Adam Petty
Adam Petty | |||||||
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Born | Adam Kyler Petty July 10, 1980 2000 position 68th | | |||||
Best finish | 68th (2000) | ||||||
First race | 2000 DirecTV 500 (Texas) | ||||||
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O'Reilly 300 (Texas ) | |||||||
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Adam Kyler Petty (July 10, 1980 – May 12, 2000) was an American professional stock car racing driver. A member of the Petty racing family, he was the fourth generation from the Petty family to drive in races in the highest division of NASCAR racing, mostly in what was then known as the NASCAR Busch Series. He was believed to be the first fourth-generation athlete in all of modern American professional sports.
Early life
Petty was raised in
Racing career
Petty began his career in 1998, shortly after he turned 18, in the
Petty Enterprises planned to have Petty run a second Busch season in 2000, while giving him seven starts in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, in preparation for a full Winston Cup campaign in 2001. He struggled early in the Busch season, but managed to qualify in his first attempt at Winston Cup during the DirecTV 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 2. He qualified 33rd and ran in the middle of the pack most of the day before his engine expired, forcing him to finish 40th. Adam never got to race alongside his father. Kyle failed to qualify and eventually relieved an ill Elliott Sadler, but Adam was already out of the race. Lee Petty, Adam's great-grandfather, and 3-time NASCAR Champion, lived to see his Winston Cup debut, but died just three days later.
Death
On May 12, 2000, in a practice session for the
Petty's death, along with 1998 Winston Cup
Adam's father Kyle Petty, who had driven the No. 44 Hot Wheels-sponsored Pontiac Grand Prix Winston Cup car at the time of his son's fatal crash at New Hampshire, chose to take over Adam's No. 45 car in the Busch Series for the remainder of 2000, with Steve Grissom taking the wheel of the blue no. 44 Pontiac. He then used the No. 45 in the Cup Series throughout the rest of his driving career during most of the 2000s decade.[6] Kyle Petty later admitted he struggled with a personal depression during the 2001 Cup Series season about the loss of his son, which partly resulted in his poor finish in the 2001 Cup standings, but inspiring him to keep on driving the 45 car paying his tributes to Adam.
Legacy
In October 2000, five months after Petty's death, his family partnered with Paul Newman and the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp to begin the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman, North Carolina, as a memorial to Petty. The camp has received support from many NASCAR drivers, teams, and sponsors, including Cup Series sponsor Sprint, which has placed a replica of Petty's 1998 car in the camp. The camp began operation in 2004 and is an official charity of NASCAR.
Petty also appears as a special guest driver in the video games NASCAR 2000, NASCAR Rumble, NASCAR 2001 and NASCAR Arcade. Both NASCAR 2001 and NASCAR Heat include tributes to both him and Irwin Jr.
In December 2013, Adam's brother Austin named his newborn son after Adam in tribute.[7]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Winston Cup Series
NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | NWCC | Pts | Ref | |||||
2000 | Petty Enterprises | 45 | Chevy | DAY | CAR
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LVS
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ATL
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DAR
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BRI | TEX 40 |
MAR
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TAL
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CAL
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RCH
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CLT | DOV
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MCH
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POC | SON
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DAY
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NHA
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POC
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IND | GLN
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MCH
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BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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NHA | DOV
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MAR
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CLT
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TAL | CAR | PHO
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HOM | ATL | 68th | 43 | [8] |
Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | NBSC | Pts | Ref | ||||
1998 | ST Motorsports
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22 | Chevy | DAY
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CAR
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LVS
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NSV
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DAR
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BRI
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TEX
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HCY | TAL
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NHA
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NZH
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CLT
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DOV
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RCH
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PPR
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GLN
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MLW
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MYB | CAL
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SBO
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IRP | MCH
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BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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DOV
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CLT
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GTY 27 |
CAR 38 |
ATL
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HOM 27 |
73rd | 213 | [9] | |||||
1999 | Petty Enterprises | 45 | Chevy | DAY 6 |
CAR DNQ |
DAR 24 |
TEX 39 |
NSV 13 |
BRI 18 |
TAL 23 |
CAL 4 |
NHA 24 |
RCH 28 |
NZH 5 |
CLT 43 |
DOV 40 |
SBO 33 |
GLN 32 |
MLW 30 |
MYB DNQ |
PPR 29 |
GTY 34 |
IRP 27 |
MCH 35 |
BRI 22 |
DAR 15 |
RCH 40 |
DOV 30 |
CLT DNQ |
CAR 30 |
MEM 5 |
PHO 38 |
HOM 33 |
20th | 2471 | [10] | ||||||
Pontiac | LVS 29 |
ATL 34 |
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2000 | Chevy | DAY 37 |
CAR 27 |
LVS 17 |
ATL 25 |
DAR 16 |
BRI 40 |
TEX 39 |
NSV 34 |
TAL 12 |
CAL 27 |
RCH 16 |
NHA Wth |
CLT
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DOV
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SBO | MYB | GLN
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MLW
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NZH
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PPR
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GTY
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IRP | MCH
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BRI
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DAR
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RCH
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DOV
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CLT
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CAR
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MEM
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PHO
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HOM
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47th | 928 | [11] |
Craftsman Truck Series
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
1999 | Petty Enterprises | 34 | Dodge | HOM
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PHO
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EVG
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MMR
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MAR
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MEM
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PPR | I70 | BRI
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TEX
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PIR | GLN
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MLW
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NSV
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NZH
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MCH
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NHA
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IRP
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GTY
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HPT | RCH 10 |
LVS
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LVL | TEX 16 |
CAL
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58th | 249 | [12] |
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ABMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | Petty Enterprises | 45 | Pontiac | DAY | ATL | SLM
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CLT | MEM | MCH
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POC | SBS | TOL
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PPR | POC | KIL | FRS | ISF
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ATL | DSF | SLM | TEX | WIN
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CLT 1 |
TAL 29 |
ATL | NA | - | [13] |
References
- ^ "Official Results | NASCAR Nationwide Series". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Adam Petty killed in practice crash at NHIS - Friday July 07, 2000 02:33 PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2000-07-07. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ "ESPN.com - Auto Racing - Irwin killed in same turn as Adam Petty". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ Bruce Martin (August 4, 2011). "Mandated 10 years ago, HANS device has ushered in era of safety". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ Hinton, Ed (September 3, 2000). "NASCAR DRIVERS HINT BOYCOTT". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 18, 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Kyle Petty Career Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 1960-06-02. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ Richter, Josh (2013-12-16). "Gen-5 Petty: "The King" meets his great-grandson Adam". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- ^ "Adam Petty – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Adam Petty – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Adam Petty – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Adam Petty – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Adam Petty – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "Adam Petty – 1998 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
External links
- Adam Petty driver statistics at Racing-Reference