I think Adam Petty would have been the next great Petty legend. Ashame we lost him way too soon. Richard was a class act in how he raced and especially how he treated his fans. He raced because he loved it.....not sure about some of today's drivers.
I saw Richard yesterday. I still can't belive it. He is 86, have a big smile on his face and greet his fans as always. He came to our car show to support mechanic student rat rod build competition.
You're right that was emotional, I was lucky enough to meet him when I was just a little guy. I actually sat in his 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix #43. Pretty special huh.
He's a one in a million kind of Guy. Met him many times, at his race shop in Level Cross NC, just right up the road from me. Met him at the track in the 80's and 90's and up until the last races I went to @Charlotte Motor Speedway. Always, always signed autographs until every single fan had come through the line. And as anyone can verify the lines were long. By all rights should have given up many time's. It's takes a special kind of Man who can be at the top of the sport he gave his life to, and lose some the absolute most important things in his life, that being his wife and grandson, and keep on smiling without becoming bitter. God Bless You Richard Petty, a True Man among Men, and True Hero amongst the hero's of Nascar. Signed, #FanForLife
@@crazykellywfo4240 I sat in his plymouth at the 1964 daytona 500 not quiet 5 years old. I watched him win many races. After that race I pulled a guy over as a deputy who was driving like he was drunk later that day. After I figured out he was tired and he told me where he had been I took that man to a place for coffee. We talked and remembered our times going to races. There will never be another king or silver fox. Best 2 to ever drive a race car
Richard petty was, is, and always will be the King of Stock Car Racing. I have been a fan since the late 1960's. "I wouldn't change nothin' for nothin' else."-Richard Petty-1992
For those wondering what happened to the car, he was involved in a crash fairly early in the race prior to the this lap. His car caught fire in the crash, but the incredible #43 team was able to fix the car enough for that emotional lap. Long live the #43!
This was a race I'll never forget, watching Kulwicki win his only Winston Cup, and Petty run this last lap gets me choked up. I think of this race each time I hear Alabama sing this tune.
Yes, Bill Elliott did win the race; however, Alan Kulwicki stayed out when Elliott pitted about halfway through the race and led a few extra laps before pitting (They were supposed to pit together, however), ultimately leading to Alan winning what would be his lone Winston Cup championship.
My dad was there for King Richard's last race in NASCAR. And years later, I was there for Jeff Gordon's last race in Atlanta. And I'm for sure going to be at the Talladega race in the fall for his last race there.
Well said, pal. Well said. I'd like to tell you something about Petty's final race: Dale Earnhardt Sr. and rookie sensation Jeff Gordon were in that race, so the race these three drivers were in reminds me of the final race from Cars. Here's a comparison of the three drivers to the race car characters from Cars: Strip "The King" Weathers - Richard Petty Chick Hicks - Dale Earnhardt Sr. Lightning McQueen - Jeff Gordon
I remember watching this live and to this day it still puts a big smile on my face. Such a classy man with a great personality. He has been there and seen it all in the sport nascar.
This was the end of an era, Richard took the sport to new heights. Earnhardt and Gordon took over after he retired. The sport is in shambles now, i miss the good old days. They're gone forever though now.
This was a rare footage of Richard Petty's final lap that took place at NASCAR's Greatest Race of the Century, the 1992 Hooters 500, held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was aired on the GMA Rainbow Satellite Television Network via tape delay at 2:30 P.M. under the auspices of SilverStar Communications, Inc.
Emotional. Makes me think of the holographic card I always had of him as child growing up. I knew Thier was going to be no other champion like him. What a legend he and Dale Earnhardt we're. We miss them both God Bless them. They dedicated Thier lives to NASCAR.
Was a special moment that my favorite driver as a kid started his first race and Richard petty started his last. I was just a baby but my parents have picture of me in dads lap watching the race
The King won 200 career races on the NASCAR circuit, along with 7 Sprint Cup/Winston Cup Series Championships tied with Dale Earnhardt Sr., and the King won 7 career Daytona 500's. No one will beat those numbers. Those numbers tell the story of how great Richard Petty was. Now we see him not in a race car, but in an around the garages at the races.
Musta been hard sitting there in that stock car...knowing that this will be the last time he ever races. Can you imagine what that must have felt like... He must have replayed his entire life up to that moment in that couple of minutes. Richard, Dale, We salute you.
NASCAR was once so awesome. Jeff Gordon wont be getting this on his last lap and he has earned it. Nascar is all about how amazing Jimmy Johnson is though...
You can rest assured that Richard's favourite moments of his Farewell Tour were his successful moments. He had a great mid-season qualifying run of second, seventh and fourth, while also managing to lead the first five laps of the Pepsi 400. Along with this farewell lap, I'm sure that's how the King really wanted to be remembered: at the front, in the thick of things, even if only briefly. :-)
I don't care how many other multiple championships guys like Gordon and Johnson have, Petty's career was like the Wright Brothers first flight all the way to the jet age. So many innovations, styles of cars he used, and types of tracks. The multiple champions after the mid 90's had it already made for them. They benefited from all the sacrifices and knowledge from Petty, Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, and Bill Elliot.
A gentleman. A champion. The best at his craft. The 🐐. I love Dale Earnhardt, but Richard is my driver. I remember especially being proud of him and his team's effort to get back on the track.
Just like he came in race until the checker flys, 9 years with out a win rooted for him every lap, Jeff first race & my new driver now he's retired and I enjoy what has happen in racing!
this might be the most important and greatest race ever in Nascar history. Richard Petty final race,Jeff Gordon Debut and 6 drivers had a chance at being champion. Alan Kulwicki went to win the championship by merely 10 points ahead of Bill Elliott. Kulwicki won because he led the most laps 103, just one ahead of Elliott.
I agree. I am 17 but I am a serious NASCAR buff so I know that Petty, Pearson, Yarlbrough, Earnhardt, Baker, Junior Johnson and the Allisons all made NASCAR what it is. I asked people if they knew about Richard Petty and them that raced before 2000, and they had no clue who he was. I was angry, they claimed they were real NASCAR fans. That is a slap in the face to me as a NASCAR fan if you say your a fan, yet you cant name the person who tops the list in everything imagineible in this sport.
The sad part about this is, most people only know nascar as it is today. They don't even know who Richard was and what he did for this sport. This is and was nascar, he is a legend.
Such a long time ago now that he retired 30years next year I wish he could have raced forever such a nice man as well it will be unbearable when he passes away I'm not looking forward to it that's for sure
This race and this season proves that you dont NEED to have the Chase to have drama! I am 17 (I was not even 2 when this race was run FYI) but I find that watching this race on the VHS tape my parents recorded was so much more interesting than any race you see today. Plus, this was NASCAR's golden age when there were no conspiracy theories of ppl cheating, no chase format, no freezing the field, back when racing was racing and the boys were boys. Richard Petty, amazing racer, bar none.
It's pretty much assumed that Dale would've retired after the 2002 season. When he signed his last contract with RCR in 1999, for 3 years, he said then it was the last contract he was gonna sign as a driver. I think he was pretty well set on his next career as a team owner. I definitely agree that even if he tried to stay on a couple more years, he'd be retired by now because he'd be over 60 years old at this point.
I think NASCAR of the 1990s would've been more epic had both Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison not died in separate airplane/helicopter crashes in 1993. What a day in Atlanta back in 1992 -- King Richard's last race, Jeff Gordon's first start, Alan and Davey both had a shot to win the Winston Cup. Richard Petty passed the torch that day, no question about it. It was gonna be passed to Gordon, Kulwicki, and Davey. Those three were gonna be NASCAR's top stars along with Earnhardt.
to all the NASCAR fans especially the real ones King Richard was called King for a reason because he's been Simply the Best the things he's done are untouchable and to the die-hard WWE addict Earnhardt never won 10 races in a row Petty did that in 67 and and went to Victory Lane 27 times out of 43 tries
I'm not discounting his accomplishments, but by his own admission, many of his races were won at a time when the majority of drivers didn't have factory support and many of them came a 100 mile/lap races and at a time when there were 45, 50, sometimes as many as 60 races a year. 200 wins, 27 in a season, 10 in a row will absolutely never be touched for this reason. If I rated him in terms of skill, I'd put him somewhere between 6-10. I personally think Lee was the most talented Petty of all.
When Richard retired, Kyle just couldn't keep the legacy going. He either wasn't good enough, or got choked out by Earnhardt and Gordon. If Adam had survived, I think he would've been the true successor. Now, Thad Moffitt is the last hope for the Petty legacy before it gets snuffed out by Kyle Busch. 200 wins my ass. Most of those wins came from Buschwhacking.
@88888888888anonymous Jimmie Johnson has won five championships by being the best driver in the last ten races and the tenth best in the previous twenty-six. Richard Petty won seven championships by being the best all year round. He is the KING, Jimmie will never even come close.
King Richard Petty...200 wins 7 Championships...There will never be another like him...Simply the best...God Bless Him...
Yeah and dale earnhardt
Actually Jimmie Johnson is the best. 5 in a row against tougher competition and then won his 7th
@@michaelcoker4748lol, Jimmie would only be a 3 time champ under the same points system Petty and Earnhardt won under.
@@scottg9855 agree
I have the pleasure of living up the road from this man. He is a such a great guy!
I think Adam Petty would have been the next great Petty legend. Ashame we lost him way too soon. Richard was a class act in how he raced and especially how he treated his fans. He raced because he loved it.....not sure about some of today's drivers.
Kyle Petty was great too just because he wasn't smashing records... Had a chance in 1992 for the championship
I saw Richard yesterday. I still can't belive it. He is 86, have a big smile on his face and greet his fans as always. He came to our car show to support mechanic student rat rod build competition.
just watching his last lap is emotional... when he passes it's gonna be unbearable
You're right that was emotional, I was lucky enough to meet him when I was just a little guy. I actually sat in his 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix #43. Pretty special huh.
CRAZY KELLY WFO I got a picture with one his cars from the 80s
But yo Im the only one not lucky to meet the king RIP
He's a one in a million kind of Guy. Met him many times, at his race shop in Level Cross NC, just right up the road from me. Met him at the track in the 80's and 90's and up until the last races I went to @Charlotte Motor Speedway. Always, always signed autographs until every single fan had come through the line. And as anyone can verify the lines were long.
By all rights should have given up many time's. It's takes a special kind of Man who can be at the top of the sport he gave his life to, and lose some the absolute most important things in his life, that being his wife and grandson, and keep on smiling without becoming bitter.
God Bless You Richard Petty, a True Man among Men, and True Hero amongst the hero's of Nascar.
Signed, #FanForLife
@@crazykellywfo4240 I sat in his plymouth at the 1964 daytona 500 not quiet 5 years old. I watched him win many races. After that race I pulled a guy over as a deputy who was driving like he was drunk later that day. After I figured out he was tired and he told me where he had been I took that man to a place for coffee. We talked and remembered our times going to races. There will never be another king or silver fox. Best 2 to ever drive a race car
Richard petty was, is, and always will be the King of Stock Car Racing. I have been a fan since the late 1960's. "I wouldn't change nothin' for nothin' else."-Richard Petty-1992
For those wondering what happened to the car, he was involved in a crash fairly early in the race prior to the this lap. His car caught fire in the crash, but the incredible #43 team was able to fix the car enough for that emotional lap. Long live the #43!
Brentanic
Pretty sure NASCAR just said, put a new motor in it, go out there for the last 2 laps to "finish" the race.. then do a lap or 2 farewell. haha
My hero The King
I think it's in his museum shop. I remember seeing it in a video where he tours. It may even still be damaged iirc
I think it's in his museum shop. I remember seeing it in a video where he tours. It may even still be damaged iirc
"I wouldn't trade nothin' for nothin' else" - The King.
epic
This was a race I'll never forget, watching Kulwicki win his only Winston Cup, and Petty run this last lap gets me choked up. I think of this race each time I hear Alabama sing this tune.
I thought bill Elliot won and kulwick lead the most laps
Yes, Elliot won; Kulwicki led most laps, which gave him enough points to clinch the Winston Cup championship.
Yes, Bill Elliott did win the race; however, Alan Kulwicki stayed out when Elliott pitted about halfway through the race and led a few extra laps before pitting (They were supposed to pit together, however), ultimately leading to Alan winning what would be his lone Winston Cup championship.
The hat and glasses. He is "THE KING". Greatest of all time.
The ONE AND ONLY KING OF NASCAR.. A true man and class act!! Thank you Richard!!
no other driver will be able to do this..........Richard we salute you, you made NASCAR what it is today
this made me tear up inside
me too
Me too
Richard Petty was a true NASCAR legend. 200 wins
so long ago yet it still brings tears to me
i met Mr. Petty, his wife & Kyle when I was 11 yrs old. I'll never forget it. They were so friendly.
My dad was there for King Richard's last race in NASCAR. And years later, I was there for Jeff Gordon's last race in Atlanta. And I'm for sure going to be at the Talladega race in the fall for his last race there.
All these years later I still cry at this moment Long Live King Richard they will never be another
Richard's story from the first lap until the last lap is incredible, a racing legend from a racing family.
God save NASCAR's king, long live its wonderful king, God Save The King!
Well said, pal. Well said. I'd like to tell you something about Petty's final race: Dale Earnhardt Sr. and rookie sensation Jeff Gordon were in that race, so the race these three drivers were in reminds me of the final race from Cars.
Here's a comparison of the three drivers to the race car characters from Cars:
Strip "The King" Weathers - Richard Petty
Chick Hicks - Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Lightning McQueen - Jeff Gordon
Long live the king! !
This actually made me cry 😭
I remember watching this live and to this day it still puts a big smile on my face. Such a classy man with a great personality. He has been there and seen it all in the sport nascar.
I get chills when i watch this
This was the end of an era, Richard took the sport to new heights.
Earnhardt and Gordon took over after he retired.
The sport is in shambles now, i miss the good old days. They're gone forever though now.
I don't think anyone could come close to Petty he is and will always be the true king of Nascar.
This was a rare footage of Richard Petty's final lap that took place at NASCAR's Greatest Race of the Century, the 1992 Hooters 500, held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was aired on the GMA Rainbow Satellite Television Network via tape delay at 2:30 P.M. under the auspices of SilverStar Communications, Inc.
Emotional. Makes me think of the holographic card I always had of him as child growing up. I knew Thier was going to be no other champion like him. What a legend he and Dale Earnhardt we're. We miss them both God Bless them. They dedicated Thier lives to NASCAR.
we need another driver like this today !
Long live the KING.
Number 43 - Petty blue Charger's my favorite.
Was a special moment that my favorite driver as a kid started his first race and Richard petty started his last. I was just a baby but my parents have picture of me in dads lap watching the race
Richard Petty: 50 Years In NASCAR!!!!!
There has been a lot of good NASCAR drivers, but Richard Petty is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME! May God Bless Richard and his family.
2021 and I'm crying
A gentleman, a hero, a champion , a legend and the king of nascar, thank you king Richard
In Europe, we have Schumacher for the Formula 1 and in USA, you have Richard Petty in NASCAR.
well, now you got hamilton.
@@_.twixxx That's it.
@@IROCMAN666 sorry but i was saying currently not back then 7 years ago.
also both of them are legends
@@_.twixxx No problem, I had understood.
The torch was passed that day. From Petty to Gordon. Petty is my moms favorite and Gordon is my favorite
I love Richard..my hero
Man I wish I was there and just say goodbye to the king
Man He was and still is a racing legend. He is the KING. :)
The King won 200 career races on the NASCAR circuit, along with 7 Sprint Cup/Winston Cup Series Championships tied with Dale Earnhardt Sr., and the King won 7 career Daytona 500's.
No one will beat those numbers.
Those numbers tell the story of how great Richard Petty was. Now we see him not in a race car, but in an around the garages at the races.
Musta been hard sitting there in that stock car...knowing that this will be the last time he ever races. Can you imagine what that must have felt like...
He must have replayed his entire life up to that moment in that couple of minutes.
Richard, Dale,
We salute you.
I was not alive when he stoped Racing but I can say I met that man and he was so nice gentle I don’t think there is a mean bone in that man
Deserves more views.
NASCAR was once so awesome. Jeff Gordon wont be getting this on his last lap and he has earned it. Nascar is all about how amazing Jimmy Johnson is though...
You can rest assured that Richard's favourite moments of his Farewell Tour were his successful moments. He had a great mid-season qualifying run of second, seventh and fourth, while also managing to lead the first five laps of the Pepsi 400. Along with this farewell lap, I'm sure that's how the King really wanted to be remembered: at the front, in the thick of things, even if only briefly. :-)
I don't care how many other multiple championships guys like Gordon and Johnson have, Petty's career was like the Wright Brothers first flight all the way to the jet age. So many innovations, styles of cars he used, and types of tracks. The multiple champions after the mid 90's had it already made for them. They benefited from all the sacrifices and knowledge from Petty, Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, and Bill Elliot.
Richard Petty is larger than life!
A gentleman. A champion. The best at his craft. The 🐐. I love Dale Earnhardt, but Richard is my driver. I remember especially being proud of him and his team's effort to get back on the track.
Just like he came in race until the checker flys, 9 years with out a win rooted for him every lap, Jeff first race & my new driver now he's retired and I enjoy what has happen in racing!
Happy 80th "King"
Besides this race being Richard's last, it was also Jeff Gordon's first start in the Cup series.
this might be the most important and greatest race ever in Nascar history. Richard Petty final race,Jeff Gordon Debut and 6 drivers had a chance at being champion. Alan Kulwicki went to win the championship by merely 10 points ahead of Bill Elliott. Kulwicki won because he led the most laps 103, just one ahead of Elliott.
I agree. I am 17 but I am a serious NASCAR buff so I know that Petty, Pearson, Yarlbrough, Earnhardt, Baker, Junior Johnson and the Allisons all made NASCAR what it is. I asked people if they knew about Richard Petty and them that raced before 2000, and they had no clue who he was. I was angry, they claimed they were real NASCAR fans. That is a slap in the face to me as a NASCAR fan if you say your a fan, yet you cant name the person who tops the list in everything imagineible in this sport.
Watched this race, was very difficult to watch my childhood hero racing legend retire from driving.
The sad part about this is, most people only know nascar as it is today. They don't even know who Richard was and what he did for this sport. This is and was nascar, he is a legend.
I was there in 92. There wasn't a dry eye in the place. Very emotional experience that i will always remember
The man, the legend, the king Richard Petty will make his final lap
Like Avenged sevenfold says: "Hail to the King"!
Such a long time ago now that he retired 30years next year I wish he could have raced forever such a nice man as well it will be unbearable when he passes away I'm not looking forward to it that's for sure
This race and this season proves that you dont NEED to have the Chase to have drama! I am 17 (I was not even 2 when this race was run FYI) but I find that watching this race on the VHS tape my parents recorded was so much more interesting than any race you see today. Plus, this was NASCAR's golden age when there were no conspiracy theories of ppl cheating, no chase format, no freezing the field, back when racing was racing and the boys were boys. Richard Petty, amazing racer, bar none.
When they switch to the Chase format was kind of when I quit watching.
Where Boys cry: Endgame
Where Men cry: Furious 6
Where Legends cry:
It's pretty much assumed that Dale would've retired after the 2002 season. When he signed his last contract with RCR in 1999, for 3 years, he said then it was the last contract he was gonna sign as a driver. I think he was pretty well set on his next career as a team owner. I definitely agree that even if he tried to stay on a couple more years, he'd be retired by now because he'd be over 60 years old at this point.
Emotional and and I cried when I first saw it
I love seeing him behind the wheel, I'm a little kid again
I was at that race. Petty's last and Gordon's first with one of the greatest three-way championship finishes of all time.
Who else didn't recognize him until he put on his hat and shades?
I didn't until he did that
Soxruleyanksdrool I know it was him before he put on his hat and shades
Soxruleyanksdrool Yeah it's hard to tell when Richard Petty had his helmet on. You probably would've if he had the open face helmet.
Soxruleyanksdrool are you stupid lol
The greatest nascar driver a NASCAR legend
Long live the king
Good bye legend,hero and king there will never be another like him God thank for him #43
Petty was my driver back in the day and still is today
I think NASCAR of the 1990s would've been more epic had both Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison not died in separate airplane/helicopter crashes in 1993. What a day in Atlanta back in 1992 -- King Richard's last race, Jeff Gordon's first start, Alan and Davey both had a shot to win the Winston Cup.
Richard Petty passed the torch that day, no question about it. It was gonna be passed to Gordon, Kulwicki, and Davey. Those three were gonna be NASCAR's top stars along with Earnhardt.
What a epic moment
What I am saying is, if it wasn't for "other stuff" he would of for sure had more than 7 titles. He was way to dominate back in the day.
I remember that day, but never heard that song.
@pfmiv
Richard Petty only competed in the Winston Cup. He was without a doubt the best NASCAR driver ever.
I cried when he did his last lap
This video was made three months before I was born
this race was my first nascar race ever
He is alive today
And it's great that he is! :D
to all the NASCAR fans especially the real ones King Richard was called King for a reason because he's been Simply the Best the things he's done are untouchable and to the die-hard WWE addict Earnhardt never won 10 races in a row Petty did that in 67 and and went to Victory Lane 27 times out of 43 tries
Yeah
Gerald Franklin yup but the hemi did help with that.
"I wouldn't trade nothin' for nothin' else"
truer words have never been spoken
AWESOME
he was the best there is no discussion
Besides The Intimadator no question
+TheDieHardWWEAddict Petty >>>>>>>> Intimidator
gabryelwanderley Nope Earnhardt >>> Petty
Indeed, he was; Dale Earnhardt is the second best, followed by Jeff Gordon, Cale Yarborough, and rounding out the top five, Junior Johnson.
Dale Sr. and Richard Petty will NEVER be beaten. In the NASCAR carreer standings. It's Petty and Dale Sr. tied it first, with Jeff Gordon 2nd.
Bajawoosh
Ummmm
I'm not discounting his accomplishments, but by his own admission, many of his races were won at a time when the majority of drivers didn't have factory support and many of them came a 100 mile/lap races and at a time when there were 45, 50, sometimes as many as 60 races a year. 200 wins, 27 in a season, 10 in a row will absolutely never be touched for this reason. If I rated him in terms of skill, I'd put him somewhere between 6-10. I personally think Lee was the most talented Petty of all.
God, I love that hat!
Oh and Pearson would also be a great name to add to that list :]
beautiful moment
the elvis of nacar
The King is a gentleman. Long live the king.
Jeff Gordon made His Debut That Day
@SPAZZY1912
Richard Petty was involved in a fiery crash on lap 96, and what you see is a result of them tearing away the sheet metal that was useless.
GREAT RESPECT "THE KING" same " Mister THE KING "
still the king
I was a 11 years old when I seen this race and he went around the track.
I'm going to cry
My rigth ear enjoyed this
They should permanently retire number 43
When Richard retired, Kyle just couldn't keep the legacy going. He either wasn't good enough, or got choked out by Earnhardt and Gordon. If Adam had survived, I think he would've been the true successor.
Now, Thad Moffitt is the last hope for the Petty legacy before it gets snuffed out by Kyle Busch. 200 wins my ass. Most of those wins came from Buschwhacking.
Busch will never overtake Petty
@@aarongreen27yearsago96 Nobody's ever gonna overtake Petty in wins, 200 is unheard of.
Thad is related to Brett
we love the King
Oh I’m sad, made me happy seeing him drive at Darlington
@88888888888anonymous Jimmie Johnson has won five championships by being the best driver in the last ten races and the tenth best in the previous twenty-six. Richard Petty won seven championships by being the best all year round. He is the KING, Jimmie will never even come close.