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A Welcoming Gesture Before Danica Patrick's Stock Car Debut

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was a small thing, really, but as close to an official "you're in" as it gets. Juan Pablo Montoya sent a friend to seek out Danica Patrick and invite her over to the Montoyas' motorcoach in the Daytona International Speedway infield Thursday night. "I'd never even met Juan before,'' Patrick said...

Kyle Petty 'Crushed', Richard Petty 'Sorry' Over Lapses in Communication

Former Sprint Cup driver Kyle Petty made some interesting comments last weekend at Daytona that were somewhat swept under the rug.Of course, the factors of the race being the biggest on the circuit and the controversy that followed will often do that news stories of smaller value.However, Petty's words indicated that there...

Future Getting Darker for Petty Enterprises

The famed No. 43, the legendary Petty blue and everything that NASCAR's "King" Richard Petty helped to produce in his legendary 200-win and seven-championship career at Petty Enterprises seems to be slipping fast.The team released 35 to 39 more employees this week on top of over over 30 that were let go immediately...

Kyle Petty's Cup Career Might Close at PIR

There's been a lot of turmoil in the Petty Enterprises camp as of late thanks to a number of problems facing the once dominant (like, 20 years ago) but now struggling race team thanks primarily to the funding coffers starting to dry up.The problem is simple -- PE wants to race two teams next season with Bobby Labonte and...

Teams Outside Top 35 Deserve Better

Boris Said has ended up with a ride for Sunday's Sprint Cup event at Watkins Glen thanks to Kyle Petty and his No. 45 Petty Enterprises Dodge.By offering their equipment to the road racing ace, Petty's team hopes to learn something for the future. But for Said, he's just happy to actually be in the race because of what...

KylePetty News From the Web

05/23/12 Kyle Petty Gets Candid Source: CBS - WLTX 19 - Columbia SC When he was competing in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series, Kyle Petty was known as one of the more marketable drivers because of his ability to communicate with just about anyone.
05/19/12 HEMBREE: Let There Be Lights Source: FOX Sports For my money, the best race in the mostly spangled history of the Sprint All-Star Race happened 20 years ago.
05/18/12 The All-Star always a wild and woolly ride Source: Burlington Free Press - Burlington VT The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads home to Charlotte Motor Speedway for a couple weeks, beginning with the annual Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night.
05/18/12 History of NASCAR: North Carolina's best Source: SceneDaily The next two weeks, NASCAR's top three series will race at its "home track" at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
05/17/12 All-Star Moments: No. 3 â One Hot Night In Charlotte Source: Racin' Today The link between the Sprint Cup Series and its roots was stronger back in the early 1990s.