Kevin Harvick

 

Kevin Michael Harvick (born December eight, 1975) is an American stock automotive auto racing race car driver and automobile proprietor presently competing within the NASCAR Sprint Cup Collection for Richard Childress Racing, driving the 29 Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet Impala. Harvick additionally drives his own 33 Rheem/Menards Chevrolet Impala part-time within the Nationwide Collection, and his own 2 Citifinancial/Armour Meals Chevrolet Silverado part-time in the Tenting World Truck Series.

 

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced within the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he's nicknamed, is most well-known for profitable the NASCAR Championship seven occasions (Dale Earnhardt is the one other driver to accomplish this feat), successful a record 200 races during his career, profitable the Daytona 500 a report seven occasions, and successful a file 27 races[1] (ten of them consecutively) within the 1967 season alone. (A 1972 rule change eradicated races below 250 miles (four hundred km) in length, lowering the schedule to 30 [now 36] races.) Petty is extensively thought-about one of the biggest NASCAR drivers of all time. He also collected a file number of poles (127) and over seven hundred prime-ten finishes in his 1,185 begins, together with 513 consecutive starts from 1971-1989.

Petty is a second technology driver. His father, Lee Petty, received the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a three time NASCAR champion. Richard's son, Kyle Petty, is also a well-known NASCAR driver. Richard's grandson, Adam Petty, was killed in an accident at New Hampshire Worldwide Speedway on Could 12, 2000, five weeks after the loss of life of Lee. Meanwhile, Adam's brother Austin works on day-to-day operations of the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a Hole within the Wall Gang camp established by the Pettys after Adam's death. Petty married his wife Lynda in 1958 and so they have 4 youngsters - Kyle Petty, Sharon Petty Farlow, Lisa Petty Luck and Rebecca Petty Moffit - and 12 grandchildren.The family still resides in Petty's house town of Stage Cross, North Carolina and operates Richard Petty Motorsports. The Richard Petty Museum is in close by Randleman, North Carolina. Since January 7, 2008, Petty Enterprises has been the newest resident of Race City, U.S.A., transferring their race staff into the vacated Yates Racing one hundred fifteen,000-sq.-foot (10,seven-hundred m2) facility in Mooresville, N.C. Throughout Petty's profession, however particularly throughout his prime, Petty was identified to stand for hours - backed in opposition to a fence, signing autographs to everybody who asked.

 

Danica Patrick

DAYTONA BEACH - There have been a laundry listing of theories and solutions about how NASCAR can regain its popularity, rekindle its TV rankings and recapture its fan base.

The concepts have ranged from a brand new points system to shorter races to uniform start times to drivers reconnecting with fans and exhibiting extra coloration and candidness.

These are all advantageous ideas, but I have a better one that is way more foolproof and far much less complex:

Danica.

t's it.

Simply Danica.

Thank you very much, NASCAR.

Just ship that $10 million you had been going to spend on consultants to my mailing tackle at the Orlando Sentinel.

Identical to that, I've saved the sport. I've given Brian France and his fellow NASCAR fits the concept, but now it is as much as them to do everything of their huge power to implement it and make Danica Patrick a relevant.

The movers and shakers of NASCAR have been accused by previous conspiracists of scripting race outcomes like Richard Petty winning No. 200 on the Fourth of July in Daytona with President Ronald Reagan in attendance or Dale Earnhardt Jr. winning the Pepsi four hundred in the first race again at Daytona only some months after his father perished within the Daytona 500. I don't essentially consider it, but when there's a shred of truth to what the conspiracy theorists say then NASCAR may need to contemplate choreographing a situation that that might turn Danica Patrick into a champion.

Better but, how about a script that might have Danica barreling past Dale Earnhardt Jr. and knocking him and Jimmie Johnson into the wall as she wins the Daytona 500?

"That would get everybody's blood pumping, wouldn't it?" said veteran driver Mark Martin when asked how much it will elevate the game if Danica ever turned a factor.

She's acquired everything NASCAR could presumably want apart from the fact that her identify is not Danica Earnhardt Jr. She's acquired the character, the pizzazz, the zeal, the intercourse attraction, the media adoration and fan adulation. And he or she certainly has the fire and desire.

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