In the heartland of American motorsports, where the rumbling sound of engines once defined his Sunday afternoons, 87-year-old ...

The Richard Petty Driving Experience is a touring road show that lets NASCAR fans get a bit of a feel for what it's like to drive on the Nextel Cup circuit, without the bumping and grinding.

He is the subject of the popular Richard Petty Museum in his family's hometown of Level Cross, N.C. Although these may be signs of retirement, Petty is only inactive where driving is concerned.

Richard Petty won seven Wiston Cup championships ... A day after turning 21 in 1958, he finished sixth in his first race, driving a convertible on a dirt track near Columbia, S.C. The next ...