Kyle Petty News

Kyle Petty Charity Ride Passes DIS:

Kyle Petty Charity Ride Passes DIS:

July 20, 2007
Amid police escorts and the roar of thousands of horsepower “ the Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America rolled past Daytona International Speedway on Friday morning. A handful of race fans lined International Speedway Blvd. as a group of more than 100

Drivers Have Different Plans for Off Week:

Drivers Have Different Plans for Off Week:

July 17, 2007
The last open weekend on the Nextel Cup schedule until Thanksgiving means different things to different drivers as they gear up for a stretch of 17 races without a break starting July 29 in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. Jeff Gordon is going to pack up his family

Kyle Petty Charity Ride Gets Underway:

Kyle Petty Charity Ride Gets Underway:

July 15, 2007
The annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America rolled off Saturday from Bar Harbor, Maine, to begin a 2,800 trek toward Hollywood, Fla. The annual charity event is going north to south for the first time this year after crossing the nation from west to east in its

TNT to debut innovative Wide Open Coverage television format at Daytona:

TNT to debut innovative Wide Open Coverage television format at Daytona:

July 5, 2007
TNT goes under the lights this Saturday, July 7 when the network televises the Pepsi 400 Nextel Cup Series race from the Daytona International Speedway with the debut of a new television format, a special on #24-Jeff Gordon, a special feature on Richard Petty and continued

No Petty’s at Daytona 1st time since 1965:

No Petty’s at Daytona 1st time since 1965:

July 3, 2007
The Pepsi 400 will mark the first time a Petty hasn't competed in a Nextel Cup Series race at DIS since 1965. Kyle Petty will serve as a broadcaster for TNT and has put former Pepsi 400 champion John Andretti in his #45 Dodge. A Petty has always been entered in a Cup

Petty comments about slip of cuss word: UPDATE:

Petty comments about slip of cuss word: UPDATE:

June 30, 2007
TNT's Kyle Petty raced Sunday in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 even as he served an on-air analyst. When he got in an accident on the first lap that also involved Matt Kenseth and Marc Goossens, viewers saw a replay in which the driver/analyst seemed to yell out an expletive

Andretti Ready for Avenger Debut:

Andretti Ready for Avenger Debut:

June 27, 2007
John Andretti, for the first time, will step behind the wheel of a Dodge Avenger in competition. Andretti will race the Lenox Tools 300 this Sunday at the one-mile New Hampshire International Speedway. Andretti will pilot the #45 Wells Fargo Dodge Avenger in his second

Petty in-car analyst…oops:

Petty in-car analyst…oops:

June 25, 2007
In what was billed as the first time a driver in a top-tier NASCAR race simultaneously served as a TV analyst on race coverage, TNT's #45-Kyle Petty took viewers a little too close to the action in Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350. After early glitches ” TNT's other announcers

Petty To Navigate and Commentate in Sonoma:

Petty To Navigate and Commentate in Sonoma:

June 21, 2007
This weekend, Kyle Petty and the #45 Wells Fargo Dodge head to the 10-turn, 1.99-mile Infineon Raceway, located in Sonoma for Sunday's Toyota/SaveMart 350. Petty will give live, in-car analysis during Sunday's race as part of his role with TNT this summer. Petty's

Kyle Petty to be enshrined:

Kyle Petty to be enshrined:

June 20, 2007
The Boise, Idoho based World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame will hold its 13th annual induction ceremony at 7:30 tonight at Boise State's Morrison Center. Former Major League Baseball great Edgar Martinez, veteran NBA center Dikembe Mutombo and NASCAR veteran Kyle

Andretti returns to PE:

Andretti returns to PE:

June 13, 2007
This weekend, John Andretti returns to the wheel of a Petty Enterprises Dodge. Andretti will fill-in for Kyle Petty in the #45 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge for this weekend's Michigan 400. Petty will once again be in the TNT booth for Sunday's event. Andretti

Rumblings – Pocono Race Notes:

Rumblings – Pocono Race Notes:

June 10, 2007
We had it all today....twilight racing, a race to the rain, a strategy race, and one of the longest days in Nextel Cup racing to boot. When they finally put us out of our misery, Jeff Gordon was declared the winner. Gordon won the Pocono 265 today while the rain fell

Pocono Rumblings:

Pocono Rumblings:

June 8, 2007
Ryan Newman goes back to back to back today.... Newman made it three in a row at Pocono Raceway as he took the Bud Pole for Sunday's aptly named Pocono 500 with a speed of 170.062 (52.922 sec). It was his 4th top-spot of the season and 41st of his Nextel Cup career

TNT Fuels Six Weeks of NASCAR Coverage with New Show, New Set and New Innovative TV format:

TNT Fuels Six Weeks of NASCAR Coverage with New Show, New Set and New Innovative TV format:

June 7, 2007
TNT announced its new programming lineup for the network's upcoming Nextel Cup Series coverage, which includes coverage of six consecutive Cup races beginning on Sunday, June 10th from Pocono Raceway. The NASCAR on TNT Summer Series will feature new race analysts,

Rumblings – Dover Race Notes:

Rumblings – Dover Race Notes:

June 4, 2007
Martin Truex Jr made it back-to-back firsters today at Dover International Speedway as he took the rain-delayed Autism Speaks 400 present by Visa in a romp. Martin pretty much dominated the race (leading 216 circuits) and went on to a convincing 7.355 second victory