Kyle Petty News Rumors

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Kyle Petty & Nationwide to raise awareness about distracted driving: Nationwide Insurance and NASCAR star Kyle Petty are joining forces to raise awareness of DWD - driving while distracted. The national campaign, in conjunction with Nationwide's sponsorship of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, kicks off this week with a satellite media tour from Lowe's Motor Speedway and an event at New Technology High School at Garinger in Charlotte, NC (PR)

Friday, May 15, 2009

Victory Junction Gang Camp breaks ground in Kansas: Victory Junction celebrated its ceremonial ground breaking on Wednesday, with over 500 guests in attendance, at their new location in Kansas City, Kansas. The year-round, medical camp for children with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses will be located on a 71-acre campus at 8205 Riverview Road, Kansas City, Kansas. Today's "Feel the Magic" celebration ceremony included Victory Junction campers, Victory Junction Founders, Kyle and Pattie Petty, Victory Junction President, Mike Lepore, President and CEO of Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy, The Reverend Franklin Graham and Kansas City Mayor, Joe Reardon. The camp will operate solely on the donations from corporations, organizations and individuals, allowing campers to attend at no cost to their families. The second Victory Junction – Midwest facility is expected to open in some capacity in 2011. Also in attendance and led by NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, were more than 200 motorcycle riders participating in the 15th Anniversary Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. Included in the group were retired NFL player Herschel Walker, PGA Golfer Davis Love III, NASCAR Drivers Matt Kenseth and Steve Park, Former NASCAR Driver Harry Gant and the Reverend Franklin Graham. The group stopped on their 3,500-mile cross-country trek to celebrate this special day. Petty’s Charity Ride has been the camp’s largest donor, and has contributed more than $12 million to children’s charities since its inception in 1995. "Our new Victory Junction – Midwest location will help us expand our reach to change the lives of deserving children," said Kyle Petty. "It’s through the help of our riders, local Dream Teams, Chick-fil-A and our numerous sponsors that this second camp is possible." For more info about Victory Junction, see www.victoryjunction.org

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Richard responds to Kyle Petty's comments: KYLE (PETTY) WAS VERY VOCAL DURING DAYTONA REGARDING THE 44’s PAINT SCHEME, HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIS COMMENTS?
A: "It kind of upset him because that’s where he started. He started with the 44 car at Daytona and was lucky enough to win the race. When we did our deal with Boston Ventures, we never had a place for Kyle at Petty Enterprises. He sort of got out of the loop. When he got out of the loop, he’s been doing his own thing…he run the 24 (Rolex 24) and doing some TV. I’ve not seen him since Christmas. He’s been so busy, I’ve been so busy. He got snow-bound in Pittsburgh for a few days one time; we just really never have gotten together. I’ve really not talked to him. I spoke to him a couple of times on the phone; you can’t get much done on the phone. He talked to his mother. He was really crushed that we didn’t include him in that part of it, and I can understand that. We were so busy trying to get our end of the deal done and make it work with a new team that it fell through the crack and I’m sorry that it did."(Dodge Motorsport PR)

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Kyle Petty not happy with RPM: Kyle Petty is displeased with the way Petty Enterprises was consumed by Gillett Evernham Motorsports — then renamed Richard Petty Motorsports — and was "crushed" the new team co-opted a bit of his personal history. Petty was perhaps most irked by RPM's move to use, without consultation, a No. 44 Dodge for A.J. Allmendinger with the paint scheme Petty bore in winning in his first start, a 1979 ARCA race at Daytona. Petty drove the No. 44 at Petty Enterprises until his son Adam was killed in 2000, then he switched to his son's No. 45. "I was crushed. I was hurt and I'm not going to get over it for a while," Petty, 48, said. "And that's a personal thing. That's me. That's not … anything to do with anything else. That was my paint job and my car and my number and my stuff from my first win. Not for Petty Enterprises or GEM or whoever that is." (St. Petersburg Times)

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Petty: Slow down in corporate sponsorship bigger threat than lagging attendance: Kyle Petty, whose father won more Nascar races than anyone, said the slowdown of corporate investment is a bigger risk for the motor sport than the recession’s effect on attendance. The 48-year-old from Randleman, North Carolina, who won’t be in the driver’s seat as Nascar kicks off the 2009 season with the Daytona 500 race on Feb. 15, said the racing league has done a good job of keeping venues filled. “As long as we can keep entertaining, I don’t think it’s going to be a major impact,” Petty said in a telephone interview from Nashville, Tennessee. “The major impact will come from sponsorship dollars that are out there and how people choose to advertise in the future.” (Bloomberg.com)

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Kyle Petty rideless in '09: Fifty-seven cars are entered for the Daytona 500, but absent from the list is Kyle Petty, who hasn't missed it since 1989. Petty said he had a couple of opportunities for rides, but they weren't worthwhile. "I'm not at the stage where I want to come down and beat your head against the wall and be there," he said. "I've been doing that for the last five or six years, coming down here with cars that were uncompetitive. I don't want to get in somebody else's car that is uncompetitive. "I just ended up without a ride. I'm on the other side of the fence looking in, but not at my choice." (The Virginian-Pilot)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Kyle Petty considering Wood Brothers ride: Kyle Petty said he would be open to running a part time schedule and there is some speculation that he may be in line for one of the Wood Brothers part time teams in 2009. The Wood Brothers recently announced that they would only campaign in 12 races next season primarily at the larger tracks where they have had good performances in the past. Although veteran Bill Elliott was originally named as the driver for those 12 races, now that Petty has thrown his hat into the ring, there could be a possibility that Petty may share the seat with Elliott. (NASCAR Examiner)

Monday, July 28, 2008

Petty to skip Pocono? Kyle Petty is expected to skip his second straight race next week at Pocono since the end of his deal with TNT, team officials said. "We're still working through a few things," said Robbie Loomis, the vice president of racing operations at Petty Enterprises. The most likely candidate to fill in is Chad McCumbee, who attempted to qualify the car at Texas earlier this year. (ESPN.com)

Monday, July 21, 2008

Terry Labonte in the #45 at Indy: Kyle Petty's break from the Sprint Cup circuit has been extended by one race. Terry Labonte, who has driven the past six races in the #45 car while Petty served as an analyst for TNT, will be in the car again for Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Petty Enterprises officials want to take advantage of Labonte's past champion's provisional -- Labonte won titles in 1984 and 1996 -- to guarantee the car will be in the field for one of the biggest races of the year. Officials said this was only temporary and Petty will return to the car.(ESPN.com)