Kyle Petty News

Dodge News…Today:

Dodge News…Today:

January 11, 2000
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

Petty Donation:

Petty Donation:

January 3, 2000
Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Richard Petty and No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac driver Kyle Petty donated $10,000 to the Boggy Creek Gang at the camp's annual holiday party. The money represents proceeds from the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Daytona USA.

Person of the Year:

Person of the Year:

December 14, 1999
NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated has named Kyle Petty its 1999 Person of the year for his "Charity Ride" has raised over $1.5 million in the five years it's been in existence and his food drives have provided thousands of meals for people who otherwise would have gone

UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief: I hear Bobby Leslie will be Kyle Petty’s new crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac, which as I have reported in the past will have a new look in 2000, see

UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief: I hear Bobby Leslie will be Kyle Petty’s new crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac, which as I have reported in the past will have a new look in 2000, see

December 13, 1999
Kyles crew chief the images on the 2000 section of the Paint Schemes Gallery -- UPDATE: Greg Steadman has been promoted to crew chief for the #43 STP Pontiac driven by John Andretti, while Bobby Leslie joins Petty Enterprises to become crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels

Kyles crew chief UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief:

Kyles crew chief UPDATE and #43 Crew Chief:

December 10, 1999
I hear Bobby Leslie will be Kyle Petty's new crew chief for the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac, which as I have reported in the past will have a new look in 2000, see the images on the 2000 section of the Paint Schemes Gallery -- UPDATE: Greg Steadman has been promoted to

New #24 Crew Chief UPDATE:

New #24 Crew Chief UPDATE:

December 7, 1999
wow, here is a shocker....Hendrick Motorsports announced that #43 crew chief Robbie Loomis has been named crew chief for the #24 DuPont team and driver Jeff Gordon. Brian Whitesell, who took over the crew chief duties when Ray Evernham left at midseason, has been promoted

#44 Crew Chief:

#44 Crew Chief:

December 3, 1999
Petty Enterprises has moved Greg Steadman into crew chief position for Kyle Petty's #44 Hot Wheels Pontiacs. Steadman, who has worked in recent years with Robbie Loomis, crew chief with John Andretti's #43 Pontiacs, replaces Doug Hewitt, who will take another position

Toy Story 2:

Toy Story 2:

November 19, 1999
As reported before, the #26-Johnny Benson, #44-Kyle Petty and #94-Bill Elliott are running Toy Story 2 paint schemes (got the #26 and 44 at the Paint Schemes page ). Also the Toy Story 2 Website: www.toystory2.com will have in-car cams and audio feeds during the race

Grissom/Petty?

Grissom/Petty?

November 14, 1999
Steve Grissom, who is expected to announce a double Dodge deal in the near future. According to sources close to the situation, Grissom, who has competed fairly regularly on the Winston Cup circuit, will move to the Petty Enterprises truck next season and will become

Grissom/Petty? UPDATE:

Grissom/Petty? UPDATE:

November 14, 1999
Steve Grissom, who is expected to announce a double Dodge deal in the near future. According to sources close to the situation, Grissom, who has competed fairly regularly on the Winston Cup circuit, will move to the Petty Enterprises truck next season and will become

Kyle Petty Honored:

Kyle Petty Honored:

November 12, 1999
Kyle Petty, the driver of the #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac out of Petty Enterprises on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, has bee named the NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated Person of the Year. The award, given annually by NASCAR Winston Cup Illustrated, is given in recognition

Petty Announcement Update:

Petty Announcement Update:

November 11, 1999
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

Petty Fined:

Petty Fined:

October 14, 1999
NASCAR officials have announced that, due to irregularities found in the induction system of the #45 Sprint Prepaid Phone Card BGN Chevy fielded by Petty Enterprises and driven by Adam Petty after second-round qualifying for the All Pro/Bumper-to-Bumper 300 at LMS

Petty to Trucks?

Petty to Trucks?

October 5, 1999
from a source - According to Nashville Sports Weekly (a local freebie newspaper), Adam Petty may run the CTS next year. ?›????The Petty camp was so impressed with Adam's performance in the race (Richmond), that early this week, Richard and Kyle Petty met with executives

Penalty:

Penalty:

September 27, 1999
Kyle Petty and Dave Marcis were each penalized a lap for pitting outside the box. It's the same penalty given Jarrett at New Hampshire last weekend( The Depot )