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{{short description|American racing driver (born 1937)}}
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{{Infobox NASCAR driver
|image           = Richard Petty Las Vegas Fall 2024.jpg
|caption         = Petty at [[Las Vegas Motor Speedway]] in 2024
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|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1937|07|02}}
|birth_place     = [[Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina|Level Cross, North Carolina]], U.S.
|achievements    = [[1964 NASCAR Grand National Series|1964]], [[1967 NASCAR Grand National Series|1967]], [[NASCAR Cup Series|Grand National Series]] [[List of NASCAR Cup Series champions|Champion]]<br />[[1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1971]], [[1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1972]], [[1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1974]], [[1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1975]], [[1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1979 Winston Cup Series]] [[List of NASCAR Cup Series champions|Champion]]<br />Tied with [[Dale Earnhardt]] and [[Jimmie Johnson]] for most [[NASCAR Cup Series]] Championships (7)<br />[[1964 Daytona 500|1964]], [[1966 Daytona 500|1966]], [[1971 Daytona 500|1971]], [[1973 Daytona 500|1973]], [[1974 Daytona 500|1974]], [[1979 Daytona 500|1979]], [[1981 Daytona 500]] [[Daytona 500#List of Daytona 500 winners|Winner]]<br />1967 [[Southern 500 (1950–2004)|Southern 500]] [[Southern 500 (1950–2004)#Past winners|Winner]]<br />[[1975 World 600|1975]], [[1977 World 600]] [[World 600#Past winners|Winner]]<br />[[1983 Winston 500]] Winner<br />All-Time Wins Leader in [[NASCAR Cup Series]] (200)<br />All-Time Poles Leader in [[NASCAR Cup Series]] (123)<br />Holds record for most [[NASCAR Cup Series]] wins in a season (27 in 1967)<br />Holds record for most consecutive [[NASCAR Cup Series]] wins (10 in 1967)<br/> Most all time wins at [[Daytona International Speedway]] (10)
|awards          = 1959 [[Grand National Series]] [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]]<br />[[NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award|NASCAR's Most Popular Driver]] (1962, 1964, 1968, [[1970 NASCAR Grand National Series|1970]], [[1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1974]], [[1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1975]], [[1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1976]], [[1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1977]], [[1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1978]])<br />[[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] (1989)<br />[[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] (1997)<br />[[NASCAR Hall of Fame]] (2010)<br>[[Diecast Hall of Fame]] (2011)<br />Named one of [[NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers]] (1998)<br />[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (1992)[[File:Presidential Medal of Freedom.svg|15px]]<br />Named one of [[NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers]] (2023)
|Total_Cup_Races = 1,184
|Years_In_Cup    = 35
|Best_Cup_Pos    = 1st (1964, 1967, [[1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1971]], [[1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1972]], [[1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1974]], [[1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1975]], [[1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1979]])
|First_Cup_Race  = [[1958 Jim Mideon 500]] ([[Exhibition Stadium#Facts and figures|Toronto]])
|First_Cup_Win   = [[1960 NASCAR Grand National Series|1960]] untitled race ([[Southern States Fairgrounds|Southern States]])
|Last_Cup_Win    = [[1984 Firecracker 400]] ([[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]])
|Last_Cup_Race   = [[1992 Hooters 500]] ([[Atlanta Motor Speedway|Atlanta]])
|Cup_Wins        = 200
|Cup_Top_Tens    = 712
|Cup_Poles       = 123
|Total_Conv_Races   = 15
|Years_In_Conv      = 2
|Best_Conv_Pos      = 4th ([[1959 NASCAR Convertible Division season|1959]])
|First_Conv_Race    = [[1958 NASCAR Convertible Division season|1958]] Race No. 14 ([[Columbia Speedway|Columbia]])
|Last_Conv_Race     = [[1959 NASCAR Convertible Division season|1959]] Race No. 14 ([[Greenville-Pickens Speedway|Greenville-Pickens]])
|First_Conv_Win     = [[1959 NASCAR Convertible Division season|1959]] Race No. 13 ([[Columbia Speedway|Columbia]])
|Conv_Wins          = 1
|Conv_Top_Tens      = 8
|Conv_Poles         = 10
}}

'''Richard Lee Petty''' (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "'''the King'''", is an American former [[stock car racing]] driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the [[NASCAR Cup Series]]), most notably driving the No. 43 [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]/[[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]] for [[Petty Enterprises]]. He is one of the members of the Petty racing family. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times (a record now tied with [[Dale Earnhardt]] and [[Jimmie Johnson]]),<ref name=Daytona>{{cite book|title=Daytona: From the Birth of Speed to the Death of the Man in Black|last=Hinton|first=Ed|year=2001|publisher=Warner Books|location=New York|isbn=0-446-52677-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/daytona00edhi/page/118 118]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/daytona00edhi/page/118}}</ref> while also winning a record [[List of NASCAR race wins by Richard Petty|200 races]] during his career.<ref name=Daytona /> This included winning the [[Daytona 500]] a record seven times and winning a record 27 races<ref name=Daytona /> in one season (1967). Petty is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history.<ref>A 1972 rule change eliminated races under {{convert|250|mi|km}} in length, reducing the schedule to 30 (now 36) races.</ref>

Petty was inducted into the inaugural class of the [[NASCAR Hall of Fame]] in 2010.<ref name="NASCAR HF">{{cite web|title=Meet the Inductees|url=http://www.nascarhall.com/inductees/meet-the-inductees/2010|publisher=[[NASCAR Hall of Fame]]|access-date=May 26, 2014|archive-date=May 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528005637/http://www.nascarhall.com/inductees/meet-the-inductees/2010|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also statistically the most accomplished driver in the history of NASCAR, having racked up most wins (two-hundred), most poles (123), tied for most championships (seven), most wins in a season (27), most Daytona 500 wins (seven), most consecutive wins (ten) and most starts (1,185).<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Petty |url=https://www.nascarhall.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/richard-petty |website=NASCAR Hall of Fame |access-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217095850/https://www.nascarhall.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/richard-petty |url-status=live }}</ref>

He earns broad respect in motorsport where beyond driving, he remains very active as both a team ambassador ([[Legacy Motor Club]]) in the Cup Series and owner of Petty's Garage (a car restoration and modification shop) in [[Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina|Level Cross, North Carolina]]. During his 35-year career, Petty collected a record number of [[Pole position|poles]] (123) and over seven-hundred top-ten finishes in a record 1,184 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971 to 1989. Petty was the first driver to win in his 500th race start, being joined by [[Matt Kenseth]] in 2013.

The [[Richard Petty Museum]] was formerly in nearby [[Randleman, North Carolina]], but moved back to its original location in Level Cross in March 2014. Petty has also voiced a role in Disney/Pixar's animated films ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' and ''[[Cars 3]]'', playing Strip "The King" Weathers, a character partially based on himself.

== Early life ==
Petty was born in [[Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina|Level Cross, North Carolina]], the son of Elizabeth Petty ([[Married and maiden names|née]] Toomes) and [[Lee Petty|Lee Arnold Petty]], also a NASCAR driver, and the older brother of NASCAR personality [[Maurice Petty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ancestry of Richard Petty |url=http://www.wargs.com/other/petty.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181143/http://www.wargs.com/other/petty.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=April 5, 2007 |work=wargs.com}}</ref> Growing up Petty enjoyed [[whittling]] and would work at his uncles tobacco fields.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biofile Richard Petty Interview |url=https://mrbiofile.com/2025/05/16/biofile-richard-petty-interview/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Mr BioFile |language=en-US}}</ref> He was educated in [[Randleman, North Carolina]] and attended [[Randleman High School]], where he was an All-Conference guard on the football team.<ref name="Encyclopedia2">{{cite web |title=Biography: Petty, Lee Richard |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/petty-richard-lee |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423163512/https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/petty-richard-lee |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2020 |website=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> After his 1955 graduation, he took a business course at Greensboro Junior College, then began work for his father's racing company, Petty Enterprises.<ref name="Encyclopedia2" />

== Racing career ==
{{see also|List of NASCAR race wins by Richard Petty}}
Petty began his NASCAR career on July 18, 1958, sixteen days after his 21st birthday. His first race was held at [[CNE Stadium]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada (the site of [[BMO Field]] and the [[Honda Indy Toronto]] currently). In 1959, he was named [[NASCAR Rookie of the Year]], after he produced nine top-ten finishes, including six top-five finishes. That year, he had participated in the [[1959 Daytona 500|inaugural Daytona 500]] at the new [[Daytona International Speedway]], but after his day ended due to engine trouble, he joined his father Lee's pit crew, who won the race.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baime|first=A. J.|title=Richard Petty's Greatest Moments, According to Richard Petty|url=https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2190/richard-pettys-greatest-moments-according-to-richard-petty|access-date=2020-07-05|website=The Drive|date=February 16, 2016 |archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029225140/https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/2190/richard-pettys-greatest-moments-according-to-richard-petty|url-status=live}}</ref> In Lakewood, Georgia in 1959, Petty won his first race, but his father Lee protested, complaining of a scoring error on the officials' part. Hours later, Lee was awarded the win.

=== First championship rides (1960–1970) ===
[[File:RichardPettyRoadrunner.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Petty's famous [[Plymouth Superbird]], on display at The Richard Petty Museum in [[Randleman, North Carolina]]]]
In 1960, he finished second in the NASCAR Grand National Points Race, and got his first career win at the Charlotte Fairgrounds Speedway. 1963 was his breakout year, winning at tracks like [[Martinsville Speedway|Martinsville]] and [[Bridgehampton]]. In 1964, driving a potent [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]] with a new [[Hemispherical combustion chamber|Hemi]] engine, Petty led 184 of the 200 laps to capture his first [[Daytona 500]], en route to nine victories, earning over $114,000 and his first Grand National championship.

Joining in the Chrysler boycott of NASCAR due to the organizing body's ban of the Hemi engine, Petty spent much of 1965 competing as a drag racer. Petty Enterprises installed the Hemi in the new compact Barracuda and lettered "OUTLAWED" on the door. He crashed this car at Southeastern Dragway, in Dallas, Georgia, on February 28, 1965, killing an eight-year-old boy and injuring seven others.<ref>''Times-Picayune'', March 1, 1965, p. 1</ref><ref>''Trenton Evening Times'', March 1, 1965, p. 1.</ref> Petty, his father [[Lee Petty|Lee]], and Chrysler Corporation faced lawsuits totaling more than $1 million, though Petty and his team came to settlements with the lawsuits within one month of the suits being filed.<ref>''Plain Dealer'', May 19, 1965, pp. 35, 40.</ref> Afterwards, a second Hemi Barracuda was built, this time with an altered wheelbase and eventually with Hilborn fuel injection. This car was lettered with a large "43 JR" on the door. The car was very successful, winning its class at the Bristol Spring Nationals and competing in many match races against well-known racers such as Ronnie Sox, Don Nicholson, Phil Bonner, Huston Platt, Hubert Platt and Dave Strickler. Even after returning to NASCAR once the Hemi was reinstated, Richard continued drag racing the 43 JR until early 1966.
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On February 27, 1966, Petty overcame a two-lap deficit to win his second Daytona 500 when the race was stopped on lap 198 of 200 because of a thunderstorm. This made him the first driver to win the event twice. In 1966, he won the first ever race at [[Middle Georgia Raceway]] (Morelock 200). Petty broke the half-mile [[NASCAR]] record for half-mile tracks with an average speed of 82.023 miles per hour during the 100-mile (160&nbsp;km) event.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Race Results at Middle Georgia Raceway - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/tracks/Middle_Georgia_Raceway|access-date=2020-07-22|website=www.racing-reference.info|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722165228/https://www.racing-reference.info/tracks/Middle_Georgia_Raceway|url-status=live}}</ref> He would end up recording 4 wins there in his career, including one in 1970 in which he was very ill before the race. 1967 was a milestone year. In that year, Petty won 27 of the 48 races he entered, including a record ten wins in a row (between August 12 and October 1, 1967). He won his second Grand National Championship. One of the 27 victories was the [[Southern 500]] at [[Darlington Raceway|Darlington]], which would be his only Southern 500 victory. His dominance in this season earned him the nickname "King Richard". He had previously been known as "the Randleman Rocket".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&q=richard+petty+the+randleman+rocket&pg=PA603|title=Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 Volumes]|last=Freedman|first=Lew|date=2013-03-14|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313387104|language=en|access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423163511/https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&q=richard+petty+the+randleman+rocket&pg=PA603|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1968, Petty won sixteen races including the last ever race at [[Occoneechee Speedway]].

In 1969, Ford significantly ratcheted up their factory involvement in NASCAR when they introduced the [[Ford Torino Talladega]]. The Talladega was specifically designed to give Ford a competitive race advantage by being more aerodynamic and thus faster, especially on super-speedway tracks more than a mile long. Petty switched brands to Ford, due to his belief the Plymouth was not competitive on super-speedways; he wanted a slippery [[Dodge Charger Daytona|Dodge Daytona]] but Chrysler executives insisted he stay with Plymouth. He would win ten races and finish second in points. He won in 1970 in the sleek new [[Plymouth Superbird]] with a shark nose and towel rack wing, Petty returned to Plymouth for the 1970 season. This is the car in which Petty is cast in the [[Pixar]] film ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006), in which Richard and Lynda had voice roles.

=== The 1970s ===
[[File:IROCPorsche.jpg|thumb|left|Petty's [[International Race of Champions|IROC]] [[Porsche 911]] from the 1970s]]
On February 14, 1971, Petty won his third Daytona 500, driving a brand-new (for 1971) [[Plymouth Road Runner]] and beating [[Buddy Baker]], by little more than a car length en route to another historic year, making him the first driver to win the race three times. He won twenty more races (which would make him become the first driver to earn more than $1 million in career earnings) and claimed his third Grand National Championship. At the end of the 1971 season, [[Chrysler]] told the Pettys they no longer would receive direct factory funding support; this caused the Petty team great concern. In 1972, [[STP (motor oil company)|STP]] began what would turn into a successful 28-year sponsorship arrangement with Petty, however, it marked the end of his famous all "Petty Blue" paint job. STP previously insisted on an all STP orangish-red color for the cars, but Petty balked and after an all-night negotiation session, the familiar STP orange/"Petty blue" paint scheme was agreed to as a compromise that would later become part of STP's motorsport paint schemes, most notably [[Gordon Johncock]]'s win in the [[1982 Indianapolis 500]] (where the car had a primarily "Petty Blue" scheme). Thanks to his 28 top-ten finishes (25 top-five finishes and eight victories), Petty went on to win his 4th [[NASCAR Cup Series]] championship. 1972 was a year of change in other ways, as it was the last year where Petty would campaign a Plymouth-based race car; as in the middle of the year, he debuted to drive a newly built 1972 [[Dodge Charger]] in a few races (winning one of them), as he believed that the car would have a slight aero advantage over the Plymouth body style. In a driver's duel on February 18, 1973, Petty, in a newly built 1973 Dodge Charger (a body style he would use exclusively until the end of 1977), outlasted Baker (now with the [[K&K Insurance]] Dodge race team) to win his fourth Daytona 500 after Baker's engine gave out with six laps to go. A year later, Petty won the Daytona "450" (shortened twenty laps {50&nbsp;mi/80&nbsp;km} due to the [[energy crisis]]) for the fifth time en route to his fifth Winston Cup Championship.

1975 was another historic year for Petty, as he won the [[World 600]] for the first time in his career, one of thirteen victories en route to his sixth Winston Cup. The thirteen victories is a modern (1972–present) NASCAR record for victories in a season and was tied in 1998 by [[Jeff Gordon]], although Gordon won thirteen out of 33 races, compared to Petty's thirteen out of 30 races. In 1976, Petty was involved in one of the most famous finishes in NASCAR history. Petty and [[David Pearson (racing driver)|David Pearson]] were racing on the last lap out of turn 4 in the Daytona 500. As Petty tried to pass Pearson, at the exit of turn 4, Petty's right rear bumper hit Pearson's left front bumper. Pearson and Petty both spun and hit the front stretch wall. Petty's car came to rest just yards from the finish line, but his engine stalled. Pearson's car had hit the front stretch wall and clipped another car, but his engine was running. Members of Petty's pit crew came out onto the track and tried to push the car to the finish line, but ultimately failed. Pearson was able to drive his car toward the finish line, while Petty's car would not restart. Pearson passed Petty on the infield grass and won the Daytona 500. Petty was given credit for second place.

[[File:Petty 200th win replica car at Daytona USA.jpg|thumb|right|Petty's car used for his 1979 Daytona 500 win, on display at [[Daytona USA (museum)|Daytona USA]]]]
Oddly, 1978 will stand out as the one year during his prime that Petty did not visit the winner's circle. The Petty Enterprises Team could not get the new 1978 [[Dodge Magnum]] to handle properly, even though much time, effort, and faith were spent massaging the cars. Unhappy with the seven top-five and eleven top-ten finishes (including three-second places), Petty decided that his longtime relationship with Chrysler could not continue and he instead began racing a secondhand 1974 [[Chevrolet Monte Carlo]] at the fall race at Michigan. Returning to the General Motors fold proved successful as Petty recorded six top-ten finishes in the final ten races of the 1978 season and finished sixth in the final standings. He would go on to even better results in 1979. Petty won the Daytona 500 in an [[Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme]] in the "[[1979 Daytona 500|Famous Finish]]" and ran most of the remaining races in a Chevrolet, winning four additional races and taking the NASCAR championship for the seventh, and last, time by eleven points which was the closest points margin in NASCAR history until 1992.

=== Twilight years (1980–1991) ===
Petty won two more Daytona 500s in 1979 and 1981. In 1979, he snapped a 45-race drought, winning his sixth Daytona 500, the first to be televised live flag-to-flag; it would become notorious for a fistfight between competitors following the controversial finish. Petty won the race as the first and second place cars of [[Donnie Allison]] and [[Cale Yarborough]] crashed on the last lap. Petty held off [[Darrell Waltrip]] and [[A. J. Foyt]]. The race is also regarded as being the genesis of the current surge in NASCAR's popularity. The East Coast was snowed in by a blizzard, giving [[CBS]] a captive audience. The win was part of Petty's seventh and last NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. He was able to hold off Waltrip to win the title in 1979.

In 1980, Petty won two races early in the year at [[North Wilkesboro Speedway|North Wilkesboro]] and [[Fairgrounds Speedway|Nashville]] but a violent crash at [[Pocono Raceway|Pocono]] in July ended his championship hopes. He finished 4th in points. For 1981, NASCAR dictated that all teams had to show up with the new downsized cars of 110" wheel-base, that Detroit had been building since 1979. Though Petty had been successful with the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile cars he had been running, he wanted to get back to his Mopar roots. After taking a phone call from [[Lee Iacocca]] (who personally asked Petty to campaign a Dodge for 1981), the Petty team built a stunning 1981 [[Dodge Mirada]] and took it to Daytona in January 1981 for high speed tests. Petty's fans were also in a large part fans of his Dodges, so when word got out about the Mirada testing, 15,000 or so showed up on January 17, 1981, at Daytona Speedway to watch Petty put the Dodge through its paces. Sadly for the fans, the car could do no better than 186&nbsp;miles per hour, about eight miles per hour slower than the GM and Ford cars. Petty gave up on returning to Dodge knowing that for the superspeedways the Mirada would not be competitive, and bought a [[Buick Regal]] for the Daytona race. In the 1981 Daytona 500, Petty used a "fuel only" for his last pit stop, with 25 laps to go, to outfox [[Bobby Allison]] and grab his seventh and final Daytona 500 win. This win marked a large change in Petty's racing team. [[Dale Inman]], Petty's longtime crew chief, left the team after the Daytona victory (Inman would win an eighth championship as crew chief in 1984 with [[Terry Labonte]]).

[[File:RichardPetty43racecar1983.jpg|thumb|left|1983 racecar]]
While the 1981 season gave Petty three wins, he felt the season was a failure, and the Regals being ill-handling and poor in reliability. For 1982, he made the move to the Pontiac Grand Prix, with the promise of substantial factory support from Pontiac. 1982 was a repeat of 1978, and no victories were to be had. At first, the Grand Prix behaved much like the [[Dodge Magnum]] of 1978, with handling and speed problems. Toward the end of 1982 things improved with several top-ten finishes, which opened the door to a successful 1983 season with three victories, and several top-five and top-ten finishes. In 1983, he broke his 43-race winless streak from 1982 with a win in the 1983 Carolina 500, barely edging out a young Bill Elliott. After a controversial win at [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] in October 1983 (recognised by NASCAR as win No. 198), Petty left the race team his father founded for the 1984 season. He spent '84 and '85 driving for [[Mike Curb]] before returning to Petty Enterprises in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pire3s6v7UA |title=Richard Petty Road To 200 Wins |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311070941/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pire3s6v7UA |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:RichardPetty1985Pocono.jpg|alt=|right|thumb|Petty in 1985]]
Because of the [[1971 Myers Brothers 250]] combination race in 1971 that Petty finished second in a Grand National Car while winner Bobby Allison drove a Grand American car, there is a technical dispute regarding which race is credited as his 200th win. NASCAR did not credit Petty with a class win, which was a dispute that affected two other drivers, [[Elmo Langley]] and [[Charlie Glotzbach]], both of whom drove in combination races that season, finishing second to Grand American cars. Under modern NASCAR combination race rules for various series, Petty would be credited with that would be recognized as his 135th win. On May 20, 1984, Petty won what under modern regulations would be recognized as his two-hundredth Cup class win, the Budweiser 500 at [[Dover International Speedway]], when the Winston-Salem class win is recognized.

[[File:RichardPetty43car1989.jpg|thumb|left|1989 car at Phoenix]]
On July 4, 1984, Petty won his officially-recognized two-hundredth (and what would turn out to be his final victory) race at the [[1984 Firecracker 400|Firecracker 400]] at [[Daytona International Speedway]]. The race was memorable: On lap 158, [[Doug Heveron]] crashed, bringing out the yellow caution flag, essentially turning lap 158 into the last lap as the two drivers battled back to the start-finish line. Petty and [[Cale Yarborough]] diced it out on that lap, with Yarborough drafting and taking an early lead before Petty managed to cross the start/finish line only a fender-length ahead. President [[Ronald Reagan]] was in attendance, the first sitting president to attend a NASCAR race. Reagan celebrated the milestone with Petty and his family in victory lane.<ref name="NMAH">{{cite web|url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=127|title=Richard Petty's 200th Victory Car|publisher=National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution|access-date=June 17, 2008|archive-date=June 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630184924/http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=127|url-status=live}}</ref>

In early 1988, Petty traveled to Australia to help promote a NASCAR exhibition race at the then new [[Calder Park Thunderdome]], the first NASCAR race outside of North America. While he did not compete in the track's inaugural race, the [[1988 Goodyear NASCAR 500|Goodyear NASCAR 500]] (though his son [[Kyle Petty|Kyle]] did), Richard Petty, in testing at the 1.119&nbsp;mi (1.801&nbsp;km) track which owner [[Bob Jane]] had modeled on the [[Charlotte Motor Speedway]], set an unofficial lap record of 28.2 seconds (142.85 mp/h). This would have in fact landed him on pole position for the race, as the fastest time in official qualifying was by [[Alabama Gang]] member [[Neil Bonnett]], who recorded a 28.829-second lap (139.734 mp/h) in his Pontiac Grand Prix.

=== Petty's final ride (1992) ===
[[File:1993BrickyardtestPetty.JPG|thumb|Petty driving the No. 43 during the [[Brickyard 400]] Open Test at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]].]]
[[File:Richard Petty's first victory flag stand.jpg|thumb|left|Flag stand from Petty's first win]]
On October 1, 1991, Petty announced he would retire after the 1992 season. Petty's final top-ten finish came at the [[1991 Budweiser at the Glen]] which was the same race [[J. D. McDuffie]] was killed in a fifth lap accident. Petty chose to run the entire 1992 season, not just selected events as other drivers have done before retirement. His year-long '''Fan Appreciation Tour''' took him around the country, participating in special events, awards ceremonies, and fan-related meetings. [[Racing Champions]] ran a promotional line of diecast cars for every race in Petty's Farewell Tour.

At the 1992 [[Pepsi 400]] on July 4, Petty qualified on the front row for the first time since 1986. Before the start of the race, he was honored with a gift ceremony which included a visit from President [[George H. W. Bush]]. When the green flag dropped, Petty led the opening five laps as the holiday crowd cheered wildly. Unfortunately, the oppressive heat forced him to drop out after completing just 84 laps.

Despite the busy appearance schedule and mediocre race results, Petty managed to qualify for all 29 races in 1992. On his final visit to each track, Petty would lead the field on the pace lap to salute the fans. Petty's final race, the [[1992 Hooters 500|season-ending Hooters 500]] at [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]], which also marked the start of [[Jeff Gordon]]'s NASCAR career and the second-closest points championship in NASCAR history, with six drivers mathematically eligible to win the championship, is hailed to this day as the greatest race in NASCAR history. A record 160,000 spectators attended the race and celebrated Petty's farewell. In the intense title race, the championship contender, [[Davey Allison]], got mixed up in a crash with [[Ernie Irvan]], dashing his title hopes. Long-shot contenders [[Mark Martin]], [[Kyle Petty]] and [[Harry Gant]] fell behind in the long run, which left [[Bill Elliott]] and [[Alan Kulwicki]] to compete for the title. The race went down to the final lap with Elliott winning and Kulwicki taking the championship by ten points because he had led the most laps, one more than Elliott, which gave him a five-point bonus.

Facing intense pressure, Petty barely managed to qualify at Atlanta, posting the 39th fastest speed out of 41 cars. He would not have been eligible for the provisional starting position, and had to qualify on speed. On the 94th lap, Petty became tangled up in an accident, and his car caught fire. Petty pulled the car off the track, and climbed out of the burning machine uninjured. His pit crew worked diligently with less than twenty laps to go to get the car running again, and with two laps to go, Petty pulled out of the pits and was credited as running at the finish in his final race. He took his final checkered flag, finishing in 35th position. After the race, Petty circled the track to salute the fans one final time in his trademark STP Pontiac.

Thereafter he made a few public show appearances at racetracks. On August 18, 1993, NASCAR participated in a tire test at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]], in preparations for the [[1994 Brickyard 400]]. Petty drove several laps around the track, and then donated his car to the Speedway's museum. He would again step into a racecar in 2003 on the week of the final race under the Winston banner at [[Homestead–Miami Speedway]], where he took a solo lap honoring his seven Winston Cup Championships for Winston's salute to the champions. In 2009 at the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona, for the 25th anniversary of his final, two-hundredth victory in 1984, Petty drove one of his 1980s Pontiac racecars during the pace laps, leading the field for the first one. The field split him and he followed it for one more pace lap before he pulled his car in. Finally, at the 2017 Southern 500 at Darlington, Petty led the field through several pace laps in his Plymouth Belvedere. He apparently stayed out a lap longer than expected and was humorously black flagged by the starter. Petty followed the pace car down pit road at the start of the race.

=== Petty as an owner ===
[[File:Richard Petty looks at Photo of himself at Dover Speedway - 2024-4-28.jpg|thumb|After signing a photo of himself on the wall of a suite at [[Dover Motor Speedway]], Richard Petty takes a moment to reflect on his younger self.]]
In later years of his career, Petty developed the career of crew leader [[Robbie Loomis]], who was at the helm of [[Petty Enterprises]] as crew chief in the 1990s and won three races—the 1996 [[Checker Auto Parts 500]] at [[Phoenix International Raceway|Phoenix]], the 1997 [[Subway 400|ACDelco 400]] at [[North Carolina Speedway]], both with [[Bobby Hamilton]] driving, and the 1999 [[Goody's Body Pain 500]] at [[Martinsville Speedway]], with [[John Andretti]] driving. Petty remained as operating owner until his son Kyle Petty took over day-to-day operations a decade later.

However, in 2008, Kyle Petty was released by [[Petty Enterprises]], and, because of lack of sponsorship, Petty Enterprises was bought out by Gillett-Evernham Motorsports. The name was originally going to stay the same, but when Evernham left the team, it was renamed [[Evernham Motorsports|Richard Petty Motorsports]], despite [[George N. Gillett, Jr.|George Gillett]] continuing to own the majority.

In November 2010, an investment group including Medallion Financial Corp., [[Douglas G. Bergeron]] and Petty, signed and closed sale on racing assets of Richard Petty Motorsports.<ref name="nydailynews.com">[http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_taxi_tycoon_andrew_murstein_is_revved_to_build_race_track_in_new_york_bring_spor.html "Taxi tycoon Andrew Murstein is revved to build race track in New York, bring sport to fans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629195435/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/12/14/2010-12-14_taxi_tycoon_andrew_murstein_is_revved_to_build_race_track_in_new_york_bring_spor.html |date=June 29, 2011 }}, nydailynews.com, December 14, 2010.</ref><ref name="NBC Sports">[http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/nascar/story.asp?i=20110816174624103641708&ref=hea&tm=&series=NASCAR ”Ambrose victory validates investment into RPM”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074439/http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/nascar/story.asp?i=20110816174624103641708&ref=hea&tm=&series=NASCAR |date=April 7, 2014 }}, nbcsports.msnbc.com, August 16, 2011.</ref> [[Andrew M. Murstein]], president of Medallion, had been seeking a sports investment since 2008 when he formed a [[special-purpose acquisition company]] together with [[Hank Aaron]], a Medallion board member, and others.<ref name="nyc.gov">[http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/misc/avg_med_price.shtml “Industry Information”, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924133343/http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/misc/avg_med_price.shtml |date=September 24, 2011 }}, retrieved October 7, 2010.</ref><ref name="finance.yahoo.com">[https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TAXI&ql=0 "Medallion Financial Corp"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035633/http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TAXI&ql=0 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, finance.yahoo.com, April 8, 2010.</ref>

=== Petty as a broadcaster ===
In 1995, Petty moved to the television broadcast booth, joining [[NASCAR on CBS|CBS]] as a color commentator. Petty worked three races for CBS including the Daytona 500, and one race for TBS, the [[Coca-Cola 600]].

=== Sponsorship ===
Petty promised his mother not to accept [[alcohol sponsorship]].<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=jf-petty103009 Petty in a Catch-43] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040925/https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=jf-petty103009 |date=March 5, 2016 }} – Jenna Fryer, AP, October 30, 2009</ref> Therefore, he never collected purses for the Bud Pole Award, and he competed at the [[Busch Clash]] only once, in 1980.

=== Close calls ===
As well as his numerous victories, Petty is remembered for three of the many disastrous crashes that he survived:
* In the 1970 [[Rebel 400]] at Darlington, Petty was injured when his [[Plymouth Road Runner]] cut a tire and slammed hard into the wall separating the track from the pit area. The car flipped several times before coming to rest on its side. This accident injured Petty's shoulder and helped [[Bobby Isaac]] to win the 1970 Grand National Championship. During the accident, Petty's head hit the track pavement several times, a mishap that, along with [[Joe Weatherly]]'s fatal crash six years earlier, led [[NASCAR]] to mandate the installation of the Petty-developed safety net that covers the driver's side window.
* In a 1980 race at [[Pocono Raceway|Pocono]], Petty slammed the Turn 2 wall, nearly flipping the car. He barely escaped, breaking his neck in the wreck, but still raced the next Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.<ref>{{cite web |title=1980 NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega Results |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults/_/series/sprint/raceId/198008030041 |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN Enterprises}}</ref> Modern NASCAR rules require an official series medical liaison to clear a driver after a crash.
* In the 1988 [[Daytona 500]], on Lap 106, Petty got turned by [[Phil Barkdoll]] out of turn 4. Petty's car went aloft, tumbled many times, rode along the catch fence, and hurled parts all over the front stretch at the [[Daytona International Speedway]]. After several flips, Petty was t-boned by [[Brett Bodine]] before coming to a stop. Petty walked away with no serious injuries, except for temporary sight loss due to excessive [[g-forces]]. The crash was similar to the accident suffered by [[Bobby Allison]] during the 1987 [[Aaron's 499|Winston 500]] at [[Talladega Superspeedway]] and Carl Edwards's 2009 Talladega crash in that, in all three cases, the racers' cars became airborne after turning sideways and damaged the spectator fencing (though much less in Petty's case). Petty's car became airborne despite the use of the [[carburetor]] [[restrictor plate]], which was mandated by [[NASCAR]] for races at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway just before the start of the [[1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1988 season]].

== Legacy ==
[[File:President_George_H._W._Bush_and_Mrs._Barbara_Bush_award_the_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_to_NASCAR_Driver_Richard_Petty.jpg|left|thumb|Petty receiving the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom|Medal of Freedom]] from [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Barbara Bush]] in 1992]]
Petty is often regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Gluck |first=Jeff |date=2023-11-08 |title=Best NASCAR Cup drivers of all time, Nos. 5-1: Who has the best case for No. 1? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4187709/2023/02/15/best-nascar-cup-drivers-5-1/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Name |first=No |title=Top 20 NASCAR Drivers of All-Time |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/228856-top-20-nascar-drivers-of-all-time |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=bleacherreport.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-13 |title=The 11 Greatest NASCAR Drivers of All Time: Cup Series Legends Ranked {{!}} NESN |url=https://nesn.com/motorsport/news/greatest-nascar-drivers-all-time-top-11/c8c2c3a41c9109c4770ec17d |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=nesn.com |language=en}}</ref> He is one of NASCAR’s most decorated drivers and won 7 Cup Series championship a record he shares with [[Dale Earnhardt]] and [[Jimmie Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Keith |date=2025-11-03 |title=Most NASCAR championships: Petty, Earnhardt, Johnson |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/41439869/most-nascar-championships-petty-earnhardt-johnson |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Petty also set a large number of other records during his career which include the most starts (1,185), the most victories (200), 127 pole positions, the most wins in one season (27), the most consecutive wins (10), the most wins from the pole (61) and the most wins from the pole in one season (15).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Petty |url=https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/inductees/richard-petty/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=International Motorsports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout his career Petty led 51,514 laps which is nearly 20,000 more then the second closest driver [[Cale Yarborough]] who led for 31,556 laps during his tenure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cup Series drivers with more than 10,000 laps led |url=https://www.nascar.com/gallery/cup-series-drivers-more-than-10000-laps-led/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Official Site Of NASCAR |language=en-US}}</ref> Petty also had a record 7 victories at NASCAR’s premier race the [[Daytona 500]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drivers with multiple Daytona 500 wins |url=https://www.nascar.com/gallery/drivers-with-multiple-daytona-500-wins/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Official Site Of NASCAR |language=en-US}}</ref> Petty won at least one race or more for 18 straight seasons from 1960-1977 a record that stood for 46 years before he was passed by [[Kyle Busch]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-time wins: Auto Club Speedway |url=https://www.nascar.com/gallery/all-time-wins-auto-club-speedway/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Official Site Of NASCAR |language=en-US}}</ref> Petty was able to win on all types of tracks, he ranks first all-time with 55 superspeedway wins, and 139 short track wins. During his career he gained popularity because of his aggressive racing style and accessibility to fans.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=ncshof |date=2023-01-18 |title=Richard Petty |url=https://ncshof.org/2023/01/richard-petty/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=NC Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1998 the [[Richard Petty Museum]] was opened in his home town of [[Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina|Level Cross, North Carolina]] to look into the life and career of Petty while also persevering memorabilia from his career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=County |first=Jenna Rae Gaertner Randolph |title=Tar Heel Treasures: The Petty Museum |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2023/09/01/the-petty-museum |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}}</ref> Petty was ranked 90th in [[SportsCentury|SportsCentury: 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century]] and was only one of three auto racing drivers to make the list alongside [[A. J. Foyt]] and [[Mario Andretti]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN.com: Top N. American athletes of the century |url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/athletes.html |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=www.espn.com}}</ref>

In 2025 [[Brad Keselowski]] claimed that Petty was the greatest driver in NASCAR history and that he doesn’t get the credit he deserves stating:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-23 |title=Why a NASCAR champ calls Richard Petty 'the greatest race car driver that ever lived' |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/why-a-nascar-champ-calls-richard-petty-the-greatest-race-car-driver-that-ever-lived |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>
{{blockquote|I don’t think he gets enough credit for that, particularly nowadays when we become so stat based with everything. We forget just how impressive it is that this guy at one point in his career had won multiple races, multiple championships and been through crashes that he barely lived through, watched other people of similar nature die at races. After experiencing all of that, he got back in the car and won races and championships.}}
Among his competitors [[Benny Parsons]] told the Greenville (S.C.) News in 1972 "The consistency Petty has is remarkable, and the good equipment helps, but there’s something else, He knows everything there is to possibly know in racing. That’s why he’s so great. He deserves everything he wins." A.J. Foyt also called Petty "the greatest stock car driver ever."<ref name=":2" />

The Richard Petty Driver of the Year Award is given out by the National Motorsports Press Association to recognize the NASCAR season’s most outstanding driver.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Petty Driver of the Year {{!}} NMPA Annual Honor |url=https://www.nmpaonline.com/specialty-awards/richard-petty-driver-of-the-year/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Awards and honors ===
Petty was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 1997,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Petty |url=https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/inductees/richard-petty/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=International Motorsports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref> the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 1998,<ref>{{Cite web |title=NMPA Hall of Fame {{!}} Celebrating the Racing Industry’s Legends Since 1965 |url=https://www.nmpaonline.com/about/hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was an inaugural inductee into [[NASCAR Hall of Fame]] in 2010. Making him one of 20 racers to compete the "triple crown" of America’s auto racing halls of fame. He was sole stock car representative in the first class inducted into the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 1989.<ref name="MSHoF">[http://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/richard-petty.html Richard Petty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925195932/http://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/richard-petty.html |date=September 25, 2019 }} at the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]]</ref> He was the first man to be inducted into the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCARHOF |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://ncarhof.com/hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=NCARHOF |language=en-US}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Automotive Hall of Fame]] in 2002,<ref>{{Cite web |title=» Richard Petty {{!}} Automotive Hall of Fame |url=https://automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/richard-petty/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=automotivehalloffame.org}}</ref> and the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |last2=McFadin |first2=Daniel |last3=By |last4=McFadin |first4=Daniel |date=2016-12-28 |title=Richard Petty selected to North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/richard-petty-selected-to-north-carolina-drag-racing-hall-of-fame |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> He was named one of [[NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers]] in 1998 and one of [[NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASCAR 75 Greatest Drivers |url=https://www.nascar.com/nascar75-greatest-drivers-timeline/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Official Site Of NASCAR |language=en-US}}</ref>

Petty was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom|Medal of Freedom]] (the [[Civilian decorations of the United States|civilian award of the United States]]) by President George Bush in 1992, the first motorsports athlete ever to be honored with this award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nascar |date=2017-07-02 |title=Richard Petty turning 80 but still ‘The King’ in so many ways |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2017/07/02/richard-petty-80th-birthday-the-king-retrospective/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=Official Site Of NASCAR |language=en-US}}</ref> On March 31, 2015 governor [[Pat McCrory]] declared "Richard Petty" day in the state of North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-31 |title='Richard Petty Day' proclaimed by North Carolina governor |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/richard-petty-day-proclaimed-by-north-carolina-governor |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>

Petty was inducted into the [[North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1973.<ref name=":3" /> In 2014 Petty received the Gregor Grant Award from the [[Autosport Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paice |first=Simon |date=2014-12-08 |title=Stars Of 2014 Recognised At Autosport Awards |url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2014/12/stars-2014-recognised-autosport-awards/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=The Checkered Flag |language=en-GB}}</ref> That same year Petty received the Good Guy Award from the [[American Legion|America Legion]] for his contribution to the community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASCAR legend Richard Petty receives Legion 'Good Guy' Award |url=https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/convention/2014/august/nascar-legend-richard-petty-receives-legion-good-guy-award |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=The American Legion |language=en}}</ref> In 2015 he received the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Petty to receive award prior to this year's race at Watkins Glen |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/richard-petty-to-receive-award-prior-to-this-years-race-at-watkins-glen |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=www.foxsports.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He received the Petersen Automotive Museum Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=By |last2=Bonkowski |first2=Jerry |last3=By |last4=Bonkowski |first4=Jerry |date=2017-03-08 |title=Richard Petty to receive Petersen Museum Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/richard-petty-to-receive-petersen-museum-lifetime-achievement-award |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2018 Petty received the NASCAR legacy award from [[The Sports Museum]] at [[TD Garden]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASCAR Legend Richard Petty to Be Honored in Boston {{!}} News {{!}} Media {{!}} New Hampshire Motor Speedway |url=https://www.nhms.com/media/news/nascar-legend-richard-petty-honored-boston.html# |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=www.nhms.com}}</ref>

There have been multiple statues dedicated to Petty including one outside of [[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]. Another statue of Petty was erected in [[Randleman, North Carolina]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-19 |title=Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina |url=https://www.docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/92 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=www.docsouth.unc.edu |language=en}}</ref> In 2023 Richard Petty Tribute Park in Randleman was dedicated in his honor a statue of Petty with his wife was also unveiled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Imageweavers |title=A statue for the ages |url=https://randolphhub.com/article/news/a-statue-for-the-ages |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=randolphhub.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2003 Petty was honored by The Department of Veterans Affairs being given the Secretary’s Award for his contributions to the organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VA Honors Racing Legend Richard Petty - VA News |url=https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-honors-racing-legend-richard-petty/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=news.va.gov |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Randolph Community College]] Education Center is named in Petty’s honor and features memorabilia from for his career.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-05 |title=Groundbreaking For Richard Petty Education Center In Randolph County |url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/education/groundbreaking-for-richard-petty-education-center-in-randolph-county/83-402213981 |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=wfmynews2.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017 [[Black Mountain, North Carolina|Black Mountain]], North Carolina named a bridge in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=John |title=Answer Man: Green Man canning in Florida? Richard Petty Bridge? |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/05/07/answer-man-green-man-canning-florida-richard-petty-bridge/101339320/ |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=The Asheville Citizen Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Politics==
[[File:Petty,_Richard_(Whitehouse).jpg|thumb|Petty with [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] in 2006]]
Petty is a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. In 1978, Petty was elected to the [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County Commission]] as a Republican.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pash |first1=Phil |date=January 14, 1979 |title=Auto Agenda for 1979 Gets More Big Races |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1980 he endorsed [[John Connally]] for the Republican nomination for president. According to Petty, it was a "tossup" between Connally and [[Ronald Reagan]], but he chose Connally "basically on personality. And Connally's been there in Washington a lot of times doing a lot of things. He knows the system better."<ref>{{cite news |date=February 13, 1980 |title=Some race car drivers have become so successful they have become capitalists |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> He was reelected to the county commission in 1982, 1986, and 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cadigan |first1=Barry |date=January 28, 1983 |title=Petty sure he'll win this year |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tuttle |first1=Tim |date=June 12, 1988 |title=Petty's front-runner status confined to politics |work=The Orange County Register}}</ref> By the end of his tenure he had served on the commission for 16 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGee |first=Ryan |date=2017-06-29 |title=Here are 80 reasons to love Richard Petty on his 80th birthday |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/19768942/nascar-80-reasons-love-richard-petty-80th-birthday |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

During his 1992 retirement tour, Petty took a parade lap before every race with the exception of the [[Southern 500]], where Democratic presidential candidate [[Bill Clinton]] served as grand marshal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flick |first1=Shav |date= |title=He Doesn't Think Marshal Was So Grand |work=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 1993, Petty formed a [[political action committee]] to support Republican candidates.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 15, 1993 |title=Petty Moves to Front in Politics |work=Greensboro News Record}}</ref> He was the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee in the [[1996 North Carolina Secretary of State election]], but was defeated by Democratic state senator [[Elaine Marshall]]. Petty was mistakenly seen as a shoo-in, and his campaigning was sporadic. Following his loss, Petty stated, "If I had known I wasn't going to win, I wouldn't have run."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Fix's Grab Bag of Celebrity Politicians |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/fix-notes/the-fixs-grab-bag-of-celebrity.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130154436/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/fix-notes/the-fixs-grab-bag-of-celebrity.html |archive-date=November 30, 2011 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In 2012 he endorsed Republican presidential nominee [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Sara |date=2012-08-15 |title=Romney Gets Fundraising Lift From Nascar |url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/08/15/romney-gets-fundraising-lift-from-nascar/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In June 2016, he made an appearance on stage with [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On 70th Birthday Trump Holds Greensboro Rally |url=http://abc11.com/politics/on-70th-birthday-trump-holds-greensboro-rally/1384670/#videoplayer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618074011/http://abc11.com/politics/on-70th-birthday-trump-holds-greensboro-rally/1384670/#videoplayer |archive-date=June 18, 2016 |access-date=June 17, 2016 |publisher=[[WTVD|ABC 11]]}}</ref> Petty is a [[Kentucky Colonel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous Colonels |url=https://www.kycolonels.org/famous-colonels/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322191405/https://www.kycolonels.org/famous-colonels/ |archive-date=March 22, 2025 |access-date=March 22, 2025 |website=The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels}}</ref>

== Life after racing ==
[[File:Richard_Petty_(14554391473).jpg|left|thumb|300x300px|Petty meeting with fans in 2014]]
Petty is currently a spokesman for [[Liberty Medical]], [[Cheerios]] and the [[GlaxoSmithKline]] products [[Nicorette]] and [[Goody's Powder|Goody's Headache Powder]]. His portrait was featured on [[Brawny (brand)|Brawny paper towels]] during a limited time when the company replaced their image with several "real Brawny men". [[General Mills]] created a Petty-themed packaged cereal, "43's," its boxes featuring his image and story.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 6, 2003 |title=Take a Bite Out of "The King" – Richard Petty 43's Cereal |url=http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news030206_king43/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221003605/http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news030206_king43/ |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2013 |work=[[Motor Trend]]}}</ref> Petty also played himself in the 2008 film ''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]'', where he commends the film's protagonist by allowing him to briefly drive his famous "43" Plymouth.<ref>{{cite web |author=Manohla Dargis |date=August 1, 2008 |title=Hey, America, This Guy's for You |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/movies/01swin.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522082014/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/movies/01swin.html |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |access-date=May 21, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

In 1997 the Richard Petty driving experience was opened in [[Walt Disney World]]  which offered the public a chance to drive stock cars at [[Walt Disney World Speedway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petty Driving Experience Closing At Disney World |url=https://performanceracing.com/magazine/industry-news/02-13-2015/petty-driving-experience-closing-disney-world |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Performance Racing Industry |language=en}}</ref> The experience has since expanded to various racetracks across the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASCAR Racing Experience, the true NASCAR Driving Experience |url=https://drivepetty.com/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Richard Petty Racing Experience |language=en-US}}</ref>

For public benefit, Petty and his son Kyle have lent their talent to host "Lifting It Right", an [[Jack (device)|automotive lift]] safety training DVD produced and distributed by the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI); it is used in high school vocational programs and community colleges. He has recorded [[Public service announcement|public service announcements]] for [[Civitan International]], a nonprofit organization of which he is a former member.<ref>[http://www.customerconnection.tv/DIAMONDCLIENTS/CIVITAN/3%20PSAsWMV.wmv Public Service Announcement for Civitan International featuring Richard Petty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529153920/http://www.customerconnection.tv/DIAMONDCLIENTS/CIVITAN/3%20PSAsWMV.wmv|date=May 29, 2008}}</ref> He has also established a summer camp known as "Victory Junction", which is intended to give seriously ill children an outdoors, summer-camp experience and has medical staff on hand around the clock in case of emergencies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Richard Petty, 'The King' of NASCAR, says camp for seriously ill children is family's true legacy |url=https://apnews.com/article/nascar-petty-victory-junction-gang-camp-e4e4d1f0e2405c9135a6cb9fb0739fce |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> He and Kyle both sit on the camps board of directors and in 2025 Petty donated an additional 403 acres of land to the camp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Family Legacy: How the Pettys Built a Haven for Kids – The Daily Downforce |url=https://dailydownforce.com/a-family-legacy-how-the-pettys-built-a-haven-for-kids/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=dailydownforce.com}}</ref>

In May 2011, Petty was chosen to be the Grand Marshal for the [[2011 STP 400]] of the Sprint Cup Series.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 26, 2011 |title=Richard Petty Named Grand Marshal of STP 400 at Kansas Speedway |url=http://www.kansasspeedway.com/Articles/2011/05/The-King-Named-Grand-Marshal.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421051310/http://www.kansasspeedway.com/Articles/2011/05/The-King-Named-Grand-Marshal.aspx |archive-date=April 21, 2013 |access-date=August 25, 2013 |work=[[Kansas Speedway]]}}</ref> In public, he is usually seen wearing his trademark sunglasses and a Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hat, with a large snakeskin hat band and a plume of rooster feathers at the front.

After retirement, Petty purchased a 90-acre (36 ha) ranch south of [[Jackson, Wyoming]].<ref name="wyoming2">{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2016 |title=Wyoming's Best Race Car Drivers |url=http://kingfm.com/wyomings-best-race-car-drivers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226132912/https://kingfm.com/wyomings-best-race-car-drivers/ |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |access-date=September 11, 2017 |publisher=[[KIGN-FM]]}}</ref> Petty takes part in the yearly NASCAR Day Festival in [[Randleman, North Carolina]] which honors Petty and his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASCAR Day Festival - Randleman Chamber of Commerce, NC |url=https://randlemanchamber.com/nascar-day-festival |access-date=2026-04-02 |website=randlemanchamber.com}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Petty is a second-generation driver. His father, [[Lee Petty]], won the first [[Daytona 500]] in [[1959 Daytona 500|1959]] and was also a three-time NASCAR champion. He was born on July 2, 1937.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Petty |url=https://www.nascarhall.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/richard-petty |access-date=31 August 2025 |website=NASCAR Hall of Fame}}</ref> In 1958, Petty married Lynda Owens, who would die of cancer on March 25, 2014, at her home in [[Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina|Level Cross, North Carolina]] at the age of 72.<ref>[http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/16795711-first-lady-of-nascar-lynda-petty-dies "First Lady of NASCAR" Lynda Petty Dies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091132/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/16795711-first-lady-of-nascar-lynda-petty-dies|date=April 7, 2014}}, allvoices.com; accessed March 31, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bruce |first=Kenny |date=March 25, 2014 |title=LYNDA PETTY, WIFE OF RICHARD PETTY, DIES AT AGE 72 |url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/3/25/lynda-petty-dies-wife-of-richard-petty.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326062346/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/3/25/lynda-petty-dies-wife-of-richard-petty.html |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2014 |publisher=[[NASCAR]]}}</ref> Lynda's brother Randy Owens was a member of Petty's pit crew and killed at age 19 during a pit road accident when a water tank exploded during the [[1975 Winston 500]]. Richard and Lynda had four children, including [[Kyle Petty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lynda Petty |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1872135 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214050806/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1872135/ |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |access-date=June 29, 2018 |work=IMDb}}</ref> The family resides in Petty's home town of Level Cross, North Carolina.

Petty's son Kyle is also a former NASCAR driver. His grandson, [[Adam Petty|Adam]] (Kyle's son), was killed in a practice crash at [[New Hampshire Motor Speedway]] on May 12, 2000, five weeks after the death of Lee Petty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-29 |title=The death that changed Nascar |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32413903.amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009225252/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32413903.amp |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}</ref> Adam's brother Austin is Emeritus Chairman and Founder of Victory Junction, a [[SeriousFun Children's Network]] camp established by the Pettys after Adam's death. Petty’s other grandson [[Thad Moffitt]] currently competes in the [[ARCA Menards Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mee |first=Lydia |title=NASCAR Legend Richard Petty's Grandson Secures Full-Time 2025 ARCA Drive |url=https://www.newsweek.com/sports/racing/nascar-legend-richard-pettys-grandson-secures-full-time-2025-arca-drive-2012233 |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

In 2008 Petty and his family founded the Petty Family Foundation which supports children, veterans, education in North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.pettyfamilyfoundation.org/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=pettyfoundation |language=en}}</ref> In 2014 he established the Lynda Petty Scholarship in his wife’s honor, which goes to the [[Randolph Community College]] Richard Petty Education Center and to a student from the five county high schools who plans to go into the automotive field.<ref>{{Cite web |last=season |first=Leah Chester-Davis{{!}} Rebecca Petty Moffitt’s calendar is busier than Daytona Speedweeks — back-to-back races that kick off the NASCAR |title=Steering a Racing Legacy |url=https://www.carolinacountry.com/story/steering-a-racing-legacy |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Carolina Country |language=en}}</ref>

In 1978, 40 percent of Petty's stomach was removed during [[Ulcer|ulcer]] surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-12-16 |title=Petty’s exit ends a simpler era |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/12/16/pettys-exit-ends-a-simpler-era/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1995, Petty successfully underwent surgery for prostate cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN Classic - Petty's talent and charisma helped NASCAR boom |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Petty_Richard.html |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=www.espn.com}}</ref> Petty also broke his neck two times during his racing career, however he continued racing through the injury on both occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Petty drove with a broken neck (twice), but that's not all |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/richard-petty-drove-with-a-broken-neck-twice-but-thats-not-all |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=www.foxsports.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Motorsports career results ==

=== NASCAR ===
([[Template:NASCAR driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>)

====Grand National Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
!colspan=69| [[NASCAR Grand National Series]] results
|-
! 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
! 35
! 36
! 37
! 38
! 39
! 40
! 41
! 42
! 43
! 44
! 45
! 46
! 47
! 48
! 49
! 50
! 51
! 52
! 53
! 54
! 55
! 56
! 57
! 58
! 59
! 60
! 61
! 62
! {{abbr|NGNC|NASCAR Grand National classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! rowspan=4| [[1958 NASCAR Grand National Series|1958]]
! rowspan=29 nowrap| [[Petty Enterprises]]
! 142
! rowspan=7| [[Oldsmobile|Olds]]
| [[Champion Speedway|FAY]]
| [[Daytona Beach Road Course|DAB]]
| [[Concord Speedway|CON]]
| [[Champion Speedway|FAY]]
| [[Wilson Speedway|WIL]]
| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]
| [[Champion Speedway|FAY]]
| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]
| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]
| [[Lakewood Speedway|ATL]]
| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]
| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]
| [[Old Dominion Speedway|ODS]]
| [[Old Bridge Stadium|OBS]]
| [[Greenville-Pickens Speedway|GPS]]
| [[Greensboro Fairgrounds|GBF]]
| [[Starkey Speedway|STR]]
| [[Wilkes County 160|NWS]]
| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]
| [[Northern 500|TRN]]
| [[Crown America 500|RSD]]
| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]
| [[New Bradford Speedway|NBS]]
| [[Reading Fairgrounds|REF]]
| [[Lincoln Speedway (Pennsylvania)|LIN]]
| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]
| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]
| [[Raleigh 250|RSP]]
| [[McCormick Field|MCC]]
| [[State Line Speedway|SLS]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1958 Jim Mideon 500|TOR]]<br>{{small|17}}
| colspan=31|
! rowspan=4| 37th
! rowspan=4| 1016
! rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1958/W|title=Richard Petty – 1958 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001005157/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1958/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 42A
| colspan=31|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)|BUF]]<br>{{small|11}}
| [[Monroe County Fairgrounds|MCF]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Wall Stadium|BEL]]<br>{{small|9}}
| [[Bridgehampton Raceway|BRR]]
| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]
| [[Nashville 200 (Grand National)|NSV]]
| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]
| colspan=24|
|-
! 2
| colspan=38|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]<br>{{small|16}}
| [[Southern 500|DAR]]
| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]
| [[Birmingham International Raceway|BIR]]
| [[California State Fairgrounds|CSF]]
| [[Gastonia Fairgrounds|GAF]]
| [[Richmond 200|RCH]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|31}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Salisbury Speedway|SAS]]<br>{{small|22}}
| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1958 Wilkes 160|NWS]]<br>{{small|23}}
| colspan=12|
|-
! 42
| colspan=50|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Lakewood Speedway|ATL]]<br>{{small|35}}
| colspan=11|
|-
! rowspan=4| [[1959 NASCAR Grand National Series|1959]]
! 24
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Champion Speedway|FAY]]<br>{{small|13}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| colspan=60|
! rowspan=4| 15th
! rowspan=4| 3694
! rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1959/W|title=Richard Petty – 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001022007/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1959/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 43
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1959 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|57}}
| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]
| [[Concord Speedway|CON]]
| [[Lakewood Speedway|ATL]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilson Speedway|WIL]]<br>{{small|3}}
| colspan=5|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Trenton Speedway|TRN]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]<br>{{small|19}}
| [[Music City 200|NSV]]
| [[Ascot Park (speedway)|ASP]]
| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]
| [[Greenville-Pickens Speedway|GPS]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Lakewood Speedway|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]
| [[Wilson Speedway|WIL]]
| [[Richmond 200|RCH]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|24}}
| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]<br>{{small|20}}
| colspan=32|
|-
! 42
| colspan=7|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|9}}
| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]
| [[Gwyn Staley 160|NWS]]
| [[Reading Fairgrounds|REF]]
| [[1959 Hickory 250|HCY]]
| colspan=50|
|-
! rowspan=2| 43
! rowspan=20| [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]
| colspan=25|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1959 Firecracker 250|DAY]]<br>{{small|26}}
| [[Heidelberg Raceway|HEI]]
| colspan=3|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Nashville 300|NSV]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1959 Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|26}}
| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]
| [[Greenville-Pickens Speedway|GPS]]
| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1959 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]
| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]
| [[California State Fairgrounds|CSF]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 160|NWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Lee Kirby 300|CON]]<br>{{small|7}}
| colspan=18|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1960 NASCAR Grand National Series|1960]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|10}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1960 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1960 Gwyn Staley 160|NWS]]<br>{{small|18}}
| [[Copper Cup 100|PHO]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1960 Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Wilson Speedway|WIL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Rebel 300|DAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]'''<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Richmond 200|RCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| [[Hanford Motor Speedway|HMS]]
| style="background:#000000; color:white"| [[1960 World 600|<span style="color:white;">CLT</span>]]<br>{{small|55}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1960 International 200|BGS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Firecracker 250|DAY]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Heidelberg Raceway|HEI]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Empire State 200|MAB]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Dixie 300|ATL]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie Speedway|BIR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Nashville 400|NSV]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|CLB]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|12}}
| [[California State Fairgrounds|CSF]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Gamecock Speedway|GSP]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Wilkes 320|NWS]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1960 National 400|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1960 Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| colspan=18|
! rowspan=2| 2nd
! rowspan=2| 17228
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1960/W|title=Richard Petty – 1960 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907212049/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1960/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 42
| colspan=32|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[South Boston Speedway|SBO]]<br>{{small|6}}
| colspan=29|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1961 NASCAR Grand National Series|1961]]
! 43
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern States Fairgrounds|CLT]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Speedway Park|JSP]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|16}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1961 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| [[Hanford Motor Speedway|HMS]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1961 Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Richmond 200|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Virginia 500 Sweepstakes|MAR]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1961 Rebel 300|DAR]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[World 600 Qualifier#1|CLT]]<br>{{small|1}}
| [[World 600 Qualifier#2|CLT]]
| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]
| [[Ascot Park (speedway)|ASP]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1961 World 600|CLT]]'''<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|15}}
| [[Southland 200|BIR]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Myers Brothers 200|BGS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| [[Yankee 500|NOR]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Hartsville Speedway|HAS]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Starkey Speedway|STR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| [[Firecracker 250|DAY]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1Festival 250|ATL]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Columbia Speedway|CLB]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Nashville 500|NSV]]<br>{{small|14*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Southside Speedway|RCH]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[South Boston Speedway|SBO]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|26}}
| colspan=3|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1961 Dixie 400|ATL]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|17}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1961 National 400|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|23}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|10}}
| colspan=10|
! rowspan=2| 8th
! rowspan=2| 14984
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1961/W|title=Richard Petty – 1961 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001000400/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1961/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2| 42
| colspan=10|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=31|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1961 Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|18}}
| [[California State Fairgrounds|CSF]]
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1961 Wilkes 200|NWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Greenville-Pickens Speedway|GPS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| colspan=11|
|-
! rowspan=3| [[1962 NASCAR Grand National Series|1962]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Concord Speedway|CON]]<br>{{small|13}}
| colspan=35|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Confederate 200|CHT]]'''<br>{{small|4*}}
| colspan=3|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Starkey Speedway|STR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Dog Track Speedway|DTS]]<br>{{small|11}}
| colspan=14|
! rowspan=3| 2nd
! rowspan=3| 28440
! rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1962/W|title=Richard Petty – 1962 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908022346/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1962/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 43
|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|7}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1962 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Concord Speedway|CON]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[St. Patrick's Day 200|SVH]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Richmond 250|RCH]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Arclite 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1962 Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southside Speedway|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Concord Speedway|CON]]'''<br>{{small|9*}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Rebel 300|DAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1962 Myers Brothers 200|BGS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Augusta Speedway|AUG]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southside Speedway|RCH]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[South Boston Speedway|SBO]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Firecracker 250|DAY]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[New Asheville Speedway|ASH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Augusta Speedway|AUG]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Savannah Speedway|SVH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1962 Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Nashville 500|NSV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Huntsville Speedway|HUN]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|7}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[International 200|BGS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Valdosta Speedway|VAL]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1962 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|5*}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Wilkes 320|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[National 400|CLT]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1962 Dixie 400|ATL]]<br>{{small|4}}
| colspan=9|
|-
! 41
| colspan=48|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Augusta Speedway|AUG]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=13|
|-
! rowspan=3| [[1963 NASCAR Grand National Series|1963]]
! 43
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Birmingham International Raceway|BIR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Golden Gate Speedway|GGS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Turkey Day 200|THS]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Riverside 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|41}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|12}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1963 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Augusta Speedway|AUG]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1963 South Boston 400|SBO]]<br>{{small|1*}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=5|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|36}}
|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Dixie 400|ATL]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|8}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Dog Track Speedway|DTS]]<br>{{small|11}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[New Asheville Speedway|ASH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Bridge Stadium|OBS]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Bridgehampton Raceway|BRR]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Nashville 400|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1963 Sandlapper 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1963 Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[International 200|BGS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Mountaineer 300|ONA]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|15}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Tar Heel Speedway|THS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[National 400|CLT]]<br>{{small|6}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1963 Golden State 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|36}}
| colspan=7|
! rowspan=3| 2nd
! rowspan=3| 31170
! rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1963/W|title=Richard Petty – 1963 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001020827/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1963/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 41
| colspan=14|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Richmond 250|RCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|4}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|11}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Columbia 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Tar Heel Speedway|THS]]<br>{{small|13}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Old Dominion Speedway|ODS]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southside Speedway|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Birmingham International Raceway|BIR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1963 Speedorama 200|MBS]]'''<br>{{small|15}}
| colspan=7|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1963 Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| colspan=8|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1963 Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|5}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|26}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1963 South Boston 400|SBO]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=9|
|-
! rowspan=2| 42
| colspan=22|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Rebel 300|DAR]]<br>{{small|3*}}
| colspan=7|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Savannah Speedway|SVH]]'''<br>{{small|15}}
|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|8}}
| colspan=15|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dog Track Speedway|DTS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Occoneechee Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|6}}
| colspan=8|
|-
! rowspan=3| [[1964 NASCAR Grand National Series|1964]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1964 Textile 250|CON]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1964 Jacksonville 200|JSP]]<br>{{small|5*}}
| colspan=59|
! rowspan=3| 1st
! rowspan=3| 40252
! rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1964/W|title=Richard Petty – 1964 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001001332/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1964/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 43
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[The First 510|AUG]]<br>{{small|19*}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Sunshine 200|SVH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motor Trend 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|26}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|3*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1964 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 250|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1964 Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Asheville-Weaverville Speedway|AWS]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Joe Weatherly 150|HBO]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Columbia 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1964 Savannah 200|SVH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Rebel 300|DAR]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Tidewater 250|LGY]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[South Boston Speedway|SBO]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1964 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[New Asheville Speedway|ASH]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie 400|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Concord Speedway|CON]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Music City 200|NSV]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Confederate 300|CHT]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Birmingham International Raceway|BIR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Valdosta Speedway|VAL]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1964 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|16*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Dominion 400|ODS]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Fireball Roberts 200|OBS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Bridgehampton Raceway|BRR]]'''<br>{{small|13}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1964 The Glen 151.8|GLN]]<br>{{small|21}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1964 Volunteer 500|BRI]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1964 Nashville 400|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Rambi Raceway|MBS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Moyock 300|DTS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Mountaineer 500|ONA]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Southern 500|DAR]]'''<br>{{small|3*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|5}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Orange Speedway|HBO]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1964 Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Savannah Speedway|SVH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1964 Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[National 400|CLT]]'''<br>{{small|3*}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Jacksonville Speedway|JAC]]<br>{{small|2}}
|-
! 41
| colspan=38|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Islip Speedway|ISP]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Pennsylvania 200|LIN]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=8|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Starkey Speedway|STR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Old Dominion Speedway|ODS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| colspan=5|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Harris Speedway|HAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Jaycee 300|AUG]]<br>{{small|25}}
|
|-
! [[1965 NASCAR Grand National Series|1965]]
! 43
| [[Motor Trend 500|RSD]]
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| [[1965 Daytona 500|DAY]]
| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]
| [[1965 Fireball 200|ASW]]
| [[Richmond 250|RCH]]
| [[Orange Speedway|HBO]]
| [[1965 Atlanta 500|ATL]]
| [[1965 Greenville 200|GPS]]
| [[1965 Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]
| [[1965 Virginia 500|MAR]]
| [[Columbia 200|CLB]]
| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]
| [[Rebel 300|DAR]]
| [[Tidewater 250|LGY]]
| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]
| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]
| [[World 600|CLT]]
| [[Cleveland County Fairgrounds|CCF]]
| [[New Asheville Speedway|ASH]]
| [[Harris Speedway|HAR]]
| [[Music City 200|NSV]]
| [[Birmingham 200|BIR]]
| [[Dixie 400|ATL]]
| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]
| [[Myrtle Beach Speedway|MBS]]
| [[Valdosta Speedway|VAL]]
| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]
| [[Old Dominion Speedway|ODS]]
| [[Old Bridge 200|OBS]]
| [[Islip Speedway|ISP]]
| [[The Glen 151.8|GLN]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Nashville 400|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Cleveland County Fairgrounds|CCF]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Smokey Mountain Raceway|SMR]]<br>{{small|3*}}
| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]
| [[Augusta Speedway|AUG]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Dog Track Speedway|DTS]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Beltsville 200|BLV]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| [[1965 Southern 500|DAR]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Pennsylvania 200|LIN]]'''<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Old Dominion Speedway|ODS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1965 Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|33}}
| [[National 400|CLT]]
| [[Orange Speedway|HBO]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[American 500|CAR]]'''<br>{{small|36}}
| [[Tidewater 300|DTS]]
| colspan=7|
! 38th
! 5638
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1965/W|title=Richard Petty – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908025033/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1965/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1966 NASCAR Grand National Series|1966]]
! 42
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Georgia Cracker 300|AUG]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| colspan=36|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Maryland 200|BLV]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1966 Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1966 Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|12}}
| [[Joe Weatherly 150|HBO]]
| colspan=17|
! rowspan=2| 3rd
! rowspan=2| 22952
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1966/W|title=Richard Petty – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001015145/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1966/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=8| 43
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motor Trend 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1966 Daytona 500|DAY]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| [[Peach Blossom 500|CAR]]
| [[1966 Southeastern 500|BRI]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Atlanta 500|ATL]]'''<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1966 Columbia 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Rebel 400|DAR]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Tidewater 250|LGY]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Speedy Morelock 200|MGR]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| [[Independent 250|MON]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 250|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[World 600|CLT]]'''<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Dog Track Speedway|DTS]]'''<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Asheville 300|ASH]]'''<br>{{small|17}}
| [[Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds|PIF]]
| [[East Tennessee 200|SMR]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Fireball 300|AWS]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Beltsville 200|BLV]]'''<br>{{small|21}}
| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1966 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|29}}
| [[Old Dominion Speedway|ODS]]
| [[Bridgehampton Raceway|BRR]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Oxford Plains Speedway|OXF]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Fonda Speedway|FON]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Islip Speedway|ISP]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1966 Smoky Mountain 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1966 Nashville 400|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Dixie 400|ATL]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1966 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| colspan=3|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1966 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|28}}
| colspan=13|
|-
! [[1967 NASCAR Grand National Series|1967]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Augusta 300|AUG]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motor Trend 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|21}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1967 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1967 Fireball 300|AWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1967 Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Bowman Gray Stadium|BGS]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1967 Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Columbia 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Hickory 250|HCY]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1967 Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Savannah Speedway|SVH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Richmond 250|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Rebel 400|DAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Beltsville 200|BLV]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Tidewater 250|LGY]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Asheville 300|ASH]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Macon 300|MGR]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[East Tennessee 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Fairgrounds Raceway|BIR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1967 Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Pickens 200|GPS]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Montgomery Speedway|MGY]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Northern 300|TRN]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Maine 300|OXF]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Fonda Speedway|FDA]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Islip 300|ISP]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Volunteer 500|BRI]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Smoky Mountain 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Nashville 400|NSV]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|17*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Savannah Speedway|SVH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Southern 500|DAR]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1967 Capital City 300|RCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Maryland 300 (auto race)|BLV]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Hillsboro 150|HBO]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1967 Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1967 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=13|
! 1st
! 42472
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|-
! [[1968 NASCAR Grand National Series|1968]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Middle Georgia 500|MGR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Montgomery Speedway|MGY]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motor Trend 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1968 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1968 Southeastern 500|BRI]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Richmond 250|RCH]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1968 Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1968 Columbia 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|15*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 Dixie 250|AUG]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1968 Fireball 300|AWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1968 Rebel 400|DAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1968 Beltsville 300|BLV]]'''<br>{{small|14*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1968 Tidewater 250|LGY]]'''<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Asheville 300|ASH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Macon 300|MGR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[East Tennessee 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Birmingham International Raceway|BIR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1968 Islip 300|ISP]]<br>{{small|4*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Maine 300|OXF]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Fonda 200|FDA]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 Northern 300|TRN]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Smoky Mountain 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Nashville 400|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[South Boston Speedway|SBO]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Crabber 250|LGY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]'''<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Maryland 300|BLV]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Hillsboro 150|HBO]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Augusta 200|AUG]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1968 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1968 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1968 Peach State 200|JFC]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=13|
! 3rd
! 3123
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|-
! rowspan=2| [[1969 NASCAR Grand National Series|1969]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1969 Georgia 500 (November 1968)|MGR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Montgomery Speedway|MGY]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| colspan=60|
! rowspan=2| 2nd
! rowspan=2| 3813
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1969/W|title=Richard Petty – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001023403/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1969/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Motor Trend 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1969 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Cracker 200|AUG]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Columbia 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Hickory 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Fireball 300|AWS]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Rebel 400|DAR]]<br>{{small|11}}
| [[Beltsville 300|BLV]]
| [[Tidewater 375|LGY]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1969 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Macon 300|MGR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Maryville 300|SMR]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1969 Motor State 500|MCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Kingsport 250|KPT]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1969 Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1969 North State 200|NCF]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Medal of Honor Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 300|DOV]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Thompson 200|TPN]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Northern 300|TRN]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1969 Maryland 300|BLV]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1969 Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Nashville 400|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Smoky Mountain 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1969 Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Yankee 600|MCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[South Boston 100|SBO]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1969 Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Western North Carolina 500|AWS]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 250|HCY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFC484;"| [[1969 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|Wth}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1969 Sandlapper 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1969 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Savannah Speedway|SVH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Augusta Speedway|AUG]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1969 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Jeffco 200|JFC]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1969 Georgia 500 (November 1969)|MGR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1969 Texas 500|TWS]]<br>{{small|21}}
| colspan=8|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1970 NASCAR Grand National Series|1970]]
! rowspan=3| [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 Motor Trend 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|6}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|39}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Richmond 500|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Savannah 200|SVH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1970 Alabama 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 Rebel 400|DAR]]<br>{{small|18}}
| [[Beltsville 300|BLV]]
| [[Tidewater 300 (Spring)|LGY]]
| [[World 600|CLT]]
| [[Maryville 200|SMR]]
| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motor State 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|28*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Falstaff 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| [[Hickory 276|HCY]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Kingsport 100|KPT]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Albany-Saratoga 250|AST]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Thompson 200|TPN]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Schaefer 300|TRN]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[East Tennessee 200|SMR]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[West Virginia 300|ONA]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Yankee 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Halifax County 100|SBO]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 276|HCY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Capital City 500|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 300|DOV]]<br>{{small|1*}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1970 Georgia 500|MGR]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1970 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| [[1970 Tidewater 300|LGY]]
| colspan=14|
! rowspan=2| 4th
! rowspan=2| 3447
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1970/W|title=Richard Petty – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001020620/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1970/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! nowrap| Robertson Racing
| colspan=11|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Columbia 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=29|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1970 Home State 200|NCF]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=20|
|-
! [[1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1971]]
! [[Petty Enterprises]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1971 Motor Trend 500|RSD]]'''<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| [[Daytona 500 Qualifying Race|DAY]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1971 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1971 Miller Life 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Richmond 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Hickory 276|HCY]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Columbia 200|CLB]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Greenville 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Maryville 200|SMR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Halifax County 100|SBO]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Asheville 300|ASH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Kingsport 100|KPT]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1971 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Motor State 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston Golden State 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Space City 300|HOU]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Pickens 200|GPS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Volunteer 500|BRI]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Albany-Saratoga 250|AST]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Islip 250|ISP]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Northern 300|TRN]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Nashville 420|NSV]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1971 Myers Brothers 250|BGS]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[West Virginia 500|ONA]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1971 Yankee 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Sandlapper 200|CLB]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Buddy Shuman 276|HCY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|4*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1971 Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| [[Georgia 500|MGR]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Capital City 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|3*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Texas 500|TWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| colspan=14|
! 1st
! 4435
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1971/W|title=Richard Petty – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001001116/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1971/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==== Winston Cup Series ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
|-
! colspan="38" | [[NASCAR Winston Cup Series]] results
|-
! 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
! {{abbr|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1972]]
! rowspan=17 nowrap| [[Petty Enterprises]]
! rowspan=13| 43
! [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Richmond 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1972 Miller High Life 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1972 Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Golden State 400|RSD]]'''<br>{{small|23*}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1972 Northern 300|TRN]]<br>{{small|3}}
| colspan=3|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Capital City 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1972 Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1972 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
! rowspan=2| 1st
! rowspan=2| 8701.4
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1972/W|title=Richard Petty – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930235857/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1972/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=7| [[Dodge]]
| colspan=10|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1972 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Motor State 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Lone Star 500 (NASCAR)|TWS]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Yankee 400|MCH]]'''<br>{{small|4}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|10}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1972 Texas 500|TWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
|-
! [[1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1973]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1973 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1973 Richmond 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1973 Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Music City 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1973 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1973 Alamo 500|TWS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1973 Tuborg 400|RSD]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Motor State 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1973 Dixie 500|ATL]]'''<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1973 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Capital City 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1973 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1973 American 500|CAR]]'''<br>{{small|35}}
| colspan=3|
! 5th
! 6877.95
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1973/W|title=Richard Petty – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001021547/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1973/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1974]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1974 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Rebel 450|DAR]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1974 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Tuborg 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Motor State 360|MCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Volunteer 500|BRI]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|13*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1974 Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Purolator 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Yankee 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Southern 500|DAR]]'''<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Capital City 500|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Wilkes 400|NWS]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1974 Old Dominion 500|MAR]]'''<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1974 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1974 American 500|CAR]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]'''<br>{{small|15*}}
|
! 1st
! 5037.75
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1974/W|title=Richard Petty – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001002434/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1974/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1975]]
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1975 Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1975 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Richmond 500|RCH]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Atlanta 500|ATL]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1975 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1975 Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1975 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Tuborg 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Motor State 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Purolator 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1975 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Wilkes 400|NWS]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1975 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Capital City 500|RCH]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1975 Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|16}}
|
! 1st
! 4783
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1975/W|title=Richard Petty – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001015457/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1975/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1976]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1976 Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1976 Riverside 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1976 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400|MCH]]'''<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Purolator 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 Volunteer 400|BRI]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1976 National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1976 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|27}}
|
! 2nd
! 4449
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1976/W|title=Richard Petty – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001015822/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1976/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1977]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1977 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[Atlanta 500|ATL]]'''<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1977 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]'''<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1977 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[NAPA 400|RSD]]'''<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1977 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1977 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1977 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Volunteer 400|BRI]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1977 Wilkes 400|NWS]]'''<br>{{small|24*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1977 NAPA National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
|
! 2nd
! 4614
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1977/W|title=Richard Petty – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908050147/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1977/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1978]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Gwyn Staley 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1978 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NAPA 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Gabriel 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1978 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| colspan=12|
! rowspan=2| 6th
! rowspan=2| 3949
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1978/W|title=Richard Petty – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001003853/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1978/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2| [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| colspan=19|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1978 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Capital City 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1978 Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wilkes 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 NAPA National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1978 American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|34}}
|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1979]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|32}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|5}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|2*}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[CRC Chemicals Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|1*}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|2*}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1979 Texas 400|TWS]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NAPA Riverside 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Gabriel 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|5}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Busch Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Coca-Cola 500|POC]]<br>{{small|2}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1979 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[Volunteer 500|BRI]]'''<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1979 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[CRC Chemicals 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NAPA National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Dixie 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|5}}
! rowspan=2| 1st
! rowspan=2| 4830
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1979/W|title=Richard Petty – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001023045/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1979/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[Oldsmobile|Olds]]
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1979 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|11}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|4}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|4}}
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|30}}
| colspan=4|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|5}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|4}}
| colspan=11|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1980]]
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1980 Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Valleydale Southeastern 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Music City USA 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR 400|TWS]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Gabriel 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|5}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Busch Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1980 Coca-Cola 500|POC]]<br>{{small|33}}
|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Busch Volunteer 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond Raceway|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1980 CRC Chemicals 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1980 Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Los Angeles Times 500|ONT]]<br>{{small|30}}
! rowspan=2| 4th
! rowspan=2| 4255
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1980/W|title=Richard Petty – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001014631/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1980/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[Oldsmobile|Olds]]
|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1980 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|25}}
| colspan=7|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|31}}
| colspan=6|
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1980 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|5}}
| colspan=2|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1980 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|18}}
| colspan=11|
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1981]]
! 42
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1981 Winston Western 500 (January)|RSD]]<br>{{small|5}}
| colspan=30|
! rowspan=2| 8th
! rowspan=2| 3880
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1981/W|title=Richard Petty – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908053848/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1981/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=6| 43
! [[Buick]]
|
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1981 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[CRC Chemicals Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Virginia 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|39}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Melling Tool 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1981 Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1981 Budweiser NASCAR 400|TWS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Warner W. Hodgdon 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Gabriel 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Busch Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mountain Dew 500|POC]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1981 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|40}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[CRC Chemicals 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1981 Winston Western 500 (November)|RSD]]<br>{{small|7}}
|-
! [[1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1982]]
! rowspan=5| [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[CRC Chemicals Rebel 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|31}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Virginia National Bank 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Cracker Barrel Country Store 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500|POC]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|36}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Gabriel 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Busch Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mountain Dew 500|POC]]<br>{{small|2*}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1982 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[CRC Chemicals 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[National 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Old Dominion 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Warner W. Hodgdon American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|31}}
|
! 5th
! 3814
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1982/W|title=Richard Petty – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908002834/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1982/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1983]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Richmond 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1983 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Virginia National Bank 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1983 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|1*}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Marty Robbins 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Mason-Dixon 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1983 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500|POC]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Gabriel 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Busch Nashville 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1983 Like Cola 500|POC]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1983 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 500 (fall)|DOV]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1983 Miller High Life 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Warner W. Hodgdon American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1983 Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|10}}
|
! 4th
! 4042
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1983/W|title=Richard Petty – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001014126/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1983/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1984]]
! rowspan=2| [[Curb Racing]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|31}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Miller High Life 400 (Spring Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Sovran Bank 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1984 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Coors 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500|POC]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1984 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|1}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pepsi 420|NSV]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Like Cola 500|POC]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1984 Talladega 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern 500 (1950–2004)|DAR]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|37}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Miller High Life 500 (Charlotte)|CLT]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Warner W. Hodgdon American 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|14}}
|
! 10th
! 3643
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1984/W|title=Richard Petty – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930234723/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1984/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1985]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 400 (Spring Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Carolina 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 500 (Atlanta)|ATL]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Northwestern Bank 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Sovran Bank 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola World 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500|POC]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pepsi Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Summer 500|POC]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|37}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Southern 500 (1950–2004)|DAR]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Miller High Life 500 (Charlotte)|CLT]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Nationwise 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1985 Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|8}}
| colspan=3|
! 14th
! 3140
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1985/W|title=Richard Petty – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001013342/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1985/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1986]]
! [[Petty Enterprises]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1986 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|36}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1986 Miller High Life 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1986 Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Motorcraft 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Valleydale 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Sovran Bank 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1986 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFC484;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|Wth<sup>†</sup>}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Miller High Life 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Miller American 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1986 Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Summer 500|POC]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|37}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[The Budweiser At The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1986 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Southern 500 (1950–2004)|DAR]]<br>{{small|40}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1986 Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Oakwood Homes 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Nationwise 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|21}}
| colspan=2|
! rowspan=2| 14th
! rowspan=2| 3314
! rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1986/W|title=Richard Petty – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001012453/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1986/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[Ulrich Racing|U.S. Racing]]
! 6
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| colspan=10|
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|38}}
| colspan=20|
|-
! [[1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1987]]
! rowspan=6| [[Petty Enterprises]]
! rowspan=6| 43
! rowspan=6| [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]]
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1987 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 400 (Spring Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Sovran Bank 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1987 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|36}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Miller American 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Pepsi Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Summer 500|POC]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]<br>{{small|37}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[The Budweiser At The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Southern 500 (1950–2004)|DAR]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1987 Goody's 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1987 Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Oakwood Homes 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1987 Winston Western 500|RSD]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|30}}
| colspan=2|
! 8th
! 3708
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1987/W|title=Richard Petty – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930235757/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1987/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1988]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1988 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|41}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1988 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|41}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1988 Pannill Sweatshirts 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1988 Miller High Life 400 (June)|MCH]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Pepsi Firecracker 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[AC Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Talladega DieHard 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[The Budweiser At The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|39}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|8}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1988 Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1988 Miller High Life 400 (September)|RCH]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Oakwood Homes 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Checker 500|PHO]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1988 Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|36}}
| colspan=2|
! 22nd
! 2644
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1988/W|title=Richard Petty – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930230312/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1988/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1989]]
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1989 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Pannill Sweatshirts 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Banquet Frozen Foods 300|SON]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 500 (Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Pepsi 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[AC Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Talladega DieHard 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[The Budweiser At The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|13}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Heinz Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller High Life 400 (Fall Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Peak Performance 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[All Pro Auto Parts 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1989 Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1989 Autoworks 500|PHO]]<br>{{small|42}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1989 Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|28}}
| colspan=2|
! 29th
! 2148
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1989/W|title=Richard Petty – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906155116/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1989/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1990]]
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[GM Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Hanes Activewear 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Banquet Frozen Foods 300|SON]]<br>{{small|26}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller Genuine Draft 500 (1st Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pepsi 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|36}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[AC Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[DieHard 500 (Fall Talladega)|TAL]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Budweiser At The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|33}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Busch 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Heinz Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Peak Antifreeze 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Tyson Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Mello Yello 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Checker 500|PHO]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|17}}
| colspan=2|
! 26th
! 2556
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1990/W|title=Richard Petty – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001013628/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1990/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1991]]
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1991 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[GM Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|38}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|37}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Hanes 500 (Spring Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|14}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Winston 500 (Spring)|TAL]]<br>{{small|40}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]<br>{{small|17}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1991 Banquet Frozen Foods 300|SON]]<br>{{small|34}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br>{{small|35}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Pepsi 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Miller Genuine Draft 500 (2nd Pocono)|POC]]<br>{{small|31}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[DieHard 500 (Fall Talladega)|TAL]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1991 Budweiser at The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|23}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Bud 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Heinz Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|24}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Peak Antifreeze 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Goody's 500 (Fall Martinsville)|MAR]]<br>{{small|30}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Tyson Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|19}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Mello Yello 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Checker 500|PHO]]<br>{{small|41}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hardee's 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|22}}
| colspan=2|
! 24th
! 2817
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1991/W|title=Richard Petty – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930234316/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1991/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1992]]
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Daytona 500|DAY]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 GM Goodwrench 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Pontiac Excitement 400|RCH]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 TranSouth 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|32}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Food City 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 First Union 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|31}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 Hanes 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|29}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Winston 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]<br>{{small|41}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Budweiser 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Save Mart 300K|SON]]<br>{{small|21}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Champion Spark Plug 500|POC]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Michigan)|MCH]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 Pepsi 400|DAY]]<br>{{small|36}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Miller Genuine Draft 500|POC]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 DieHard 500|TAL]]<br>{{small|15}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Budweiser at The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Bud 500|BRI]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Mountain Dew Southern 500|DAR]]<br>{{small|20}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (Richmond)|RCH]]<br>{{small|16}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 Peak Antifreeze 500|DOV]]<br>{{small|28}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1992 Goody's 500|MAR]]<br>{{small|18}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Tyson Holly Farms 400|NWS]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Mello Yello 500|CLT]]<br>{{small|27}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 AC Delco 500|CAR]]<br>{{small|25}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Pyroil 500K|PHO]]<br>{{small|22}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1992 Hooters 500|ATL]]<br>{{small|35}}
| colspan=2|
! 26th
! 2731
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1992/W|title=Richard Petty – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930233302/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1992/W|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| colspan=38|{{small|<sup>†</sup> – After his backup car was deemed ineligible to race, Petty bought the race slot from [[D. K. Ulrich]]}}
|}

=====Daytona 500=====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Manufacturer
! Start
! Finish
|-
| [[1959 Daytona 500|1959]]
|rowspan=6 nowrap| [[Petty Enterprises]]
| [[Oldsmobile]]
|align=center| 6
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 57
|-
| [[1960 Daytona 500|1960]]
|rowspan=5| [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]
|align=center| 19
|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3
|-
| [[1961 Daytona 500|1961]]
|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|-
| [[1962 Daytona 500|1962]]
|align=center| 10
|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|-
| [[1963 Daytona 500|1963]]
|align=center| 23
|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 6
|-
| [[1964 Daytona 500|1964]]
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1966 Daytona 500|1966]]
|rowspan=18| [[Petty Enterprises]]
|rowspan=3| [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1967 Daytona 500|1967]]
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 8
|-
| [[1968 Daytona 500|1968]]
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8
|-
| [[1969 Daytona 500|1969]]
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|align=center| 12
|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 8
|-
| [[1970 Daytona 500|1970]]
|rowspan=3| [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]]
|align=center| 11
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 39
|-
| [[1971 Daytona 500|1971]]
|align=center| 5
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1972 Daytona 500|1972]]
|align=center| 32
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 26
|-
| [[1973 Daytona 500|1973]]
|rowspan=6| [[Dodge]]
|align=center| 7
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1974 Daytona 500|1974]]
|align=center| 2
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1975 Daytona 500|1975]]
|align=center| 4
|align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 7
|-
| [[1976 Daytona 500|1976]]
|align=center| 6
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 2
|-
| [[1977 Daytona 500|1977]]
|align=center| 3
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 26
|-
| [[1978 Daytona 500|1978]]
|align=center| 6
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 33
|-
| [[1979 Daytona 500|1979]]
|rowspan=2| [[Oldsmobile]]
|align=center| 13
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1980 Daytona 500|1980]]
|align=center| 4
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 25
|-
| [[1981 Daytona 500|1981]]
| [[Buick]]
|align=center| 8
|align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1'''
|-
| [[1982 Daytona 500|1982]]
|rowspan=2| [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]]
|align=center| 21
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 27
|-
| [[1983 Daytona 500|1983]]
|align=center| 6
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 38
|-
| [[1984 Daytona 500|1984]]
|rowspan=2| [[Curb Racing]]
|rowspan=2| [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]]
|align=center| 34
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 31
|-
| [[1985 Daytona 500|1985]]
|align=center| 8
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34
|-
| [[1986 Daytona 500|1986]]
|rowspan=7| [[Petty Enterprises]]
|rowspan=7| [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]]
|align=center| 10
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 36
|-
| [[1987 Daytona 500|1987]]
|align=center| 11
|align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3
|-
| [[1988 Daytona 500|1988]]
|align=center| 34
|align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 34
|-
| [[1989 Daytona 500|1989]]
|align=center| 34
|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17
|-
| [[1990 Daytona 500|1990]]
|align=center| 11
|align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 34
|-
| [[1991 Daytona 500|1991]]
|align=center| 3
|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19
|-
| [[1992 Daytona 500|1992]]
|align=center| 32
|align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 16
|}

=== International Race of Champions ===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
!colspan=9| [[International Race of Champions]] results
|-
! Season
! Make
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! Pos.
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! [[IROC I|1973–74]]
! [[Porsche]]
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|7}}
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|10}}
| [[Daytona International Speedway|DAY]]
! 10th
! NA
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1974/I|title=Richard Petty – 1974 IROC Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 30, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930232926/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1974/I|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[IROC II|1974–75]]
! rowspan=4| [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Michigan International Speedway|MCH]]<br>{{small|10}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|10}}
| [[Daytona International Speedway|DAY]]
! 10th
! NA
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1975/I|title=Richard Petty – 1975 IROC Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 30, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001005806/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1975/I|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[IROC III|1975–76]]
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Michigan International Speedway|MCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|11}}
| [[Daytona International Speedway|DAY]]
! 10th
! NA
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1976/I|title=Richard Petty – 1976 IROC Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 30, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906151613/http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1976/I|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[IROC IV|1976–77]]
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Michigan International Speedway|MCH]]<br>{{small|6}}
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|3}}
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Daytona International Speedway|DAY]]<br>{{small|4}}
! 6th
! NA
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1977/I|title=Richard Petty – 1977 IROC Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 30, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930231601/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1977/I|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[IROC V|1977–78]]
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Michigan International Speedway|MCH]]<br>{{small|4}}
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|2}}
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Riverside International Raceway|RSD]]<br>{{small|5}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Daytona International Speedway|DAY]]<br>{{small|8}}
! 5th
! NA
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1978/I|title=Richard Petty – 1978 IROC Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 30, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930233822/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1978/I|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! [[IROC XIII|1989]]
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| style="background:#CFEAFF;"| [[Daytona International Speedway|DAY]]<br>{{small|9}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Nazareth Speedway|NZH]]<br>{{small|12}}
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| '''[[Michigan International Speedway|MCH]]'''<br>{{small|11}}
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Watkins Glen International|GLN]]<br>{{small|12}}
! 12th
! 16
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1989/I|title=Richard Petty – 1989 IROC Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 30, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001021558/http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/pettyri01/1989/I|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

== Film and TV appearances ==

* In 2011, Petty was featured in the show Modern HotrodZ. Petty's Garage now builds Custom cars for the general public, most of which are Limited Edition.
* He appeared as himself in the movie ''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]'' driving in his famous blue No. 43 car, and letting Bud drive his car to [[Air Force One]] to meet the President.
* Petty voiced [[The King (Cars)|Strip Weathers]] (a fictionalized version of himself), also known as "The King", in the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]/[[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] animated movie ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006). His car, the Road Runner Superbird with the distinctive "Petty Blue" tint and the number 43, is also the model used for the car in the movie. He is hoping to get one more victory in him before he can retire from racing on the Piston Cup circuit. Though The King's accident caused by his longtime running rival Chick Hicks at the end of the film was a re-creation of Rusty Wallace's real-life [[Jack Link's 500|Winston 500]] accident in [[1993 Winston 500|1993]], the bit in which rookie racer [[Lightning McQueen]] assists him to the finish line is based on the [[1976 Daytona 500|1976]] incident, albeit by the pit crew. Petty's wife Lynda voiced The King's wife, a [[Chrysler Town & Country (1941–1988)|1976 Chrysler Town & Country]] station-wagon (based on Petty's family car), in that movie as well. Petty's character did not appear in ''[[Cars 2]]'' (2011), but did return in ''[[Cars 3]]'' (2017), in which Petty voiced his character as the crew chief of his nephew and new Dinoco racer Cal Weathers, who was voiced by [[Kyle Petty]], who is Petty's son.
* Petty appeared in the [[Tom Cruise]] movie ''[[Days of Thunder]]'' (1990).
* He appeared in the [[Burt Reynolds]] movie ''[[Stroker Ace]]'' (1983) as himself.
* Petty appeared as himself in the movie ''43: The Richard Petty Story'' (1972) (a Victory Lane Production, released by Video Gems, distributed by United American Video in 1986).
* In 1989, Petty appeared as himself in the movie ''[[Speed Zone]]'', driving in his famous blue No. 43 car.
* In 1967, Petty appeared in the opening credits of the Elvis Presley movie ''[[Speedway (1968 film)|Speedway]]'' that was shot and filmed at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This movie was released in 1968.
* He was in ''Petty Blue'', a documentary by NASCAR.
* Petty guest-starred in the ''[[Alley Oop]]'' daily comic strip from June 7 to June 20, 1994, in which he drove a pickup truck to help corral an escaped dinosaur (that had been transported to the 20th century).
* Petty appeared as himself in the (1965) Howard Hawks film ''[[Red Line 7000]]''.

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210152819/http://www.digtriad.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=92496 Richard Petty Gives a Tour of Petty Enterprises]
* {{IMDb name|0678809}}
* {{discogs artist|Richard Petty}}

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