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 Kyle
Petty, son of seven-time NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champion Richard Petty was
chosen by the fans to be enshrined in the Talladega-Texaco Walk of Fame in
nearby Davey Allison Memorial Park on the eve of the Oct. 3 EA SPORTS
500.Petty is an eight-time series race winner and eight-time series pole winner. He made his series debut in 1979, with his first start coming at Talladega Superspeedway on August 5. In 2000, NASCAR Illustrated named Petty along with his father Richard and the entire Petty family, “persons of the year” for their charitable work. The Petty family opened Victory Junction Gang Camp, a medical camp for children and their families living with chronic and/or life threatening illnesses, in honor of their late son Adam earlier this year.
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