If all goes well, Disney’s movie on Richard Petty and the Petty family should be filmed this year and be in theatres sometime in 2004, said Bill Scott, executive vice president at Petty Enterprises. Disney got involved in November. Dennis Quaid originally was set to play Lee Petty but now is expected to play Richard. Scripts are being rewritten to include more of the Petty family story than just the relationship between Lee and Richard. “This has been a project that has been ongoing; I personally have been working on this for four years,” Scott said. “I really believe it’s going to happen this year.” Scott said he’s not sure where filming will take place but says he’d “be surprised” if it was done outside North Carolina “based on our conversations.”( Roanoke Times )(2-8-2003)
