More than a thousand friends, relatives and members of the stock-car racing fraternity on Monday wept, prayed and mourned the loss of 19-year-old Adam Petty, the rising star in NASCAR’s most famous family. Kyle and Patti Petty held hands and sobbed quietly as the Petty family pastor, Douglas Carty, read recollections from them, Richard and Lynda Petty, Adam’s 18-year-old brother Austin, sister Montgomery Lee, and others. See full AP story at the CNN/SI site: Emotional goodbye – Adam Petty eulogized as ‘great friend and brother’. Amoung the those who attended were Bobby Allison, Ward Burton, Bill Elliott, Ernie Irvan, Dale Jarrett, David Green and Bobby and Terry Labonte(5-15-2000)
