Talk:Richard Petty
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The article says Richard & Cale raced to a late caution; what brought out the yellow, & what lap?
Also, I added this:
- "Accessibility was his hallmark. In a sport, and a sports world, where big stars could and did refuse to sign autographs, Richard made a point of staying until everybody got one."
I just wish I could cite where I read it...
Richard was so popular, most fans had two drivers to cheer for: their guy, or Richard, if their guy fell out or had no chance. I can't think of any other driver that's true of.
BTW, the fistfight bit made a "Top 10" list of greatest racing stories in C&D or R&T, which is where I saw it... Trekphiler 16:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
- I added that Richard & Cale part because I read it in a "Greatest Sports Moments of All Time" (of that sort). I think it was on Lap 198 and a rookie driver crashed, which brought out the yellow. I'm going to have to check, though... Hbdragon88 06:38, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
- I did a few bits of cleanup, nothing much, noted in edit summaries. If I can get some references, I'll add them and add more information. Barno 05:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
- Why is this still considered a stub? Royalbroil 14:59, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Reassessment reasoning
Downgraded from A to B class, for the following reasons:
- citations (that is, none.)
- Images (you would think that Petty was a car by the images in this article)
- well written (While it is important that Petty won 200 races, is it important to list all 200? In any case, it is distracting in the middle of the article.)
-slowpokeiv 13:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Poles
The article says 127 poles, the info box 123, I'm no expert, but which is it?Mbisanz 23:38, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lack of Citation
I'm not a Petty fan, so I do not claim to know everything about the guy, but where is the citation to back up the following statement: "Petty ran over a child in a race and killed him in his younger days."
I took out that sentence, because while I managed to find it in the article, the citation was messed up. The grammar was bad as well. If the citation could be fixed and it is obviously something quoted often in mainstream biographies, then it would belong in the summary at the top. Otherwise I suggest leaving it out. 76.160.173.242 16:02, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Petty's ethnicity
i was just curious, ive been a fan of richard petty for some tyme, but i was wanting 2 ask a question, kinda random, but.. wat is petty's ethnicity? is he a Native American or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.130.155 (talk) 18:46, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be said that Richard Petty won seven Winston Cup Championships rather than Sprint Cup Championships? It was not called the Sprint Series when he was racing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.137.190 (talk) 22:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Actually, some of them were Pre-Winston Cup championships, when it was known as the Grand National series. 66.233.166.71 (talk) 14:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
