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- Growing up in Level
- Cross, North Carolina,
- Richard Petty wanted to
- follow in the footsteps of
- his father, Lee, and
- become a champion stock-car racer. During
- his 34-year career in the National Association
- of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Richard
- won 200 races -- almost twice as many as
- any other driver. He was named NASCAR
- Winston Cup champion a record seven
- times and earned more than $7 million.
-
- RichardΓÇÖs first race was in one of his fatherΓÇÖs
- old racing cars. At the age of 22, he entered
- 21 races, finished in the top 10 nine times,
- and was named Rookie of the Year on
- the NASCAR circuit.
-