Mark Green, Jeff’s brother, is practicing and probably qualifying the #45 Georgia Pacific Dodge at New Hampshire this weekend. Driver Kyle Petty has been feeling under the weather this week but plans to race the car on Sunday.(9-16-2005)
MORE Still fighting feelings of grief from his son’s death at New Hampshire International Speedway more than five years ago, Kyle Petty will skip Friday’s practice sessions and Saturday’s qualifying at the track. Petty still plans to race on Sunday. “It’s a funny thing, because I thought the longer I went, the easier it would get,” Petty said in a telephone interview. “The truth is, the longer it goes, the harder it gets.” Adam Petty was killed in an accident during a practice session at New Hampshire International Speedway in May 2000. Petty has raced at New Hampshire several times since the accident, but it hasn’t made him any more at ease there. He said the most recent race weekend at New Hampshire, in July, was particularly tough. “I struggled with just trying to do my job,” Petty said. “I was mean to everybody. I just wasn’t me.”(USA Today)(9-17-2005)
