The letter that pulled Richard Petty from despair
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2016
- Richard Petty reflects on the racing-related deaths of a young bystander, his brother-in law and his grandson
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It’s impressive as hell that The King is still as sharp as a tack & remembers so many details of 80+ years of his life
Even 16 years after adams death when this interview took place you could still hear sadness in richards voice when he started bringing up adam. He was gonna be a damn good race car driver and a cup winner no doubt.
It is so typical and fitting that Petty gets comfort from a fan. He is the GOLD STANDARD from which all professionals should take inspiration.
I will not go into many details, but I played college football. We were moderately successful. Fans would ask us for autographs. I would sit there and sign until everyone that wanted one got one. Our academic adviser asked why I would do that. I said because my boyhood hero never left until everyone that wanted an autograph had one. That was Richard Petty.
I followed Richard and his racing career for many years. My dad took me took me to Richards property in Level Cross around 1970 . My dad and I were actually walking in the garage where Richard and his maintenance crew were building his cars. Richard was off to the side of the car. I can't explaine how excited I was to be there and my dad was my second best hero for taking me
there. Mom and dad were already split up in that memory but Dad was making up for some lost time.
Thank you Richard and dad.
Petty has a big heart, you can tell he felt really bad about the child who passed away.
#43🏁
Especially when it’s his son’s child, every child should bury their parents, but parents shouldn’t bury there child.
Pure class right there...
Adam Petty was a great racecar driver
I was just thinking of Adam Petty today 17 years later.....
No it's been 20 years
Rip
Late but is been 21 years now
such a great man and a great interview
I think I’m jealous of Richard Petty’s class. I love how classy he is.
Dish Rod I love how he’s classy as hell but sits in a chair like a good ol boy
Christopher Smith lol I noticed that too!
Great stuff as usual, Graham.
Rest in peace
I love you KING, your still my HERO
Richard Petty is a class act & still very humble after all the years.
Win or lose I don't care. I support the 43. In my opinion NASCAR should do everything they can to keep the 43 on the track. I liken it to the NHL in regards to the original 6 teams. Maybe I'm way off... but just a thought.
Abel Freeman i agree Lee Petty won the 1st daytona race, the king has won more races than anyone, they've lost family members to the sport. The whole family has had an impact on the sport and now they're treated like a criminal inlaw.
I've been a fan of King Richard since i knew what a race car was. And will probably remain a fan as long as i can.
PS: i think if Adam would still be racing today the Petty's would be better off. Personally i think it took some of the wind out of their sails for a few years. Can ya blame them though? He was 4th generation and seemed to have some talent. I don't think he would have been as good as the King but definitely better than Kyle. He may have gotten to run the 43 eventually.
Abel Freeman Sir, we couldn’t agree more.
Josh , you think Nascar will help Petty racing ?
Look what they did to Junior Johnson after he saved their ass by finding a title sponsor for them that lasted 32yrs.
I love the driver's and owners in Nascar , but hate Nascar and their ways.
@@adamUDavies ya but that’s just the big shots who run NASCAR same people who tried saying the confederate flag is a simple of racism which could not be further from the actual truth
I agree I get the concept of retiring numbers but there's a great person linked to every number and every sport so it just doesn't seem intelligent when you really think about it it seems better to remember the people who actually raced or whatever you want to call it in whatever sport
#GrahamBensinger one of the best interviewer. Good work
One of the nation's top sportsmen. The battles he had on the track in the 60s and 70s were must watch, even on tape-delay!
I always wondered if Petty adopted his signature look of dark glasses and big old hat in part because of that wreck in 1965. He seems like such a good and caring guy, he may have been shy about even facing the admiring public without some type of cover after it. There's no doubt that tragedy affected him more than people could think.
He got tired of having to change hats all the time in victory lane so he went with the cowboy hat. The glases are due to sensitivity to light. There are other interviews here on RUclips where talks about it. I have heard him talk about it in person as well.
There is a reason he is the King. Soft spoken, class act. I can tell you that there is no other driver, past or present, who loves his fans any more than this man. Petty ran one nite at a tiny dirt track in upstate NY near where I grew up. I think every person in the stands lined up for his autograph. The man stayed there talking smiling and posing for pics and signing autographs till every person in the line was gone. That's what kind of man he is.
I'd never make it in the entertainment business. No way I could have asked the KING that question.
Jesus Christ I'm 36 now I remember growing up Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt and sennia as the best drivers on Earth now see what's happened to Michael Schumacher and all these other guys over all these years most race car driver survive these are just the ones we remember cuz they're sad but it's still heart-wrenching to hear Richard Petty essentially rationalizing the death of his grandson because that makes you understand he had to come to terms with it on a fundamental level as a normal person my life is pretty much gone Vine say it's gone to plan would be foolish but you know no one's ever does but the Steve Richard Petty having to try rationalizes grandson's death truly heart-wrenching
Sure, Petty could have been a farmer. And maybe Adam's tractor could have flipped over and killed him. We don't get to know the master plan or why.
Naming my son Adam
Yeah it takes a lot to realize as human beings we only have so much control of what course our life takes an things that happen no matter what happens we have to continue are journey we all strive to be better but we only have control over a little whether we realize it or not...it not what we want but it is...thanks
would be great to see Mr Petty winning races with his team, hopefully he can snag a driver who knows how to race instead of drive, after all Petty is the First Family of Nascar.
18winsagin we hope Darrel "Bubba " Wallace will be the man for the job
Randy Hutchinson he raised my hopes at daytona but hasn't finished on the lead lap since. But it's his 1st year, there's still hope.
I been wondering why they didn't try real hard to get Matt Kenseth, he's probly got a few years left in him.
The problem isn't the driver, it's the team. Kyle Busch couldn't get top tens in RPM junk.
Unfortunately, a lot of it has to do with money.
@@michaelhill7878 it does, and like everything else Nascar changed and it wasn't all for the best, the new directors, presidents want away from the true Nascar persona which petty is the last man standing in that group, they want diversity, Young good looking drivers etc, I'm 59 and I only watch now because Kyle Busch is still competitive and once he's gone I figure I'm done to , I barely watch it anymore just keep up on the radio if you can find it and not to mention they are expanding across the country away from the southeast that made it what it is or was, like going to Los Angeles , that to me is not one I'd be interested in at all, they could have rebuilt N Wilkesboro and Rockingham, some of the best races in history happened at those sort of tracks, but just my opinion, everybody has one!
Richard Petty is giving you that look as if to say “again with the ridiculously stupid questions”
Dallas, Georgia. Dad was there.
Atlanta, Texas. Mom was there.
💖🙏
How do you get set up with this amazing individuals? How did you get this job?
James7796ify
Google the guy, geeez
he aint much a NASCAR fan if he is asking that
Richard Petty is the GOAT. Earnhardt Pearson etc are GOATs too but Petty is the one. Lot of GOATs in NASCAR
Adam would of been the GOAT of nascar
God bless Adam Petty