Kyle Petty News

Petty News:

Petty News:

September 26, 1999
From NOL: Adam Petty was taken by ambulance to nearby Kent General Hospital. He was examined and released to return to the track. That was good news, but it didn't do much to soothe father Kyle Petty's feelings toward Jeff Green(who was involved in the incident). Green

Nemechek and…

Nemechek and…

September 20, 1999
It may have taken 180 races, but Joe Nemechek broke his maiden today with a convincing win at New Hampshire International Speedway. His previous best finish ever was only a 4th(on two occasions), the last coming at Texas Motor Speedway in April of 1998....51 races

Pontiacs:

Pontiacs:

September 13, 1999
Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte, finished 1 and 2, giving Pontiac its first 1-2 sweep since Rusty Wallace finished first and Kyle Petty second at North Wilkesboro in April 1993( SpeedNet )

Petty Paint:

Petty Paint:

September 1, 1999
Petty Paint: In celebration of the start of pro football's 1999 season, PLAYERS INC and Petty Enterprises will showcase special NFL player paint schemes on John Andretti's #43 STP Pontiac and Kyle Petty's #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac during the Exide NASCAR Select Batteries

Petty Paint:

Petty Paint:

September 1, 1999
In celebration of the start of pro football's 1999 season, PLAYERS INC and Petty Enterprises will showcase special NFL player paint schemes on John Andretti's #43 STP Pontiac and Kyle Petty's #44 Hot Wheels Pontiac during the Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 to be

Short Track Points:

Short Track Points:

August 27, 1999
Although Kyle Petty has struggled recently, he should be one to watch at Bristol. Only Mark Martin (510 points), Rusty Wallace (496) and Dale Jarrett (487) have scored more points than Petty (427) on short tracks this season the Petty has( That's Racin' )

Kyles House:

Kyles House:

August 14, 1999
Kyles House: Homes owned by U.S. Sen. ``Fritz'' Hollings and Winston Cup driver Kyle Petty burned to the ground Friday night in a fire that swept through a resort community on this coastal island north of Charleston, SC. See the full AP story at That's Racin'

Kyles House:

Kyles House:

August 14, 1999
Homes owned by U.S. Sen. ``Fritz'' Hollings and Winston Cup driver Kyle Petty burned to the ground Friday night in a fire that swept through a resort community on this coastal island north of Charleston, SC. See the full AP story at That's Racin'

New Sponsor? UPDATE:

New Sponsor? UPDATE:

August 12, 1999
hearing Red Wing Shoes may be looking to get into Cup or BGN as a team sponsor? no other details -- UPDATE: Petty Enterprises announced that Red Wing shoes has joined the team as an associate sponsor for the Cup cars driven by Kyle Petty and John Andretti and the Grand

Victory Motorcycles:

Victory Motorcycles:

August 12, 1999
this happened Wednesday - Only the roar of the Winston Cup Series #75 car will temper the commotion of 300,000 bike enthusiasts and their motorcycles at this years Sturgis Rally & Races. NASCAR star driver Kyle Petty will pilot the #75 Victory Motorcycles Winston Cup

Petty story:

Petty story:

August 3, 1999
Kyle Petty second-guesses himself on son by Skip Wood of the USA Today via the Tennessean(8-3-1999)

Dodson Returns to Cup:

Dodson Returns to Cup:

August 3, 1999
Last Wednesday, Chuck Rider sold Bahari' Racing to Jack Birmingham, a Boston businessman who immediately renamed the team. One of Birmingham's first moves was to hire Dodson, who led Rusty Wallace to the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup championship as his crew chief. Now Dodson

Provisional Finishes:

Provisional Finishes:

July 11, 1999
In 231 provisional starts(33 races x 7, none at Calif), drivers have accumulated Two Wins , 10 Top 5's and 22 Top 10's. Jeff Burton was the first driver to win from a provisional starting spot EVER at New Hampshire(on July 11th 1999) and that is the farthest back any

WOW!

WOW!

July 11, 1999
Jeff Burton is the first driver to win from a provisional starting spot and that is the farthest back any driver has won from since Kyle Petty won from 37th at Dover in June 1995(in 1995 37th was not a provisional starting spot). Bill Elliott also won from 38th spot

Toy Story II:

Toy Story II:

July 7, 1999
hearing that two Toy Story schemes will be out sometime this summer by Hot Wheels: Cheerios/Woody Scheme and a Hot Wheels/Buzz Lightyear scheme. No idea if Kyle Petty in the #44 Hot Wheels car will run the scheme or if Johnny Benson in the #26 Cheerios car will run