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Petty Statement and News

The Petty family released the following statement: "On behalf of Kyle, Pattie, Austin, Montgomery Lee, and everyone in the Petty family, we are truly grateful for the outpouring of support, prayers and love we have received over the past few days. This is a very difficult...
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Petty to be Honored

The life of Adam Petty will be celebrated by fellow NASCAR drivers Lyndon Amick and Ken Schrader at Saturday's ARCA race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The #99 ARCA entry, owned by Schrader and driven by Amick, will carry special decals honoring Petty, the fourth-generation...
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Petty’s Throttle

story at SpeedVision: How Can a Throttle Stick? by Bill King, Mark Martin talks about how a throttle hangs open and what can and cannot be done by a driver in that situation. Also noted is: According to the #45 Petty Enterprises crew, the throttle was not stuck on ...
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Atlanta Mourns

The flags at Atlanta Motor Speedway have flown at half-staff since Friday, May 12, in memory of young race car driver Adam Petty, who lost his life in a practice crash at New Hampshire. Petty competed in the last two Busch Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, finishing...
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NASCAR Inside Winston Cup

on SpeedVision - host Allen Bestwick and this week's expert panel(Johnny Benson, Ken Schrader and Phil Parsons) came directly from services for Adam Petty in High Point, N.C. The memorial was delivered by Adam's little sister, Montgomery Lee Petty. Afterwards, family...
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CBS Sportsline:

CBS Sportsline: Paying tribute to Adam Petty by Hank Parker Jr, Lydon Amick and Jason Jarrett(5-17-2000)...
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Adam Petty Service

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...
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Adam Petty Arrangements

The service celebrating the life of Adam Petty will be held at 11:00am/et, Monday, May 15, at High Point University in High Point, NC. The Petty family has requested a private ceremony for family and close friends in the NASCAR community due to space limitations(Williams...
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Adam Petty Dies in Crash at NHIS

Adam Petty was airlifted to Concord Hospital after crashing Friday during practice at NHIS for the BGN race there. Last report has Petty in the emergency room, but there is no immediate word on whether his injuries were life-threatening(CNN/SI a 2:15pm/et report) ESPN2...
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Lowes Motor Speedway Testing Notes II:

Petty Enterprises brought two cars for Adam Petty to test at Lowes Motor Speedway, but there was a unique twist; one was a Pontiac Grand Prix and the other a Chevrolet Monte Carlo(LMS PR)(5-10-2000)...
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RIR Testing UPDATE 3:

RIR Testing UPDATE 3: Testing at RIR “ Richmond International Raceway was rained out today. BGN teams were there to test: #24-David Green(yes, helping out), #18-Jason Leffler, #21-Mike Dillon, #2-Kevin Harvick, #45-Adam Petty and #98-Elton Sawyer(4-18-2000) UPDATE: ...
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RIR Testing UPDATE:

Testing at RIR - Richmond International Raceway was rained out today. Some team supposedly there were #36-Kenny Schrader, #90-Ed Berrier, #91-Todd Bodine, #16-Kevin Lepage, #22-Ward Burton and #93-Dave Blaney. Teams are expected to return Wednesday. No new on if #60...
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Adam does ok:

#45-Adam Petty, making his CUP debut, was running in the mid 20's when he lost an engine and ended up finishing 40th(4-2-20000...
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Petty Debut:

Adam Petty is scheduled to make his Winston Cup debut at Texas this coming weekend in the #45 Sprint Chevy. Petty tested there a few weeks ago. See story at the TMS site: Adam Petty Bids for First Winston Cup Race in Texas. See an image of the car on the Paint Scheme...
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Petty…Adam…to CUP? UPDATE:

Adam Petty hedged when asked if he will move from the Busch Series to Winston Cup next year. "We've got a decision, but we just haven't made an announcement yet," Petty said(St Petersburg Times) it was announced on NOL back on 11-11-99 that Adam Petty would make his...
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Davis and Dodge? UPDATE 5:

heard from a few sources that Bill Davis Racing(#22 and #93) will switch from Pontiac to Dodge in 2001?(1-11-2000) -- UPDATE: The latest Dodge team buzz has Bill Davis Racing as a candidate. He didn't "dodge" the question. And has had discussions with Dodge(TNN Media...
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Dodge News…Today:

Dodge will hold their long-awaited Winston Cup press conference at the North American International Auto Show in DETROIT 7:00am on Tuesday, January 11, 2000. According to a source at DC, they had originally planned to use this conference to announce Dodge's Winston...
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Benson has a new ride? UPDATE 2:

On Monday night's "This Week in NASCAR," a Speedvision show(7 and 11pm/et) hosted by Allen Bestwick, Johnny Benson will announce that he has signed a contract to drive the #45 Pontiac owned by Tim Beverley's Tyler Jet Motorsports( SpeedNet/Monte Dutton ) -- UPDATE: ...
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Hasbro Signs Drivers:

Hasbro Sports announced today that it has reached agreements with 29 NASCAR drivers enabling the leading publisher to develop interactive games featuring the drivers, their vehicles and teams. Hasbro Sports plans to release several NASCAR titles for a range of gaming...
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Petty Announcement Update:

RPM2Nite reported that Adam Petty will run five Cup races in 2000 starting at Texas. NASCAR Online shows the #45 Sprint Chevy, not sure what the deal is with #45 which Tyler Jet Motorsports presently uses, also would think he'd run a Pontiac since Petty Enterprises...