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As Richard Petty Becomes Duke Fan, His Wife Talks About Her Cancer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Duke Blue Devils -- nowhere more loved or reviled than here in their home state -- gained a big new fan this year in North Carolina's own Richard Petty, but not for any athletic accomplishments. Since early February, Petty and his wife, Lynda, have been traveling back and forth from their home in...

Love Needs to Conquer All for Lynda and Richard Petty

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It was a country romance that blossomed in the middle of the last century between a pretty high school cheerleader and a lanky young man five years her senior. She was still a teenager, and he was beginning to make a name for himself in the rough and tumble world of 1950s NASCAR racing. Richard...

Richard Petty's Wife Diagnosed With Cancerous Brain Tumor

Lynda Petty, wife of all-time leading NASCAR race winner Richard Petty, has been diagnosed with a Central Nervous System lymphoma, which is a type of cancerous brain tumor. A statement released Thursday by Richard Petty Motorsports said that Lynda will be treated at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke...