Known to many as “The King” in the world of racing, Richard Lee Petty is the most decorated driver in the history of NASCAR, with 200 career victories and seven NASCAR Cup Series championships under his belt. Two years after his first NASCAR race, Petty earned his first first-place finish in Charlotte, North Carolina. He won his first Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway in 1964, a race he went on to win a total of seven times. Petty’s last win would come in 1984 at Daytona, and in true fashion, this race was one for the record books. President Ronald Reagan was in attendance at this race marking the first time a sitting president attended a NASCAR race. Petty officially retired from racing in 1992 with more than 1,800 races under his belt.

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