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shiftythrifting · 6 months

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Two Kings of their respective domains.

Courtesy of Facebook Marketplace.

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #hats #autographed shit #richard petty #mascots #costumes

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wheelsgoroundincircles · 2 months

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Richard Petty's 1976 Bicentennial STP Charger. A car I was surprised to learn, never saw the race track.

#richard petty #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #dodge charger #charger #nascar #nascar cup series

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latemodelsportsman · 4 months

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#Richard petty #nascar

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citrisz · 1 month

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#nascar #dale earnhardt #richard petty

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roe-and-memory · 2 months

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I dont wanna be annoying but I think (?) I sent in an ask a while ago. I think tumblr likes to eat my asks for some strange reason tho. So I'm sending it again

But I just feel the need to inform y'all that Kyle petty sings, and has a song about Richard petty called "Oh king Richard". He sings really well and all I can imagine is cal singing a song about strip on some silly little piston cup album

May this ask find you well 🏁

OH YEAHHHH i think i saw it?? but it disappeared from our inbox for some reason 😭😭 and dont ever worry about being annoying, we love asks!!

im just listening to it now, and hello?? why is it Shockingly good?? and cal would SO do this. i can imagine a younger cal making a silly song just to be annoying and strip is like Oh Lord.. he’d make something more serious when he was older (maybe after he retired) but i can imagine young cal was a little shit

#cars 2006 #cars fandom #cars headcanons #cal weathers #strip weathers #kyle petty #richard petty #this is actually such a good song i just added it to my playlist AHAHHAHAHAA #THANK YOUUU

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morrisoxide · 17 days

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1963 NASCAR Grand National Series Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway

#1963 #Ford #Mercury #Nascar #richard petty #Riverside #fred lorenzen #paul goldsmith #darrell derringer #Chevy #mopar #parnelli jones

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toasters-and-rockets · 1 year

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A pleasant surprise on my recent DC trip — this Pontiac driven by Richard Petty to his 200th victory in 1984, on display at the National Air and Space Museum in their Nation of Speed exhibit.

There were three Cars diecasts displayed next to the car: Lightning, Doc, and Strip.

The label reads, “Disney Pixar’s animated film Cars (2006) evoked Americans’ nostalgia for mid-20th century cars and racing, in a story that touched multiple generations.”

#pixar cars #cars fandom #nascar #real cars #racing #Richard Petty #Pontiac #1980s #diecasts #lightning mcqueen #doc hudson #strip weathers #Smithsonian #Air and Space Museum

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el-dexturismo · 2 years

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#1971 #plymouth #roadrunner #the king #richard petty

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dailyunsolvedmysteries · 1 year

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The Conspiracy Theory That Richard Petty’s 200th and Final NASCAR Cup Series Victory Was Staged

Over the course of 35 years in the NASCAR Cup Series, “The King” accumulated an incredible 200 victories. However, conspiracy theorists believe that Petty’s 200th and final Cup Series victory, which came on Independence Day in 1984, was staged due to the fact that then-President Ronald Reagan was in the stands at the Firecracker 400 that day at Daytona International Speedway.

Ronald Reagan, for whom Richard Petty campaigned in North Carolina, was in attendance for the 1984 NASCAR Firecracker 400 It’s not often NASCAR holds a race on a Wednesday but that was the case on July 4, 1984, at famed Daytona International Speedway and President Ronald Reagan marked the occasion by giving the “Start your engines” command from Air Force One on his way to the race. Upon arriving to the track, Reagan, who became the first U.S. president to ever attend a NASCAR race, first stopped by the press box before being escorted to his suite and watched as Richard Petty took on 41 other drivers in the Firecracker 400.Petty, who made his living by mostly going left, has never hidden the fact that he prefers the right when it comes to politics and attended numerous events in his home state of North Carolina in support of Reagan during his re-election campaign, which ties into the conspiracy theory.

NASCAR conspiracy theorists believe Richard Petty won the Firecracker 400 because Ronald Reagan was in the stands. As mentioned, Ronald Reagan was the first U.S. president to ever attend a NASCAR race, which meant the 1984 Firecracker 400 was getting a lot of attention. With that in mind, conspiracy theorists believe that NASCAR wanted and/or needed a big-name driver to win that particular race. And as we said in the very first sentence, there are very few names — if any — in motorsports history bigger than Richard Petty, who dominated a large portion of the race before engaging in a dramatic finish with two-time defending Daytona 500 champion Cale Yarborough.

On lap 158 of the 160-lap race, Petty and Yarborough were battling for the lead when Doug Heveron wrecked his #01 Chevy on the first turn, which placed the race under caution. At the time, NASCAR rules stated that the caution period didn’t begin until the leaders reached the start/finish line with the first to make it back being declared the winner. So it essentially just became a two-man race between Petty and Yarborough, who raced down the stretch with “The King” winning by a nose, giving him NASCAR Cup Series victory number 200 — with President Ronald Reagan in the stands for the historic feat — which apparently was just a little too convenient for some. “The King” celebrated with the president before heading to Victory Lane.

Conspiracy theorists also like to point to the fact that before Richard Petty headed to Victory Lane, the usual tradition, he immediately got out of his car and headed up to President Reagan’s suite to celebrate, which the theorists believe was yet another staged stunt that was planned far in advance. They also like to point out that in the 241 Cup Series races in which he competed after the 1984 Firecracker 400, Petty never won again.

#Richard Petty #nascar #Conspiracy Theories #conspiracies

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masterofpasta95 · 9 months

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Went to an antique mall today.

Yes, I do think it is quite funny that every single thing here predates my own birth and yet it all still excites me.

While I was kind of hoping for a little more variety in what I would find (perhaps something that I would actually remember from my own childhood like classic Angry Birds or Cars stuff), 90’s/00’s NASCAR merchandise is super fucking awesome, super fucking plentiful in antique malls, and super fucking cheap, so I’m not going to complain.

I particularly like the Terry Labonte (#5 Kellogg’s car) battery pack-in thing. It just screams that it’s something that would have casually been at a store in that specific period in time, and maybe would have even been convenient for someone.

I’m reminded of the story in this S1apSh0es video (https://youtu.be/PVDoWEGA-VM) where he recounts asking his mom to pick up a specific thing of Spam so he could get the pack-in Lake Speed car as a kid in the 90’s.

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Similarly, there were an absolute metric assload of #43 Petty cars being sold for extra cheap, and most of them seemed to be cereal box/snack pack-ins. We didn’t get any of those, though. Both of these (and the Tony Stewart one) are actually cars you would have bought on their own like the in-box Mark Martin one. One is Richard Petty and one is John Andretti. The only one I can firmly place a definitive manufacturer on is the Pop Secret Andretti car, it’s a Hot Wheel.

I feel the need to add that the only reason Bill Elliot Barbie was purchased was because my mom thought it was funny and interesting. I don’t mind owning it. She’s right. It is very funny and interesting.

If you too have an interest in stuff like this, I can only recommend you find an antique store somewhere; there’s going to be a lot of it and it’s all going to be a lot cheaper than if you got it on eBay or whatever. The small 1:64 cars were only, like, 1-5 dollars apiece, and the bigger Earnhardt and Gordon ones were both about 15. It feels almost unreal to me how reasonably priced everything was.

And if you aren’t interested in classic NASCAR, get into it. It’s cooler than it looks.

#nascar #dale earnhardt #jeff gordon #antique #90’s #mark martin #tony stewart #john andretti #richard petty #barbie #terry labonte #90’s nascar #diecast cars #cars

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cauldronoflove · 3 months

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1971 Chrysler Plymouth advertisement, taken from from the photo booklet of a Meet Richard Petty vinyl album

#70s #chrysler plymouth #richard petty #vintage advertising #photography

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wheelsgoroundincircles · 6 months

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1968 Plymouth Roadrunner

Richard Petty's 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner in the 1968 Daytona 500.

#plymouth roadrunner #car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #mopar #moparperformance #moparnation #moparworld #roadrunner #plymouth #richard petty #petty #Petty Enterprises #richard petty motorsports

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latemodelsportsman · 3 months

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Scooped this for $16.

#richard petty #nascar #winston cup #stock car racing #oldsmobile #Franklin mint #die cast

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vintagenascar · 11 months

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The program cover for the final NASCAR Winston Cup race at Riverside International Raceway in 1988. The iconic road course in Riverside, California fell victim to a combination of encroaching residential developments, noise complaints, and rising property value. Following a season of racing on a truncated version of the track, Riverside would close for good in 1989.

A shopping mall was built on the former site of the track, opening in 1992 and still occupying the location today. The final track building was demolished in 2005 to make way for townhouses. Today, nothing remains of Riverside other than memorabilia and memories.

The cars of Terry Labonte (#11), Dave Marcis (#71), and Richard Petty (#43) feature on the cover. Labonte would finish runner-up to Rusty Wallace in the race, Petty would come home in 6th, and Marcis ended the day one lap down in 21st.

#nascar #motorsports #motorsport #racing #riverside #riverside ca #terry labonte #richard petty #dave marcis #riverside international raceway #1988 #vintagenascar #vintage

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untouchvbles · 9 months

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Plymouth Road Runner Superbird at Cruisn' The Grove (2023) in Elm Grove, WI.

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captainfreelance1 · 2 months

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Hueytown Headlines

November 20, 1977

Onitario, Calfornia

I made a watercolor painting of Neil Bonnett's victory over Richard Petty in the 1977 Los Angeles Times 500 at Onitario Motorspeed Way; After finishing my painting I decided to combine it with the footage that helped inspire it.

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