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Old 07-04-2009, 01:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Richard Petty wins

As most of you NASCAR fans know Richard Petty had 200 wins-most in NASCAR.
Here are just a few places he won (left off the current places that races are currently run).

1. Orange Speedway (Hillsborough, NC) 9/18/60
2. North Wilkesboro NC
3. Greenville-Pickens Speedway
4. Huntsville (Ala) Speedway
5. Starkey Speedway (Roanoke, VA)
6. Bowman-Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem)
7. Hub City Speedway & Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds (Spartanburg, SC)
8. Golden Gate Speedway (Tampa)
9. Asheville-Weaverville (NC)
10. South Boston Speedway (VA)
11. Old Dominion (Manassas,VA)
12. Columbia Speedway (SC)
13. Tar Heel Speedway (Randelman, NC)
14. Savannah Speedway (GA)
15. Harris Speedway (NC)
16. Langely Field Speedway (VA)
17. Augusta Speedway (GA)
18. Hickory Speedway
19. West Virginia International Speedway (Ona, WV)
20. Riverside International Raceway (CA)-now a parking lot for a Mall)
21. Middle Georgia Raceway (Macon, GA)
22.North Carolina Motor Speedway (North Wilkesboro, NC)
23. Trenton (NJ) Speedway
24. Islip (NY) Speedway
25. Smokey Mtn Speedway (Maryville, TN)
26. Fonda (NY) Speedway
27. Montgomery (Ala) Speedway
28. Oxford Plains (NY) Speedway
29. Texas World Speedway (College Station)
30. Kingsport (TN) Speedway
31. Bridgehampton (NY) -road course


Richards 1st came at Charlotte (NC) Fairgrounds 2/28/60-100 mile- and his last (200th) was on 7/4/84 at Daytona -Firecracker 400.
The shortest was a 50 mile races at Roanoke (VA) and Huntsville (Ala).

I know there is a lot of info on this. Got this information from the most recent NASCAR Scene Magazine with a fold out of Richard Petty.

Now, let's get ready to go racing racing!
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