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	Lee Petty - Biocrawler
		Lee Petty (left) pictured with (to his right, left to right) his son Richard, grandson Kyle, and great-grandson Adam, in 2000 before his death.
		Lee Petty (March 14, 1913 - April 5, 2000) was an American stock car driver in the 1950s and 60s.
		Lee Petty passed away in 2000 and was interred in the Level Cross United Methodist Church Cemetery in Randleman, North Carolina.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lee_Petty (200 words)

	Biography of Lee Petty
		Biography of Lee Petty, the first winner of the Daytona 500 and it was him that started his family's tradition in racing.
		Lee Petty won the very first prestigious Dayton 500, finishing so close to Johnny Beauchamp and Joe Weatherly that it took NASCAR officials three days before determining Lee to be the winner.
		Much respected Lee was the back-bone in what would come to be known as “The First Family of NASCAR.” To this man known as Lee Petty, the NASCAR world owes a debt of gratitude.
	ca.essortment.com /biographyoflee_rusr.htm (547 words)

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - NASCAR - Stock car pioneer Lee Petty dead at 86 - Saturday May 13, 2000 02:04 PM
		Lee Petty was one of the princes of racing during the stock car circuit's infancy in the 1940s and 1950s.
		At the Richard Petty Museum, two of the nine cars are devoted to Lee Petty - a 1926 Ford Model T similar to the first car he owned, and a '59 Oldsmobile like the one he rode to victory at Daytona.
		Petty is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; sons Richard and Maurice; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one brother.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2000/04/05/leepetty_obit_ap (1036 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Lee Petty - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lee Petty (March 14, 1914 (near Randleman, North Carolina) - April 5, 2000) was an American stock car driver in the 1950s and 60s.
		In that inaugural race, Petty locked horns with Johnny Beauchamp during the final laps of the race.
		In the end, with the help of the national newsreel, Petty was officially declared the winner and cemented his place as one of stock-car racing's all time greats.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Lee_Petty (444 words)

	ESPN.com - Auto Racing - Lee Petty won inaugural Daytona 500
		Petty, who died at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro several weeks after undergoing surgery for a stomach aneurysm, was the father of Winston Cup great Richard Petty, grandfather of Kyle Petty and great-grandfather of Adam Petty, who made his Winston Cup debut last weekend in Texas.
		Lee Petty was one of the princes of racing during the stock-car circuit's infancy in the 1940s and 1950s.
		Petty is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; sons Richard and Maurice; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one brother.
	espn.go.com /auto/news/2000/0405/464469.html (1252 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lee Petty, the patriarch, was born in 1914.
		The year 1959 was also important for Petty, his family and NASCAR as it marked two important debuts, son Richard at the wheel of an Oldsmobile and the introduction of the Daytona Speedway-NASCAR had come a long way from the sands of Daytona Beach.
		Petty's injuries were serious: a punctured lung and serious leg damage, and they marked the end of his professional driving career.
	www.mshf.com /hof/petty_lee.htm (459 words)

	Sports Talk: Richard The King Petty
		Petty and his family formed Petty Enterprises, a complete stock car racing operation.In the 1967 season, Petty won ten consecutive races another of his records unlikely to be broken and added to his legend by coming in first in races where all the odds were stacked against him.
		Lee, a NASCAR pioneer and a three time winner of the Winston Cup, was the first back to back winner of that trophy in the 1958 and 1959 seasons.
		Lee and Richard Petty were the first of what has become a dynasty of champion stock car race drivers that, by the late 1990s, included Richard's son, Kyle, and his grandson, Adam, both young drivers with promising futures.
	blog.abovetopsecret.com /therealdeal/2007/01/richard_the_king_petty.html (949 words)

	Richard Petty and a history of Petty racing
		Lee and a brother named Julie (sorta like a boy named Sue?) were making their living by running a trucking business that had been started by their father.
		Lee Petty and his brother admitted that when they were not running the trucking business they joined in a few of the races.
		With Lee Petty still not fully comfortable from the near death situation in 1961, Jim Paschal had been hired in the off season to be the other driver in the Petty organization.
	www.allpar.com /racing/petty-plymouth-racing.html (16977 words)

	Lee Petty: Lee Petty, the 86 year old patriarch of the Petty auto racing organization, died in a North Carolina ...
		Lee Petty, the 86 year old patriarch of the Petty auto racing organization, died in a North Carolina hospital on April 10.
		Lee was one of the pioneers in American stock car racing.
		Petty won the first Daytona 500 mile race in 1959 and 53 other races in 10 full seasons of NASCAR racing -- thirteen percent of the 427 races he started.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VLeePetty.html (246 words)

	Richard Petty - MSN Encarta
		Richard Lee Petty was born in Level Cross, North Carolina.
		The son of race driver and early NASCAR champion Lee Petty, Richard grew up in the world of stock-car racing.
		From the mid-1960s until the end of the 1970s, Petty was a major force in stock-car racing, setting many records and helping increase the sport's popularity.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761574231 (321 words)

	CBS News \| Racing Patriarch Lee Petty Dies \| April 5, 2000 19:35:36
		Petty was the father of Winston Cup great Richard Petty, grandfather of Kyle Petty and great-grandfather of Adam Petty, who made his Winston Cup debut last weekend in Texas.
		At the Richard Petty Museum, two of the nine cars are devoted to Lee Petty a 1926 Ford Model T similar to the first car he owned, and a '59 Oldsmobile like the one he rode to victory at Daytona.
		Petty is survived by hs wife, Elizabeth; sons Richard and Maurice; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one brother.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/04/05/archive/main180608.shtml (909 words)

	ESPN Classic - Petty's talent and charisma helped NASCAR boom
		Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2, 1937, in Randleman, N.C., the son of one of stock-car racing's early pioneers, Lee Petty, who in the fifties would win three Grand National championships.
		Petty was voted NASCAR's Rookie of the Year in 1959 and a year later finished second to Rex White in the Grand National (later Winston Cup) points race.
		Petty and Pearson were running bumper to bumper on the last lap of the 1976 Daytona 500 when they collided.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Petty_Richard.html (1141 words)

	Richard Petty Profile
		Richard Lee Petty was born on July 2,1937, in Randleman, NC, the son of Lee Petty.
		Lee was one of stock-car racings early pioneers who won three Grand National championships in the '50s.
		Petty Enterprises is struggling with the new Dodges but they will be a presence in NASCAR for years to come, watch and see.
	www.decadesofracing.net /RichardPetty.htm (514 words)

	Howstuffworks "Lee Petty"
		NASCAR's early days were frolicking and carnivorous, but Lee Petty was a refreshing, out of the ordinary member of NASCAR's wild bunch.
		Petty was one of the 33 participants in the inaugural NASCAR late-model event on June 19, 1949.
		Petty was one of the few pioneer drivers whose career made it to the progressive 1960s.
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /lee-petty.htm/printable (765 words)

	Lee Petty (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lee Petty was one of the first pioneers of NASCAR as well as one of the first superstars.
		Petty was a high sports star, but decided to go to college.
		Lee Petty started the Petty dynasty, and was one of the main supports of NASCAR during that time.
	www.geocities.com /deinewsreview/lpetty.html (237 words)

	NASCAR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Finally, in 1979, the Daytona 500 became the first stock car race that was nationally televised from flag to flag on CBS.
		The first NASCAR competition held outside of the U.S. was in Canada, where on July 1, 1952, Buddy Shuman won a 200-lap race on a half-mile (800 m) dirt track in Stamford Park, Ontario, near Niagara Falls.
		On July 18, 1958, Richard Petty made his Canadian debut in a race at Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NASCAR (5921 words)

	SLAM! Sports Motorsports - Adam Petty — 1980-2000
		It's all or nothing in auto racing: race or no race, win or lose, and once in a horrifying while, life or death.
		Petty, 19, died after a midday crash during practice at New Hampshire International Speedway for Saturday's Busch 200.
		EVEL CROSS, N.C. (AP) -- Lee Petty, winner of the first Daytona 500 and patriarch of one of stock car racing's royal families, died yesterday at 86.
	www.canoe.ca /SlamMotorsportsAdamPetty/home.html (400 words)

	Richard Petty
		Petty was born in Level Cross, North Carolina on June 2, 1937.
		Petty always gives his fans the credit for his long career, saying that without them coming to the track every week there would be nothing.
		Petty retired from competitive driving at the end of the 1992 season, but he has not stopped the hunt for victory.
	www.famoustexans.com /RichardPetty.htm (885 words)

	Richard Petty - NASCAR Inactive - GoNascarGo.com
		Born on July 2, 1937 in Randleman, NC, Richard Lee Petty was the son of one of the early pioneers in racing.
		Lee Petty, the winner of three Grand National Championships in the 1950’s, was also the record holder for the most victories, 54, until it was broken by his son.
		Petty went on to win the Grand National Championship that year but what happened prior to the last race of the season was unprecedented.
	www.gonascargo.com /drivers/richard-petty.php (586 words)

	Racing mourns death of Lee Petty
		EVEL CROSS, N.C. (AP) -- Lee Petty, winner of the first Daytona 500 and patriarch of one of stock car racing's royal families, died yesterday at 86.
		Lee Petty was one of the princes of racing during the stock car circuit's infancy in the 1940s and 1950s.
		Petty and his wife lived in the same simple white frame home, where they raised sons Richard and Maurice.
	www.chl.ca /SlamMotorsportsAdamPetty/may12_petty2.html (355 words)

	Biography of Richard Petty
		Petty also won seven of the prestigious Dayton 500 races (which is every race car drivers dream to be able to do, even if only once in their racing career!) As for Winston Cup Championships, Richard also has won seven of those as well, proving that he is indeed a true champion.
		Petty conducts himself in true championship style off the track as well, as he graciously donates time to fundraising events to help those who are less fortunate than himself.
		He is owner of Petty Enterprises, which includes the teams of the #42, #43 and #44 Winston Cup cars along with the #45 Busch Series car and #50 Craftsman Series truck.
	ar.essortment.com /richardpettybi_rusq.htm (539 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		In the first race at Daytona International Speedway, Petty battled with Johnny Beauchamp during the final laps of the race.
		Petty and Beauchamp drove side by side across the finish line at the final lap for a photo finish.
		In the end, with the help of the national newsreel, Petty was officially declared the winner.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lee_Petty (377 words)

	The Petty Family — North Carolina’s Racing Royalty
		In 1948, at 35 years of age, Lee Petty seemed a little long in the tooth to be thinking of racing.
		Lee Petty would go on to win 54 of the 427 races he was in, finishing 332 times in the top ten.
		Adam Petty, practicing for a Busch race, was killed in a May 2000 wreck at New Hampshire International, only a few short weeks after Lee Petty was buried.
	www.visitnc.com /about_nc_detail.asp?r=1&articleid=883 (731 words)

	Race 2 Win: Lee Petty Passes Away
		LEVEL CROSS, N.C. - Lee Petty, a three-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion, first winner of the Daytona 500, and patriarch of the only four-generation family of athletes in major league American sports, died early this morning at Cone Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. He was 86 years old.
		Petty was the founder of Petty Enterprises, the winningest organization in American motorsports, and a 10-time national champion of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.
		Petty found victory lane on everything from dirt tracks to the biggest of the superspeedways.
	www.race2win.net /wc/00/lp2.html (307 words)

	Pfc. Warren Lee Petty, U.S. Army, Comanche County, Kansas
		Petty was in the 78th Division of General Alexander M. Patch's First Army which bore the brunt of the powerful German drive which blasted breaches in Patch's Siegfried Line defenses.
		Warren Lee Petty was born January 19, 1924, near Selman, Okla., and died serving his country on December 20, 1944, at the age of 20 years, 11 months, and one day.
		Wanita, Warren Lee and Adella Petty of Comanche County, Kansas.
	www.rootsweb.com /~kscomanc/petty_warren.html (1131 words)

	USATODAY.com - Petty's credo: Keep on smiling (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lee Petty is joined by son Richard, right, grandson Kyle, second from left, and great-grandson Adam in 1999.
		But in the right-hand column of Petty's emotional ledger is the camaraderie he feels with others in the NASCAR community, optimism that his family's team eventually will return to victory lane and, above all, the completion of Adam's dream: A $20 million-plus retreat for chronically ill children.
		Petty says he enjoys being busy but concedes that the return of Dale Inman, the crew chief for Richard Petty's championship teams, is making his job easier.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/nascar/2004-04-22-kyle-petty-feature_x.htm (1926 words)

	Petty Blues
		Petty, who assumed the duties of overseeing the family business on a day-to-day basis last year, reiterated that Petty Enterprises had fallen "way behind" and needs to catch up.
		Petty Enterprises' return to Dodge is bittersweet, occurring without the family's patriarch, Lee Petty, and young Adam Petty, the fourth-generation driver who was viewed as the organization's future.
		Lee Petty collected three championships before a horrifying accident that nearly took his life at Daytona in 1961 ended his career.
	kyle_petty.scenedaily.com /stories/2001/02/12/scene_story7.html (1866 words)

	-+:: PettyRacing.com™ - The Official Petty Racing Website ::+-
		Following a series of strong short-track runs this season, Kyle Petty and the #45 Georgia-Pacific/Brawny Dodge team head to the.750-mile Richmond (Va.) International Raceway this week for Saturday night’s Chevy American Revolution 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race.
		Petty, 43, will be making his 689th career start this weekend.
		One of the most recognizable names in international motorsports, as is his sponsor, Georgia-Pacific, Petty’s driving career began with a five-race season in 1979.
	www.pettyracing.com /subpages/schedule/2005/2005_05_14_45PRE.html (889 words)

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