johnson, David Pearson, Lee Petty and Darrell Waltrip are among the names that have been mentioned as potential first-time inductees. The announcement will be made at the Charlotte Convention Center, where the voting will take place. (Herald Online, SC -- Sports)
Poole's picks for 2010 hall class Oct 6, 2009
2011 inductees: Bill France Jr., Lee Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough. France followed his father into the sport's top job and led NASCAR through a period of explosive growth that carried it from regional curiosity to national success story. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Fan balloting for NASCAR hall ends on Sunday Oct 4, 2009
The nominees: Bobby Allison, Buck Baker, Red Byron, Richard Childress, Dale Earnhardt, Richie Evans, Tim Flock, Bill France Jr. and Bill France Sr., Rick Hendrick, Ned Jarrett, Junior Johnson, Bud Moore, Raymond Parks, Benny Parsons, David Pearson, Lee Petty, Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts, Herb Thomas, Curtis Turner, Darrell Waltrip, Joe Weatherly, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough. The NASCAR Hall of Fame broke ground in Charlotte on Jan. 25, 2007, and is scheduled to open May 11, 2010. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Drivers idle ahead of 13 weeks of racing Aug 29, 2009
Lee Petty won the 100-lap race on the one-third mile track in a 1957 Oldsmobile. The Petty patriarch won $575 for taking the checkered flag and the 19 racers in that race shared a purse of $3730. (Brewton Standard, AL)
Motor Sports Jul 5, 2009
07/05/2009 - Updated 01:12 AM ET. After a last-lap wreck involving Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. (USA Today -- Sports)
NASCAR Hall of Fame Announces Nominees Jul 3, 2009
Lee Petty, winner of the first Daytona 500 and first three-time series champion. Richard Petty, 200 wins and seven NASCAR Sprint Cup titles -- both records. (WSJA.com, AL)
NASCAR Hall nominees a who's who of stars Jul 3, 2009
Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500. Roberts, Tim Flock, Herb Thomas and Curtis Turner were other early stars nominated. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Richard Petty Motorsports Jun 26, 2009
His father, Lee Petty started racing cars on the dirt tracks of North Carolina with the real drive them on the road stock cars and subsequently won three Grand National Championships (now Winston Cup). Richard began driving in 1958 and won his first race at the Charlotte Speedway in 1960. (Suite101.com)
It's Good To Be King...again Jun 23, 2009
It's Good To Be King. Stay on top of breaking news. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Born to ride May 11, 2009
His father, Richard Petty, a legendary stock car driver, won the Daytona 500 seven times and his grandfather, Lee Petty, won at Daytona three times. But the annual Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride isn't about speed. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
No one can tell racing's story better than The King Mar 16, 2009
The sons of legendary race car driver Lee Petty, who won the first Daytona 500, Richard and his brother Maurice were not the North Carolina version of Wally and Beaver Cleaver. And Lee certainly wasn't Ward. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Dynasty Derailed Feb 14, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH -- Lee Petty founded Petty Enterprises Inc. when he slipped out of Level Cross, N.C., and drove down to Charlotte to compete in NASCAR's first "Strictly Stock" race using the family's Buick Roadmaster ... Lee Petty would soldier on to win 54 races, including the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959, and three NASCAR championships. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
