RICHARD PETTY, THE KING OF STOCK CAR RACING, HAD FIFTEEN YEARS OF RACING EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT WHEN HE WAS INVITED TO THE FIRST IROC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. RICHARD HAD 154 GRAND NATIONAL AND WINSTON CUP WINS, FOUR DAYTONA 500 WINS AND WON THE GRAND NATIONAL AND WINSTON CUP TITLES FOUR TIMES PRIOR TO THIS RACE. RICHARD WENT ON TO WIN 200 RACES AND SEVEN WINSTON CUP TITLES IN HIS CAREER.

IN THE FIRST RACE AT RIVERSIDE, RICHARD STARTED EIGHTH AND FINISHED SEVENTH. IN THE SECOND RACE, RICHARD STARTED SIXTH AND FINISHED TENTH. THE NEXT DAY, RICHARD STARTED THIRD AND FINISHED TENTH, 11 LAPS DOWN DUE TO THROTTLE LINKAGE PROBLEMS. RICHARD DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALE IN DAYTONA BASED ON POINTS EARNED IN THE PREVIOUS THREE RACES.

RICHARD FINISHED TENTH IN POINTS IN IROC I.

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHOTS OF RICHARD SIZING UP ONE OF THE CARRERA PRACTICE CARS AND IN ONE OF THE RACES ENTERING TURN 7.

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TO SEE RICHARD'S 1975 IROC PAGE CLICK HERE.

TO SEE RICHARD'S STOCK CAR PAGE, CLICK HERE.

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