Watching Christian Fittipaldi retire on TV during the Daytona 24, they discussed his illustrative career in F1, Indy Car and Sports Cars. Nobody dared mention his NASCAR experience.
The 43 was actually very respectable in 2006. But just like every Dodge team at the time, they fell flat on their face in 2007 when the COT was introduced.
A couple disclaimers 1. Petty’s #43 is a Misfortunate Legacy over the past 3 decades. The title caused some confusion, and I would suggest watching the video before coming to a conclusion. 2. I forgot to mention Medallion Bank is involved/co-owners of the race team. With that said, the company is still in murky waters going forward 3. Richard Petty won 192 of his 200 races in the 43 car
Well there's no doubt that RPM has been on a Downward spiral for the last 35 years, and the Death of Potential up-and-comer Adam Petty hasn't made it any better...
Motorsports Fan17 You guys are giving up in the #43 too soon. Look at last year. Finished 2nd at Daytona. Had good runs only to be caught up in wrecks and mechanical failures.
And the fact that Adam's wreck happened just five weeks after Lee, the patriarch, passed, was that much of a bigger blow to the family as well as the team.
I grew up with Petty-Plymouth-Hemi, and the constancy of his attire, swagger, and smile over all the changes of cars, sponsors, and drivers, contradicted the turmoil around him. I appreciate your description of 'whats', and I wish I long for more of the 'whys.' Petty was always silent here, and all I have is his unfailing, baffling, resistance; 'All the world's a stage, and the show must go on.'
Here in 2023, Jimmie Johnson has become an owner of the team, now called Legacy Motor Club. Erik Jones in the 43, Gragson in the 42, and Jimmie part time in the 84
Richard is a legend for his driving, and for who he is and what he did for stock car racing and his attention to his fans, and family. The King Nuff said
Blame Dodge for Fittipaldi not Petty. Labonte and Petty just got together too late. Todd leaving Labonte hurt. You just cannot discount Adam's loss from a sponsorship stance as well. Did you know the Dodge Dealers were supposed to have been on Adam's car?
@@068dirtboy Dodge Dealers could have been Adam Petty's sponsor for the first NASCAR Cup Season of the 21st Century had he not killed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
@@KR_Diecasts Few people do. It was Dodge Dealers, Sprint, Coca-Cola and one unconfirmed sponsor. It was a package that would have been one of the highest paid sponsorship deals of the day. If Adam had lived he would not have failed as a driver due to lack of funding.
@kpny1961 more to that than what is public knowledge. money buys speed. it would be up to them to have spent it well, but I have no doubt PE would still be around today and AP would have won races.
Bobby Hamilton just seemed like a really great person and it was very cool to see him win in the 43. He did as much with a little as anyone else in Nascar history. Was cool to see him go run Trucks after his CUP career and have great success.
i lived with his sister in Nashville and saw Bobby run dirt tracks . he was known as SHITBOX because he had parts and tools that were begged or borrowed. he struggled and worked for what he got.
@@068dirtboy Richard and Kyle basically gave up. After 2000-2001 The engines and The driving in general was terrible, even though the Drivers weren't.. It was a MASSIVE moralle shot.
@@jbevill4085 Why? Is it because he was inconsistent driving part-time with Petty Enterprises in the Winston and Busch Series finishing worse than 30th? It was a career cut short by tragedy and you think that Adam is garbage after his death? Please, Kyle Busch was driving shit when he was at the #84 of Hendrick Motorsports when he was 19 (same age as Adam) in 2004, I wouldn't call him garbage because he was still learning for experience and consistency. That's why he got in the flagship #5 car and got four wins for Rick Hendrick during three seasons with Hendrick Motorsports from 2005 to 2007. You wouldn't understand at the time how PE was struggling at the time when 2000 rolled around even if Adam was still alive.
2018 was a tough year for multiple reasons. Losing a long time big sponsor, switching to a new manufacturer that was clearly the worst of the season in 2018, and on top of that having a rookie take the car got the car to struggle. I’m very scared for the future of the #43 and Richard Petty motorsports. But 1 top 5 and 3 top 10’s wasn’t all that bad compared too years past for the #43.
I've loved him since the late 70s. The Kyle Petty Charity Ride is coming 45 minutes from me in May. I hope I finally get to meet him. i usually don't care about meeting famous people but i'd love to meet him.
John Andretti was really shafted by Petty Enterprises. First was when Kyle decided to return to PE, and as such depleted resources for the 43 car. Second Adam Petty was being groomed for a car at Petty, making them a three car team. Third John spent the 2000 season driving a Pontiac, with almost no support as the team was switching to Dodge. Fourth John spent much of 2000 acting as a test driver getting the Intrepid ready for it's 2001 debut. Fifth when Adam died, it was a gut punch to the family, which they never truly recovered from. Finally after having to swallow all that was happening at PE, and being a loyal soldier, we was released in the middle of the 2003 season. John gave a lot more to Petty Enterprises than he ever got back from them. However John being John never complained about the raw deal he got, and had nothing but praise, up until his death. RIP to my favorite driver of the 1990's and early 2000's.
WHY WONT ANYONE SAY WINSTON CUP? Even Jeff Gordon didn't say it when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. In 1984 it was Winston Cup. Like Jeff said at his induction ceremony "Can't do this without the sponsors." I think Winston was a great sponsor for NASCAR. PAY RESPECT TO THE SPONSOR and no disrespect to the current sponsor of course.
Respectfully disagree. Petty was still in control of the team, he just didn't drive any more. Richard Childress did the same thing when he stepped out of the 3 car before Dale Earnhardt drove it. The problem is what happens when numbers start to be retired? Would the 3 be forever mothballed because it was associated with Dale Earnhardt, or the 24 with Jeff Gordon? Earnhardt drove other numbers, including the 2 and the 15... do they get retired too? It just sets up a slippery slope effect if numbers start being retired. That said, I'd like to see a gentleman's agreement with the 43 that no one would use that number, at least for a long time (assuming NASCAR survives for a long time...). If any number in the sport deserves some consideration for an unofficial retirement, it's definitely the 43. Just my thoughts.
Don't care who drives for Petty. Have always been a Petty fan since 1959 and have always cheered for them no matter who drove or how bad of a season. Will stay with Petty no matter what.
Famous first family of stock car racing. Legendary Hall of Fame drivers. Legendary Hall of Fame Engine Builder. Legendary Hall of Fame Crew Chief. Iconic #43 race car number. Seven NASCAR Championships 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979. All out of a small, family owned race shop in Level Cross, NC. Absolutely amazing accomplishments.
These are my favorite videos . It should be come a new series, some ideas: The #6 After Mark Martin (briefly exploring other cars who were successful with the number, before talking about Mark and Rousch and Marks leaving the team)
Richard Petty makes himself available to the fans and seems to be an awesome guy. I don't think he is the best businessman in nascar though, but as far as a super nice guy he is at the top.
Plus, I have discovered that The King has ANOTHER Grandson named Thad Moffitt (which makes me wonder how does he fit into the Relationship?) Who currently competes in ARCA under a Team called Empire Racing (which I believe is also involved with RPM...)
I remember that 2003 season well since it was my 1st year watching nascar, my god that 43 was horrible. They also had a road course ace named Scott maxwell at Sonoma and Watkins glen
Personally i figure when the King passes so will RPM. Kyle has pretty much walked away from the family. I think he is jealous that he couldn't win like dad.
daniel stewart it’s not like that why do people always go to that generic narrative Kyle wasn’t a racer he was just a driver it’s impossible to be jealous of someone when you aren’t passionate about it like the other
Richard should have retired right after the 200th win. He could have went out on top. It was excruciating, especially after 1987, to see him become a has been. Sadly, race drivers are the only ones who dont get it. They believe that next win is right around the corner. Richards last race, and the way he ended up that day at Atlanta in 92, is still cringworthy. Darrell Waltrip ended up the same way. Waltrips "Victory tour" 2000 was an embarrassment. Drivers, and teams, have their time, but that time has an end. The 43 team had their day in the sun, but they really peaked in 1975. 1979 was a gift from God to the Pettys. After 79, it was a slow painful ride downhill. Save for a bright spot here and there. I honestly dont think that they ever recovered from that cheating scandle in 83.
I used to wonder about what happened here too its wild to have that legacy, maybe in some alternate universe its a winning 4 car team with the 42-45. I don't know though. I do know I watched most in those years when Andretti drove the 43 till Labonte and those cars always looked great.
Allmendinger's fall Dover race at 2010 and Almirola's fall Kansas race in 2012 were probably the only times the 43 car was the best in the field. Unfortunately, both would have tire issues although at least Allmendinger would come back from 2 down to get a Top 10. Watching Almirola hit the wall after working his way back twice was just brutal.
Dear Mr. NRF, Iv always enjoyed watching your videos. Excellent work!! & your videos are always informative & always seemed to be unbiased. You’ve gotta make your version of “C’MON MAN!!” But for NASCAR..
I don't think bubba Wallace is the awnser to fix the team or get them back to winning team bubba will never win a race for them and will be let go by next year I'm sure
Young Adam Petty was the last hope for RPM and he has passed on i would rather see Richard sell the team than see him struggle to stay afloat this could push him into Bankruptcy really fast
adopted the they should merge with the wood brothers. Call it like petty and wood brothers enterprises or something, keep the same car numbers n stuff. Get that sweet sweet penske goodness.
Sadly Nascar has become a sport of a select premium teams. If you are not a part of Stewart-Hass, Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, or Team Penske you are on the outside looking in. Ganassi Racing is so so (as I think Kyle Larson would be a championship driver if he drove for one of the four teams listed above. Nascar is about the have and have nots and any team I have not listed above is pretty much a have not in the sport. This includes RPM and the likes of Roush-Fenway, JTG, RCR, and all the other teams that place in the 18th to 30th place week in and week out. That doesn't include the 31st to 40th place cars that essentially fill the fields out each week. Sad to say, I don't see RPM gaining any ground on the current successful team owners in the sport.
Its getting back to where Cup was back in the mid-60's thru the 70's. The same 5 guys winning the vast majority of the races in a season the only difference is its going to be 4 to 5 teams with most of their drivers winning at least one race and competing in the Chase.
Heath Gross Heath obviously u know the sport takes way more money than they have I don’t want to put the mouth on Buba but hes not all that I hate to say maybe better eqpt I dont know
The #44 looked weird during all of the 1993 season. It would have been fine to keep the car numbered 43, though Rick Wilson had a pretty ugly season in '93. The sting would have gone away with Bobby Hamilton's good performance, and John Andretti kept the team respectable for a couple of years before the 2000s when Petty Enterprises started to fall further. Also, didn't AJ Allmendinger dominate the Fall Dover race in 2010? Almirola's Kansas run in 2012 was the best that team had looked in a couple of years, anyway.
You forgot a major factor, George Gillett.. He left the teams he bought and merged with in financial ruin meaning Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprise. It got so bad that Roush would not deliver cars and engines until bills where paid in advance so the team didn't know if they where racing or not. Richard Petty is a minority owner of this team, I believe the Medallion Bank is the majority owner. This iconic team is where it is because Richard Petty hung on too long to the point that it was too far behind to catch up......
Richard Petty ALMOST hired Kurt Busch in 2012, but Kurt Busch said the contract was so atrocious he had no choice but to turn it down, I'm guessing they wanted to give him something like start-and-park pay, south of $5 million, for sure, for a driver that pretty much commands a salary of $10M wherever he goes. I wonder what could have been if RPM met Kurt Busch's salary standards though, I mean, he carried a 30th place car like the #51 to top 10s and top 15 finishes, maybe he could've done a lot of great things for RPM if he drove for them for a few years, but the world may never know (or will they? the whole Chevy partnership and Chastain licking his chops for that #1 ride might have Kurt hunting again, a Monster Energy #43, while unlikely, is certainly possible).
Always heard that episode caused Loomis to depart. Don't think the possibility of Kurt was ever real. Smithfield wanted AA and that was it. Hiring Kurt would have cost RPM the Smithfield money. Therefore I don't think Busch was ever an option. You have to remember KuB had a lot of baggage at that time. He was kryptonite to sponsors.
You certainly like the word abysmal, The death of Adam petty. The focus of the family on the victory Junction gang. Small organization despite not having a good crew chief or driver after Todd parrot left .The car of tomorrow forced all new technology all new equipment to a underfunded team. Richard petty is the king. All 200 of his wins were powered by Maurice Petty and the young Robert Yates. With the family push for the victory Junction gang , Adam's dream
I was there when almirola won at Daytona. I was parked at a room to go and walking from the track to our car really sucked. Cool witnessing history tho
Maybe what Petty Enterprises what is now Richard Petty Motorsports needs is a fresh start. Do what Gene Haas did. Partner with a driver that can win, and get their cars from an organization with a proven ability to win on the track such as Hendrick Motorsports. Chassis, Engines and Engineering support. That should help a ton. But finding the right driver is a little hard to get these days.
That's not a bad idea for Richard Petty if he still wants to keep going in NASCAR. He should've talked to and made Kurt Busch Co-Owner and driver of the 43 after Kurt left Stewart-Haas before Kurt signed on with Ganassi. Granted he's only won one Cup Championship with Roush back in "03 but the man is a proven winner of races. Kurt has had some serious ups and downs and low points in his career. He also has bounced around from team to team every few years after leaving Penske. But one thing has always been a constant, when Kurt sticks with any team long enough he eventually starts winning races and that's the kind of driver RPM needs to turn the organization around!
Ironically, the #43 that was drove by the Fernando Poe Jr. Of NASCAR, Richard Petty, had become a mediocre team. I'm hoping that Richard Petty Motorsports would form an alliance with Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing in cooperation with TRD and Toyota Gazoo Racing, if the GR Supra contests in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, the year the Gen-7 car arrives, and hopefully John Hunter Nemechek could bring back the #43's glory days by the next decade of the 21st century
It's worth noting that one of the reasons Richard Petty won seven championships was that the NASCAR schedule featured many more races in a season and Petty was one of the first drivers to run a full schedule. Back then the championship was won by an accumulation of points, and though Petty won a lot of races, he actually didn't have to win that many to have clinched the prize. Obviously after a couple of championships this way, other drivers started running full or near-full schedules. Ironically, Petty's most recognized rival, David Pearson, often didn't run full schedules even when others did. I'm old enough to remember those two racing each other; I always liked Pearson more as I think he was a more calculating and strategic driver. I can't help but wonder that if Bubba can keep the 43 car long enough that he might be able to move to greener pastures. The move to Stewart-Haas has been a real boon for Aric Almirola as he's now in top level equipment and has already shown what he's really capable of. And who knows, maybe the addition of Daniel Suarez to that team will give Aric a chance to improve his Spanish for his next visit to family in Cuba. Give Bubba a couple more years at RPM and he could be a decent driver too. Finally, pretty much any team Petty were to merge with would end up being the death knell of the Petty name. Richard Childress is hardly going to give up the name of his team in favor of Petty, a team that hasn't won a championship since 1979, especially as he began the team as a driver in his own right. The team might start out as Childress-Petty, but it would end up being absorbed into Childress, with only the 43 remaining. This happened when Chip Ganassi merged with DEI, and now all that's left of DEI is the number 1 on the car. Petty won't survive a merger, especially as Richard is now in his 80s and won't be around forever. I'd rather see Petty merge and be absorbed with someone else to see the legacy continue, but Petty is never going to recover its past glory. Maybe the team should be shut down; though no numbers are ever retired, I doubt anyone else would use that number out of respect if such intentions were stated. Perhaps the team should have been disbanded a long time ago.
“he would eventually get released from his full-time Xfinity ride at Roush because of sponsorship issues.” Technically, he was out of the Xfinity ride before his first race in the Cup side. His last race in the 6 was the day before his first race in the 43.
I believe Richard Petty Motorsports should merge with another team again. Here are my suggestions: 1.) Chip Ganassi Racing. Rename it Petty-Ganassi Racing. 2.) Germain Racing. Rename Richard Petty Motorsports with Germain. 3.) Richard Childress Racing. Rename Petty-Childress Racing I believe John Menard could also merge with either team for backing. Here is some ideas. Petty Ganassi Racing: Switch numbers with Stewart Haas. #41 - Kurt Busch- Monster Energy #42 - Bubba Wallace - McDonalds #43 - Erik Jones- Stanley/DeWalt Richard Petty Motorsports with Germain: #13 - Ty Dillon - GIECO #23 - Daniel Suarez - Arris #43 - Daniel Hemric - Menard’s Petty Childress Racing: #3 - Austin Dillon - Bass Pro Shops #43 - Tyler Reddick - Caterpillar
The death of Adam Petty was the single saddest tragedy in racing this century honestly his death could not be overstated and unlike Dale Earnhardt and dei there was no feel-good victory no concert nothing that put a Band-Aid over it nothing made it any better for the racing community or his family and honestly I think about that quite often
Nothing wrong with that. Root for who you wanna root for! I grew up a Kyle Petty fan, and didn’t see him win too much, but I didn’t care. He was my guy!
Jodi Masters been one since I was a kid watch since John Andretti and reliving the history of the King. Been a rough go all these years but just can’t abandon the team I supported all these years. Win or lose. Lol meet Aric and Marcos at a test in Sonoma. Hope to see things work out for the team in the Kings presence. Honestly they should have got support from Joe Gibbs and TRD since the 78 shutdown especially since Bubba used to drive for Gibbs and Toyota. Best oppurunity slipped away at least for another year.
Richard is KING. Look how many years it's been no other racer to catch the KING. They may have caught him with 7 championships. But NO ONE even close winning as many. 43 is a Richard Petty. Often immaculate Never Duplicated. Dale Earnhardt, then Jimmy Johnson got close.
To be fair the Busch series has never been the most accurate tool in determining success at the cup level....Scott Riggs is a great example. People forget that.
Dennis Bowen Jeff green would be a better example. Riggs was actually good in Cup with Rodney Childers should have won the Coke 600 and fall Texas in 2006. Then Evernham collapsed around him in 2007 it was a disaster for everyone except Kasey Kahne. And it only worked out for him because his fan base allowed him to get Bud
@@TheLocalLt another one to add to the list. Personally I think it should be truck series looked at like college football. 3-4 years of developing then a cup level ride. I think if chase had not drove in the Xfinity series and made the transition to the 24 car in 2016 he might have had success a bit earlier due to the similarities. But hey let's use the tradition that churns out the occasionally Kevin harvick or Jeff Gordon but more often Jeff green Scott Riggs Chris beucher stenhouse Danica Patrick and do I need to continue?
Dennis Bowen dude Riggs Buescher and Stenhouse are all good drivers in shit situations in Cup. They have all had some good Cup runs when the equipment was good
I've seen satisfying presentations about why NASCAR's popularity has crashed, and i wish this presentation had more 'whys', instead of describing output statistics. For example, what factors led to the decline of Richard's career before he retired? What happened to Kyle Petty, Petty's son in racing? With this story I get a lifelong picture that reminds me of Carroll Shelby: initial success with one manufacturer followed by a succession of attempts to rekindle their initial success.
Richard is undeniably one of the best drivers of my era,, arguably of all time. But RPM has always tried to race on "the cheap". Few experienced (expensive) drivers, behind years on the engineering. Flip flops on manufacturers, that's usually $$$ related as well. It's hard for me to watch at times, I grew up w/him as our family's fav driver. The death spiral of another team continues.
The #3 was retired temporarily, but was brought back as Austin Dillon is the Grandson of Richard Childress, who originally ran the #3, so it would be like if Adam Petty was still alive and he switched from the #45 to the #43.
#43 should have been retired when Richard Petty Retired Only 1 person in the entire history of NASCAR (David Pearson 105) has half the number of wins that Petty has (200).
Oh boy… they didn’t hire Bobby labonte. Richard, Kyle, and sponsors with the team all agree about bringing in a driver to race the full season and evaluate the equipment the same time. Bobby labonte. It wasn’t hire him. It was an agreement based on a handshake, you help me I help you. Bobby just left Gibbs and still had the competition spirit. And he lifted the petty team with his performance.
RPM needs consistent top 5s and top 10s that's the 1st hurdle but to get there they need new personell on this team. If u remember the wood brothers went through a similar circumstance. Edsel ford asked the wood brothers why's the car running so bad? The wood brother's responded the 21 car is broke and we need help to fix it. Edsel ford made some calls to roush and boom they one the 500 with Trevor Bayne. Bottom line the wood brothers admitted they had an issue and the fixed it. Petty admits he has an issue now they have to fix it
Watching Christian Fittipaldi retire on TV during the Daytona 24, they discussed his illustrative career in F1, Indy Car and Sports Cars. Nobody dared mention his NASCAR experience.
45 kurt busch cup
I think you meant “illustrious” not “illustrative.”
The 43 was actually very respectable in 2006. But just like every Dodge team at the time, they fell flat on their face in 2007 when the COT was introduced.
I'd forgotten how much better the pre-COT cars looked, even with the weird asymmetrical fenders.
Every Dodge? Kurt Busch was strong in 07.
@@allabouthewaves4354 He got two wins but they were inconsistent if I remember correctly.
SlideJob!SlideJob! Still finished 7th in points. He was the only brightspot for Dodge like Kasey Kahne was in 2006.
@@allabouthewaves4354 True. I was thinking of 08 when he struggled more severely
Dinoco was not all theirs
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James Wormsley foo
seems legit
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooofffffffffffffff
James Wormsley Bay Area buggs
A couple disclaimers
1. Petty’s #43 is a Misfortunate Legacy over the past 3 decades. The title caused some confusion, and I would suggest watching the video before coming to a conclusion.
2. I forgot to mention Medallion Bank is involved/co-owners of the race team. With that said, the company is still in murky waters going forward
3. Richard Petty won 192 of his 200 races in the 43 car
What about Adam Petty?
@ceratix 15 watch the video. I address Adam Petty’s death towards the end
@@NRF_Productions Okay.
@@NRF_Productions What videos are you going to do next?
Charlotte 600 Or Coca Cola 600? 7:01
The teams paint scheme designer was a talented person. Awesome paint schemes for every sponsor
The sponsors usually dictate a lot of the schemes. Sometimes drivers have a say, sometimes owners like to take care of it
@@carterc9171 didnt the stp want the car to be full red but richard wanted it to be petty blue so they made it half red and half blue
Well there's no doubt that RPM has been on a Downward spiral for the last 35 years, and the Death of Potential up-and-comer Adam Petty hasn't made it any better...
RPM hasn't been around for 35 years
Motorsports Fan17 You guys are giving up in the #43 too soon. Look at last year. Finished 2nd at Daytona. Had good runs only to be caught up in wrecks and mechanical failures.
@@jabber1990 Um RPM IS STILL HERE
AND Richird Petty Motersports last ein was 2014 with Aric Amolia
Dave Hash it’s Daytona not much of an accomplishment when someone like Trevor Bayne won it
Petty Enterprises was never the same after Adam's death.
And the fact that Adam's wreck happened just five weeks after Lee, the patriarch, passed, was that much of a bigger blow to the family as well as the team.
It wasn't that good before hand
@@068dirtboy At least they were semi competitive with Bobby Hamilton and John Andretti pre 2000.
Rip Bobby Hamilton 1957 - 2007
@@masoneveridge4078 RIP John Andretti 1963-2020
I grew up with Petty-Plymouth-Hemi, and the constancy of his attire, swagger, and smile over all the changes of cars, sponsors, and drivers, contradicted the turmoil around him. I appreciate your description of 'whats', and I wish I long for more of the 'whys.' Petty was always silent here, and all I have is his unfailing, baffling, resistance; 'All the world's a stage, and the show must go on.'
Here in 2023, Jimmie Johnson has become an owner of the team, now called Legacy Motor Club. Erik Jones in the 43, Gragson in the 42, and Jimmie part time in the 84
And just like that...#43 is back in victory lane!
Jones has been the only decent driver of the #43 since the late John Andretti
R.i.p john Andretti you will be missed 💐🎗🚖😢👍👌‼
yep!
Richard is a legend for his driving, and for who he is and what he did for stock car racing and his attention to his fans, and family. The King Nuff said
Blame Dodge for Fittipaldi not Petty. Labonte and Petty just got together too late. Todd leaving Labonte hurt. You just cannot discount Adam's loss from a sponsorship stance as well. Did you know the Dodge Dealers were supposed to have been on Adam's car?
I disagree. Richard is just out of touch and out if date
@@068dirtboy Dodge Dealers could have been Adam Petty's sponsor for the first NASCAR Cup Season of the 21st Century had he not killed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
I did not know dodge dealers was going to sponsor
@@KR_Diecasts Few people do. It was Dodge Dealers, Sprint, Coca-Cola and one unconfirmed sponsor. It was a package that would have been one of the highest paid sponsorship deals of the day. If Adam had lived he would not have failed as a driver due to lack of funding.
@kpny1961 more to that than what is public knowledge. money buys speed. it would be up to them to have spent
it well, but I have no doubt PE would still be around today and AP would have won races.
Bobby Hamilton just seemed like a really great person and it was very cool to see him win in the 43. He did as much with a little as anyone else in Nascar history. Was cool to see him go run Trucks after his CUP career and have great success.
i lived with his sister in Nashville and saw Bobby run dirt tracks . he was known as SHITBOX because he had parts and tools that were begged or borrowed. he struggled and worked for what he got.
Adams death REALLY killed the team. They were decent up until then.
How?
@@068dirtboy Richard and Kyle basically gave up. After 2000-2001 The engines and The driving in general was terrible, even though the Drivers weren't.. It was a MASSIVE moralle shot.
Adam Petty was garbage.
@@jbevill4085 you don't know that for sure he was 19. 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@jbevill4085 Why? Is it because he was inconsistent driving part-time with Petty Enterprises in the Winston and Busch Series finishing worse than 30th? It was a career cut short by tragedy and you think that Adam is garbage after his death? Please, Kyle Busch was driving shit when he was at the #84 of Hendrick Motorsports when he was 19 (same age as Adam) in 2004, I wouldn't call him garbage because he was still learning for experience and consistency. That's why he got in the flagship #5 car and got four wins for Rick Hendrick during three seasons with Hendrick Motorsports from 2005 to 2007. You wouldn't understand at the time how PE was struggling at the time when 2000 rolled around even if Adam was still alive.
I honestly wonder how RPM would be doing if they didn’t switch to Chevy. I wonder if they could have cashed in on Ford’s recent dominance.
5:03 Andretti won the 1999 Goody's Body Pain 500. Probably one of the best races I've seen. Ever
2018 was a tough year for multiple reasons. Losing a long time big sponsor, switching to a new manufacturer that was clearly the worst of the season in 2018, and on top of that having a rookie take the car got the car to struggle. I’m very scared for the future of the #43 and Richard Petty motorsports. But 1 top 5 and 3 top 10’s wasn’t all that bad compared too years past for the #43.
if you compare the 43 to the 3 & 31, Bubba wasn't that far off, a little behind but not much.
Here after Petty GMS Racing was announced!
Umm, Andrettis win in the 43 was in 99, not 97.
nascarfan88ta incorrect. 97 Pepsi 400. But I believe he did won in 99
@@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 the 97 Pepsi race was not at martinsville he is right
@@RAID3R63 as you seem to have a better memory than me - wasnt the 97 daytona july race win when he was at Cale [Yarboro] 's team?
Hope you're good.
@@MrMiD.Life.Crisis yes it was.
@@skooby_doobie_doonkann3334 you're wrong dummy
I still love the King,. The coolest guy around.
Yeah, he said hi to me at Bristol when I was a kid. Nice guy, great driver, but an unfortunate owner a handshake away from going out of business
NFL is rigged yes he is
I've loved him since the late 70s. The Kyle Petty Charity Ride is coming 45 minutes from me in May. I hope I finally get to meet him. i usually don't care about meeting famous people but i'd love to meet him.
Man, you really like the word “abysmal” don’t you?
CORONITAMAN Take a shot every time he says “abysmal”
R.I.P ME
And greener pastures lol
You put so much effort and research into this video, great job my dude!
Everything Network then why is a lot of his facts wrong
“Don’t wanna see the 43 become a Legacy ride.” 😅😅 I mean… I know it’s not what you meant at the time… but that really is funny lmao
RPM is still my favorite team
John Andretti was really shafted by Petty Enterprises. First was when Kyle decided to return to PE, and as such depleted resources for the 43 car. Second Adam Petty was being groomed for a car at Petty, making them a three car team. Third John spent the 2000 season driving a Pontiac, with almost no support as the team was switching to Dodge. Fourth John spent much of 2000 acting as a test driver getting the Intrepid ready for it's 2001 debut. Fifth when Adam died, it was a gut punch to the family, which they never truly recovered from. Finally after having to swallow all that was happening at PE, and being a loyal soldier, we was released in the middle of the 2003 season. John gave a lot more to Petty Enterprises than he ever got back from them. However John being John never complained about the raw deal he got, and had nothing but praise, up until his death. RIP to my favorite driver of the 1990's and early 2000's.
Great video, it sucks petty isn’t doing great but I’m hopeful for this year
WHY WONT ANYONE SAY WINSTON CUP?
Even Jeff Gordon didn't say it when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. In 1984 it was Winston Cup. Like Jeff said at his induction ceremony "Can't do this without the sponsors."
I think Winston was a great sponsor for NASCAR. PAY RESPECT TO THE SPONSOR and no disrespect to the current sponsor of course.
I know what you meant but I'd rather avoid demonetization, even tho it's historical.
It doesn't help that Winston is a cigarette company and well that's not a good thing to mention nowadays
@John Harris I don't smoke any at all, even if i wanted to the state I live in hasn't legalized it yet
@John Harris the reason why I don't smoke is because a couple people I work with smoked for a while and now they have throat cancer because of it
The #21 Misfortunate Legacy (Wood Brothers Racing)
The #3 Misfortunate Legacy (RCR)
no just no
The 43 was MEANT to be Richard Petty not for Hamilton, Andretti, Almorola, Bubba Wallace, etc. Petty is unreplacable.
True.
Eric Fording EXACTLY
Respectfully disagree. Petty was still in control of the team, he just didn't drive any more. Richard Childress did the same thing when he stepped out of the 3 car before Dale Earnhardt drove it. The problem is what happens when numbers start to be retired? Would the 3 be forever mothballed because it was associated with Dale Earnhardt, or the 24 with Jeff Gordon? Earnhardt drove other numbers, including the 2 and the 15... do they get retired too? It just sets up a slippery slope effect if numbers start being retired.
That said, I'd like to see a gentleman's agreement with the 43 that no one would use that number, at least for a long time (assuming NASCAR survives for a long time...). If any number in the sport deserves some consideration for an unofficial retirement, it's definitely the 43. Just my thoughts.
Sterling Crockett It’s only really 5 numbers that could be considered to even being retired - 3, 11, 24, 43, and 48.
Buckshot Jones, and Kyle Petty didn't fare to well in the 44 or the 45 either.
Don't care who drives for Petty. Have always been a Petty fan since 1959 and have always cheered for them no matter who drove or how bad of a season. Will stay with Petty no matter what.
Famous first family of stock car racing. Legendary Hall of Fame drivers. Legendary Hall of Fame Engine Builder. Legendary Hall of Fame Crew Chief. Iconic #43 race car number. Seven NASCAR Championships 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979. All out of a small, family owned race shop in Level Cross, NC. Absolutely amazing accomplishments.
These are my favorite videos . It should be come a new series, some ideas:
The #6 After Mark Martin (briefly exploring other cars who were successful with the number, before talking about Mark and Rousch and Marks leaving the team)
Richard Petty makes himself available to the fans and seems to be an awesome guy. I don't think he is the best businessman in nascar though, but as far as a super nice guy he is at the top.
I like these videos. Some other ideas:
Car 6 after Mark Martin
Car 8 after Dale Jr.
Andretti won that Martinsville race in 1999, not 1997
His 1997 win was in the 98 car
Plus, I have discovered that The King has ANOTHER Grandson named Thad Moffitt (which makes me wonder how does he fit into the Relationship?) Who currently competes in ARCA under a Team called Empire Racing (which I believe is also involved with RPM...)
Motorsports Fan17 I reviewed the Diecast lionel just made for Thad on my channel
Motorsports Fan17 I believe Thad’s Mother is Richards daughter.
If he’s smart he will stay out of the 43
@@Jre-rb2ru If he makes it to Cup for the family team he will be in the 46.
Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose made them look a good bit better than they really were
I remember that 2003 season well since it was my 1st year watching nascar, my god that 43 was horrible. They also had a road course ace named Scott maxwell at Sonoma and Watkins glen
Unfortunately I think this team is gonna die in a year or two
Personally i figure when the King passes so will RPM. Kyle has pretty much walked away from the family. I think he is jealous that he couldn't win like dad.
daniel stewart it’s not like that why do people always go to that generic narrative Kyle wasn’t a racer he was just a driver it’s impossible to be jealous of someone when you aren’t passionate about it like the other
@@epic9256 true, Kyle just never had the desire the King had/has.
I think the worse blow to the team was the death of Adam Petty.
These crazy people already leaving dislikes..
Richard should have retired right after the 200th win. He could have went out on top. It was excruciating, especially after 1987, to see him become a has been. Sadly, race drivers are the only ones who dont get it. They believe that next win is right around the corner. Richards last race, and the way he ended up that day at Atlanta in 92, is still cringworthy. Darrell Waltrip ended up the same way. Waltrips "Victory tour" 2000 was an embarrassment. Drivers, and teams, have their time, but that time has an end. The 43 team had their day in the sun, but they really peaked in 1975. 1979 was a gift from God to the Pettys. After 79, it was a slow painful ride downhill. Save for a bright spot here and there. I honestly dont think that they ever recovered from that cheating scandle in 83.
I used to wonder about what happened here too its wild to have that legacy, maybe in some alternate universe its a winning 4 car team with the 42-45. I don't know though. I do know I watched most in those years when Andretti drove the 43 till Labonte and those cars always looked great.
Allmendinger's fall Dover race at 2010 and Almirola's fall Kansas race in 2012 were probably the only times the 43 car was the best in the field. Unfortunately, both would have tire issues although at least Allmendinger would come back from 2 down to get a Top 10. Watching Almirola hit the wall after working his way back twice was just brutal.
Dear Mr. NRF,
Iv always enjoyed watching your videos. Excellent work!! & your videos are always informative & always seemed to be unbiased.
You’ve gotta make your version of “C’MON MAN!!” But for NASCAR..
Hopefully Bubba can bring a top 20 finish in points with the downforce package
Comet9 I think he will barely make the top 25 in points or even miss the top 25 in points
True
Not a chance
Very true
I don't think bubba Wallace is the awnser to fix the team or get them back to winning team bubba will never win a race for them and will be let go by next year I'm sure
Your dates are wrong Andretti won at Martinsville in 1999 not 1997 and Petty's last win was 1984 not 1983
Richard Petty’s last win with Petty Enterprises was 1983. His final win total was with Curb Racing in 1984
Young Adam Petty was the last hope for RPM and he has passed on i would rather see Richard sell the team than see him struggle to stay afloat this could push him into Bankruptcy really fast
Can someone count the number of abysmals? :)
Thank you! Too many.
Do shots every time he says it and you’ll be slammed before the video is over
@@ShinyKnife thank you for this comment
I always liked Bobby LaBonte in the 43 car, he was such a good fit in that car.
Petty's biggest problem this year was the switch to Chevrolet.
Yeah, the Camaro was a washout, hope for better results going forward.
Yes
I seriously doubt that the biggest problem RPM had in 2018 was the switch to Chevrolet, but it sure didn't help...
adopted the they should merge with the wood brothers. Call it like petty and wood brothers enterprises or something, keep the same car numbers n stuff. Get that sweet sweet penske goodness.
James Braun yeah lol
That Star Wars paint scheme is so damn cool
And for a small team that was starting to get their performance back. The COT car come out , meaning all existing chassis had to go.
Sadly Nascar has become a sport of a select premium teams. If you are not a part of Stewart-Hass, Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, or Team Penske you are on the outside looking in. Ganassi Racing is so so (as I think Kyle Larson would be a championship driver if he drove for one of the four teams listed above. Nascar is about the have and have nots and any team I have not listed above is pretty much a have not in the sport. This includes RPM and the likes of Roush-Fenway, JTG, RCR, and all the other teams that place in the 18th to 30th place week in and week out. That doesn't include the 31st to 40th place cars that essentially fill the fields out each week. Sad to say, I don't see RPM gaining any ground on the current successful team owners in the sport.
Its getting back to where Cup was back in the mid-60's thru the 70's. The same 5 guys winning the vast majority of the races in a season the only difference is its going to be 4 to 5 teams with most of their drivers winning at least one race and competing in the Chase.
Heath Gross Heath obviously u know the sport takes way more money than they have I don’t want to put the mouth on Buba but hes not all that I hate to say maybe better eqpt I dont know
The #44 looked weird during all of the 1993 season. It would have been fine to keep the car numbered 43, though Rick Wilson had a pretty ugly season in '93. The sting would have gone away with Bobby Hamilton's good performance, and John Andretti kept the team respectable for a couple of years before the 2000s when Petty Enterprises started to fall further.
Also, didn't AJ Allmendinger dominate the Fall Dover race in 2010? Almirola's Kansas run in 2012 was the best that team had looked in a couple of years, anyway.
You forgot a major factor, George Gillett.. He left the teams he bought and merged with in financial ruin meaning Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprise. It got so bad that Roush would not deliver cars and engines until bills where paid in advance so the team didn't know if they where racing or not. Richard Petty is a minority owner of this team, I believe the Medallion Bank is the majority owner.
This iconic team is where it is because Richard Petty hung on too long to the point that it was too far behind to catch up......
Newman is a pretty good driver that they should put in the 43.
No
I think Newman has sponsors
Ryan newman? No way , of course roush isn’t anything it used to be either
Kelly Teague I agree
Richard Petty ALMOST hired Kurt Busch in 2012, but Kurt Busch said the contract was so atrocious he had no choice but to turn it down, I'm guessing they wanted to give him something like start-and-park pay, south of $5 million, for sure, for a driver that pretty much commands a salary of $10M wherever he goes. I wonder what could have been if RPM met Kurt Busch's salary standards though, I mean, he carried a 30th place car like the #51 to top 10s and top 15 finishes, maybe he could've done a lot of great things for RPM if he drove for them for a few years, but the world may never know (or will they? the whole Chevy partnership and Chastain licking his chops for that #1 ride might have Kurt hunting again, a Monster Energy #43, while unlikely, is certainly possible).
Always heard that episode caused Loomis to depart. Don't think the possibility of Kurt was ever real. Smithfield wanted AA and that was it. Hiring Kurt would have cost RPM the Smithfield money. Therefore I don't think Busch was ever an option. You have to remember KuB had a lot of baggage at that time. He was kryptonite to sponsors.
Loving the channel
You certainly like the word abysmal, The death of Adam petty. The focus of the family on the victory Junction gang. Small organization despite not having a good crew chief or driver after Todd parrot left .The car of tomorrow forced all new technology all new equipment to a underfunded team. Richard petty is the king. All 200 of his wins were powered by Maurice Petty and the young Robert Yates. With the family push for the victory Junction gang , Adam's dream
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I was there when almirola won at Daytona. I was parked at a room to go and walking from the track to our car really sucked. Cool witnessing history tho
Maybe what Petty Enterprises what is now Richard Petty Motorsports needs is a fresh start.
Do what Gene Haas did. Partner with a driver that can win, and get their cars from an organization with a proven ability to win on the track such as Hendrick Motorsports. Chassis, Engines and Engineering support. That should help a ton. But finding the right driver is a little hard to get these days.
That's not a bad idea for Richard Petty if he still wants to keep going in NASCAR. He should've talked to and made Kurt Busch Co-Owner and driver of the 43 after Kurt left Stewart-Haas before Kurt signed on with Ganassi. Granted he's only won one Cup Championship with Roush back in "03 but the man is a proven winner of races. Kurt has had some serious ups and downs and low points in his career. He also has bounced around from team to team every few years after leaving Penske. But one thing has always been a constant, when Kurt sticks with any team long enough he eventually starts winning races and that's the kind of driver RPM needs to turn the organization around!
@@KK-ex5zu Good Idea, anothe good choice would be if they could get Chase Elliott away from Hendrick and Bill Elliott as a co-owner.
Love all the 43 General Mills paint Schemes, got to see Bobby finish 3rd at Martinsville In 2006
Ironically, the #43 that was drove by the Fernando Poe Jr. Of NASCAR, Richard Petty, had become a mediocre team. I'm hoping that Richard Petty Motorsports would form an alliance with Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing in cooperation with TRD and Toyota Gazoo Racing, if the GR Supra contests in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, the year the Gen-7 car arrives, and hopefully John Hunter Nemechek could bring back the #43's glory days by the next decade of the 21st century
Another unfortunate thing is both andretti and Hamilton passed away from cancer....
It's worth noting that one of the reasons Richard Petty won seven championships was that the NASCAR schedule featured many more races in a season and Petty was one of the first drivers to run a full schedule. Back then the championship was won by an accumulation of points, and though Petty won a lot of races, he actually didn't have to win that many to have clinched the prize. Obviously after a couple of championships this way, other drivers started running full or near-full schedules. Ironically, Petty's most recognized rival, David Pearson, often didn't run full schedules even when others did. I'm old enough to remember those two racing each other; I always liked Pearson more as I think he was a more calculating and strategic driver.
I can't help but wonder that if Bubba can keep the 43 car long enough that he might be able to move to greener pastures. The move to Stewart-Haas has been a real boon for Aric Almirola as he's now in top level equipment and has already shown what he's really capable of. And who knows, maybe the addition of Daniel Suarez to that team will give Aric a chance to improve his Spanish for his next visit to family in Cuba. Give Bubba a couple more years at RPM and he could be a decent driver too.
Finally, pretty much any team Petty were to merge with would end up being the death knell of the Petty name. Richard Childress is hardly going to give up the name of his team in favor of Petty, a team that hasn't won a championship since 1979, especially as he began the team as a driver in his own right. The team might start out as Childress-Petty, but it would end up being absorbed into Childress, with only the 43 remaining. This happened when Chip Ganassi merged with DEI, and now all that's left of DEI is the number 1 on the car. Petty won't survive a merger, especially as Richard is now in his 80s and won't be around forever. I'd rather see Petty merge and be absorbed with someone else to see the legacy continue, but Petty is never going to recover its past glory. Maybe the team should be shut down; though no numbers are ever retired, I doubt anyone else would use that number out of respect if such intentions were stated. Perhaps the team should have been disbanded a long time ago.
“he would eventually get released from his full-time Xfinity ride at Roush because of sponsorship issues.”
Technically, he was out of the Xfinity ride before his first race in the Cup side. His last race in the 6 was the day before his first race in the 43.
I believe Richard Petty Motorsports should merge with another team again. Here are my suggestions:
1.) Chip Ganassi Racing. Rename it Petty-Ganassi Racing.
2.) Germain Racing. Rename Richard Petty Motorsports with Germain.
3.) Richard Childress Racing. Rename Petty-Childress Racing
I believe John Menard could also merge with either team for backing. Here is some ideas.
Petty Ganassi Racing:
Switch numbers with Stewart Haas.
#41 - Kurt Busch- Monster Energy
#42 - Bubba Wallace - McDonalds
#43 - Erik Jones- Stanley/DeWalt
Richard Petty Motorsports with Germain:
#13 - Ty Dillon - GIECO
#23 - Daniel Suarez - Arris
#43 - Daniel Hemric - Menard’s
Petty Childress Racing:
#3 - Austin Dillon - Bass Pro Shops
#43 - Tyler Reddick - Caterpillar
The Ganassi/Sabates/Petty merger sounds best IMO, due to having sequential numbers, but all of those sound good.
If you’re legacy is forever being referred to as the king it’s not a misfortune!
Doesn’t erase the fact that Petty’s #43 has had a Misfortunate Legacy for 3 decades on the racetrack.
NRF If only they let him run the Superbird again.
Yeah, it definitely wouldn’t pass laser inspection.
S M I T H F I E L D
When he started talking about bobby labonte what’s that song playing the background
The death of Adam Petty was the single saddest tragedy in racing this century honestly his death could not be overstated and unlike Dale Earnhardt and dei there was no feel-good victory no concert nothing that put a Band-Aid over it nothing made it any better for the racing community or his family and honestly I think about that quite often
I’m a diehard 43 fan since 2007 so........
Nothing wrong with that. Root for who you wanna root for! I grew up a Kyle Petty fan, and didn’t see him win too much, but I didn’t care. He was my guy!
Javon Moore. Heck ya! Man! Love me some Kyle Petty too. =)
Jodi Masters been one since I was a kid watch since John Andretti and reliving the history of the King. Been a rough go all these years but just can’t abandon the team I supported all these years. Win or lose. Lol meet Aric and Marcos at a test in Sonoma. Hope to see things work out for the team in the Kings presence. Honestly they should have got support from Joe Gibbs and TRD since the 78 shutdown especially since Bubba used to drive for Gibbs and Toyota. Best oppurunity slipped away at least for another year.
Richard Petty only had 192 wins in the 43...
2 wins in the 42...
6 wins in the 41...
23:58 The color of the numbers should have been flipped, but I feel the King still dislikes / hates colors on the 43. Why?
Christian brought money to the table. Petty failed to invest in any R&D and caused his own downfall. That's why you see so many "technical alliances".
I couldn't agree more, when Hendrick ànd Gibbs and others were putting money into their teams Richard didnt
In one of the slide shows. The Best Buy paint scheme looks pretty good
I feel for the King Richard Petty and would love to see Bubba Wallace win a race but unfortunately I don't think it's going to happen
Great vid!
Richard is KING. Look how many years it's been no other racer to catch the KING. They may have caught him with 7 championships. But NO ONE even close winning as many. 43 is a Richard Petty. Often immaculate Never Duplicated.
Dale Earnhardt, then Jimmy Johnson got close.
To be fair the Busch series has never been the most accurate tool in determining success at the cup level....Scott Riggs is a great example.
People forget that.
Dennis Bowen Jeff green would be a better example. Riggs was actually good in Cup with Rodney Childers should have won the Coke 600 and fall Texas in 2006. Then Evernham collapsed around him in 2007 it was a disaster for everyone except Kasey Kahne. And it only worked out for him because his fan base allowed him to get Bud
@@TheLocalLt another one to add to the list.
Personally I think it should be truck series looked at like college football. 3-4 years of developing then a cup level ride.
I think if chase had not drove in the Xfinity series and made the transition to the 24 car in 2016 he might have had success a bit earlier due to the similarities.
But hey let's use the tradition that churns out the occasionally Kevin harvick or Jeff Gordon but more often Jeff green Scott Riggs Chris beucher stenhouse Danica Patrick and do I need to continue?
Dennis Bowen dude Riggs Buescher and Stenhouse are all good drivers in shit situations in Cup. They have all had some good Cup runs when the equipment was good
@@TheLocalLt but they're busts.
@@TheLocalLt though you are right. Probably better comparisons are the Dillon brothers.
I've seen satisfying presentations about why NASCAR's popularity has crashed, and i wish this presentation had more 'whys', instead of describing output statistics. For example, what factors led to the decline of Richard's career before he retired? What happened to Kyle Petty, Petty's son in racing? With this story I get a lifelong picture that reminds me of Carroll Shelby: initial success with one manufacturer followed by a succession of attempts to rekindle their initial success.
Richard is undeniably one of the best drivers of my era,, arguably of all time. But RPM has always tried to race on "the cheap". Few experienced (expensive) drivers, behind years on the engineering. Flip flops on manufacturers, that's usually $$$ related as well.
It's hard for me to watch at times, I grew up w/him as our family's fav driver. The death spiral of another team continues.
I feel like 43 & 3 should be retired numbers
Buttercup III and 21&24
@@fa1509 Definitely not 21
I agree
And soon the 48
Misfortune of the RCR #31
those early 90s pontiacs looked so good in those colors
The #43 should have definitely be retired after Petty retired. It also shocks me that the #3 is still out on the track after Dale Earnhardt's death.
The #3 was retired temporarily, but was brought back as Austin Dillon is the Grandson of Richard Childress, who originally ran the #3, so it would be like if Adam Petty was still alive and he switched from the #45 to the #43.
This is what happens when you start to worry about your hats over your race team.
RIP John Andretti 😔❤️
#43 should have been retired when Richard Petty Retired
Only 1 person in the entire history of NASCAR (David Pearson 105) has half the number of wins that Petty has (200).
I'ma say this as I did research on him it was '84 when Petty get his last win on July 4.
Oh boy… they didn’t hire Bobby labonte. Richard, Kyle, and sponsors with the team all agree about bringing in a driver to race the full season and evaluate the equipment the same time. Bobby labonte. It wasn’t hire him. It was an agreement based on a handshake, you help me I help you. Bobby just left Gibbs and still had the competition spirit. And he lifted the petty team with his performance.
say what you will about their performance but those 00's Cheerios schemes were/still are pretty sweet
What’s the tune around 28:00-29:30? Hahah
This has probably been corrected by someone already., but... Andretti won at Martinsville in '99, not '97.
Bubba Wallace has a few top fives
Richards last several years were pretty sad.
RPM needs consistent top 5s and top 10s that's the 1st hurdle but to get there they need new personell on this team. If u remember the wood brothers went through a similar circumstance. Edsel ford asked the wood brothers why's the car running so bad? The wood brother's responded the 21 car is broke and we need help to fix it. Edsel ford made some calls to roush and boom they one the 500 with Trevor Bayne. Bottom line the wood brothers admitted they had an issue and the fixed it. Petty admits he has an issue now they have to fix it