Kyle Petty News

Homestead Testing:

Homestead Testing:

October 29, 2002
Homestead Testing: Seven Cup and Four BGN Teams Have Begun a Two Day Test at The Homstead-Miami Speedway. Kyle Petty Is Turning Laps in his #45 Car and Teammate John Andretti's #43. Andretti Is In Pennsylvania Where His Grandmother Is Gravely Ill. Also at Homestead

Rumblings – Atlanta:

Rumblings – Atlanta:

October 27, 2002
Rumblings - Atlanta: Kurt Busch's win is the 8th for Roush Racing this season. Joe Nemechek (2nd....and ride shopping) had his best finish since he won at Rockingham last November. Kyle Petty (14th) had his best finish since he was 13th at Darlington in September.

Biffle in the #44 at the Rock:

Biffle in the #44 at the Rock:

October 27, 2002
Biffle in the #44 at the Rock: Greg Biffle will be substituting in the #44 Petty Enterprises entry at North Carolina Speedway on Nov. 3.(Roush Racing Site)(10-23-2002) UPDATE: The probable BGN champion will take another shot at the Cup Series in this week' Pop Secret

Andretti Signed? by Petty UPDATE:

Andretti Signed? by Petty UPDATE:

October 26, 2002
Andretti Signed? by Petty UPDATE: Car owner Kyle Petty said John Andretti has a contract to sign to remain with Petty Enterprises. "We've pretty much agreed to most everything we're going to agree to," Petty said. "We're just going through formalities." ... (Roanoke

#45 Georgia Pacific car to be unveiled at AMS UPDATE:

#45 Georgia Pacific car to be unveiled at AMS UPDATE:

October 25, 2002
#45 Georgia Pacific car to be unveiled at AMS UPDATE: Georgia-Pacific and Petty Enterprises will unveil new #45 G-P Dodge at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon, Oct 25th. In September, Georgia-Pacific and Petty Enterprises announced plans to shift G-P' NASCAR

#45 Georgia Pacific car to be unveiled at AMS:

#45 Georgia Pacific car to be unveiled at AMS:

October 23, 2002
#45 Georgia Pacific car to be unveiled at AMS: Georgia-Pacific and Petty Enterprises will unveil new #45 G-P Dodge at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday afternoon, Oct 25th. In September, Georgia-Pacific and Petty Enterprises announced plans to shift G-P' NASCAR sponsorship

Fans get to ride with drivers:

Fans get to ride with drivers:

October 23, 2002
Fans get to ride with drivers: Ten lucky NASCAR fans will experience heart-pounding rides in real stock cars with NASCAR's top drivers as part of the grand-prize package of the Coca-Cola Racing Family Reunion. With family and friends looking on, each winner will take

Drivers at the Movies:

Drivers at the Movies:

October 23, 2002
Drivers at the Movies:The Coca-Cola Racing Family of drivers are on the big screen again this fall, and as they've demonstrated in past pre-feature spots, they seem to be getting just as comfortable in front of the camera as they do behind the wheel. But are they good

Testing at the Rock:

Testing at the Rock:

October 23, 2002
Testing at the Rock: North Carolina Speedway Testing: The following drivers will be at North Carolina Speedway. Tuesday - Wednesday, October 22 – 23 testing for the upcoming NASCAR weekend November 2 - 3...2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series: #24-Jeff Gordon; #45-Kyle Petty

Andretti Signed? by Petty:

Andretti Signed? by Petty:

October 20, 2002
Andretti Signed? by Petty: Car owner Kyle Petty said John Andretti has a contract to sign to remain with Petty Enterprises. "We've pretty much agreed to most everything we're going to agree to," Petty said. "We're just going through formalities." ... (Roanoke Times

Nadeau injured? Grissom in the #44 at Martinsville UPDATE 2 advised to site out rest of 2002:

Nadeau injured? Grissom in the #44 at Martinsville UPDATE 2 advised to site out rest of 2002:

October 18, 2002
Nadeau injured? Grissom in the #44 at Martinsville UPDATE 2 advised to site out rest of 2002: hearing Jerry Nadeau who driver the #44 Georgia Pacific Dodge for Petty was injured in some sort of Go Cart accident, was injured and will not be able to race at Martinsville

Victory Junction Gang Camp breaks ground:

Victory Junction Gang Camp breaks ground:

October 9, 2002
Victory Junction Gang Camp breaks ground: Two years after Adam Petty's death, the NASCAR community honored the late racer in a celebration to mark the start of construction on a children's camp being built in his honor. Winston Cup champions Dale Jarrett and Bobby

No Petty Truck in 2003? Contreras with Hispanic team?

No Petty Truck in 2003? Contreras with Hispanic team?

October 4, 2002
It's highly unlikely that the Petty Enterprise's #43 Dodge will return. Kyle Petty told ESPN [Ray Dunlap] the Truck program does not help his organization improve the Winston Cup cars. Current driver Carlos Contreras hopes to compete in the BGN with the Hispanic Racing

Earnhardt Jr vs Elliott UPDATE:

Earnhardt Jr vs Elliott UPDATE:

September 27, 2002
Earnhardt Jr vs Elliott UPDATE: Word has it that the NASCAR Winston Cup Most Popular Driver Award voting has become a two-man race between Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Elliott trailed in the early going in the voting, which is being held online at nascarpopulardriver

Teen Safety 500 program at Kansas:

Teen Safety 500 program at Kansas:

September 24, 2002
Teen Safety 500 program at Kansas: Georgia-Pacific Corp. brings its Teen Safety 500 program to two Kansas City area high schools on Thursday, Sept. 26. Shawnee Mission North High School and Shawnee Mission West High, both in Overland Park, have been selected to participate