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Adam Petty left the Earth too soon at 19 years old, but his memory will live forever.
Kyle and Pattie Petty welcomed their son, Adam, into the world on July 10, 1980. Racing was in his genes, as great-grandfather Lee and grand-father Richard made their mark on the Cup circuit. His father Kyle also had some success in his NASCAR career, scoring eight Cup wins, making it a total of 263 NASCAR wins across three generations. Continue reading
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With Nextel becoming the sponsor of the Cup Series in 2004, NASCAR introduced a new points system as well.
The top-ten drivers in points after 26 races go on to battle it out for the championship over the last ten races of the season.
MB2 Motorsports drier Joe Nemechek missed the Chase field and was only racing for pride during the last ten races in 2004. The only bright spot in his season was grabbing the pole the week before at Talladega. Along with his own Busch Series team, Nemechek ran double-duty at Kansas. Continue reading
David Mayhew celebrates his win Saturday night in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West event at Stockton 99 Speedway
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The Stockton 150 was a battle between two seasoned drivers in K&N West: David Mayhew and Greg Pursley. Mayhew held off many charges from Pursley to claim his first win since Phoenix in March 2012.
The California native got off to a good start by winning the pole for the race. The 2011 champ Pursley qualified in third. Mayhew led the first ten laps, before being passed by Pursley. Both drivers wouldn’t leave each other view throughout the night. Continue reading
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Tom Hessert got a push from his teammate to propel him to the lead with three laps to go to score his first victory at Talladega.
Early in the going, it looked like Grant Enfinger picked up where he left off last week from Salem. The No. 90 car led the first 35 laps after starting from the pole.
On the first round of green-flag pit stops, there were at least 16 cars caught speeding entering or leaving pit road, including Enfinger. Continue reading
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So far in the 2014 ARCA season, it has been the same old song and dance for Grant Enfinger. The Alabama driver has won the first three races to start the season, becoming only the second driver to so do since Ramo Stott in 1970.
Enfinger showed speed in last year’s Talladega race, before getting caught up in an accident. The No. 90 car is the one to beat again this weekend at Talladega. He will have some challengers hot on his tail.