Portrait of Richard Petty
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Fans and fellow stock car drivers called Richard Petty "The King" with good reason. Between 1958 and 1992, Petty earned 200 NASCAR Cup Series race wins, seven Cup Series championships, seven victories at the Daytona 500, 127 poles, and more than 700 top-ten finishes. Petty was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 2010.
Fans and fellow stock car drivers called Richard Petty "The King" with good reason. Between 1958 and 1992, Petty earned 200 NASCAR Cup Series race wins, seven Cup Series championships, seven victories at the Daytona 500, 127 poles, and more than 700 top-ten finishes. Petty was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 2010.
Artifact
Photographic print
Creators
Unknown
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.55
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in
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