Kyle Petty Bio | Wiki
Kyle Petty ( Full name: Kyle Eugene Petty ) is an American retired stock car racing driver. He currently serves as a racing commentator. His last race was in 2008 where Kyle drove the No. 45 Dodge Charger for Petty Enterprises. He formerly served as CEO of Petty Enterprises.
Kyle Petty Age
He was born on June 2, 1960, in Randleman, North Carolina, United States of America. Kyle is 61 years old.
Kyle Petty Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Kyle stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in ( Approx 1.88m).
Kyle Petty Family
He was born and raised by his parents in Randleman, North Carolina, United States of America. Kyle made his major-league stock car debut at the age of 18 and won the very first race he entered. He was the youngest river to win a major-league stock car race in one of his father’s old 1978 Dodge Magnum race cars at the 1979 Daytona ARCA 200.
Kyle Petty Son Of Richard
His father Richard Lee Petty is an 84-year-old American former stock car racing driver nicknamed “The King.” He was born on July 2, 1937, in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States of America. Richard raced in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series from 1958 to 1992 ( currently known as the NASCAR Cup Series). He moved to the television broadcast in 1995 and joined CBS as a color commentator.
Kyle Petty First Wife
He married his first wife called Pattie Petty in 1979. Kyle and Pattie ended their union in divorce in 2012
Kyle Petty Wife
He married his second wife called Morgan Petty in 2015 after divorcing his ex-wife Pattie Petty in 2012. He became a father for the first time in 1980 when his ex-wife gave birth to a son called Adam Kyler Petty. In 1982, Austin Petty was born. He and Patties welcomed their third child together in 1985 called Montgomery Petty Montana. In 2018, his current wife gave birth to a baby named Overton Owens Petty. The couple welcome their second baby together named Cotten Cable Petty in 2020. He also had a son in 2013 named Adam Petty, Jr. born to his then-girlfriend.
Kyle Petty Wife Age | Charity Ride
Morgan was born in 1985 and she is currenlty around 37 years old. She came into the limelight after she married a former stock car racing rider. Morgan and her husband are the executive directors of ‘Kyle Petty Charity Ride’ across America.
Kyle Petty Son | Baby | 2000
His late son Adam Kyler Petty was born on July 10, 1980, in Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America. He was an American professional racing driver, 4th generation to drive in races in the highest division of NASCAR racing from the Petty family. It is believed that Adam was the first fourth-generation athlete in all of the modern American professional sports. He died on May 12, 2000, in Loudon, New Hampshire at the age of 19.
Kyle Petty Children | Kids
He is a father of 6, Adam Kyler Petty born in 1980, Austin Petty born in 19822, Montgomery Petty Montana born in 1985, Adam Petty, Jr. born in 2013, Overton Owens Petty born in 2018, and Cotten Cable Petty born in 2020.
Kyle Petty NASCAR
He wears a hat with a number 45 with a black line across the number any time he appeared on television with Speed in memory of his son Adam. Kyle appeared on Fox Sports shows NASCAR Victory Lane, NASCAR Trackside, and NASCAR RaceDay in early 2010 as a television personality. He has been working for NBC Sports since 2015 appearing on all of their NASCAR-related shows and broadcasts.
Kyle Petty Hot Wheels
He formed his own team called PE2 Motorsports for the 1997 season and fielded the No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac Grand Prix for himself. Kyle had two top-five finishes and nine top-ten finishes. He finished 15th in point which, during the 1997 season became the highest points placement of all the new teams to run. In 1998, Kyle only had two top-tens and fell back to 30th in points. This caused the racer to return to Petty Enterprises and run his team from their shop. After joining the Enterprise, he was made the new Enterprises’ CEO
Kyle Petty Mello Yello
In 1989, he signed on to a part-time schedule for the new SABCO Racing team. Initially, Kyle started the season unsponsored. Later, he and SABCO picked up sponsorship from Peak Antifreeze after Kyle filled in for Eddie Bierschwale and Ames Department Stores and drove their car to a top-ten finish at the Daytona 500.
Kyle and the #42 Pontiac team competed in 19th races that season where his best finish was a 4th at Atlanta. In 1990, Peak became the team’s full-time sponsor and Kyle finished 11th in points after he won the GM Goodwrench 500 with a 26-second margin of victory at North Carolina Speedway. In 1991, Mello Yello would replace Peak as a sponsor of the #42.
Kyle was running 11th in points when he suffered a broken leg at a crash at Talladega in the Winston 500 and he missed the next eleven races as a result. Kyle finish the season 30th in points after his abbreviated schedule was combined with only one top-ten in the second half of the season. In 1994, Kyle dropped ten spots after failing to finish higher than fourth. As a result, he lost the Mello Yello sponsorship at the end of the season.
Kyle Petty 42
Kyle made his Winston Cup Series debut later in the season driving a passed down STP Dodge Magnum numbered No. 42 for his family’s team. This number was used by his grandfather Lee Petty). Kyle ran five races and placed ninth in the 1979 Talladega 500, his first series race. He made a total of fifteen starts in the No. 42 in 1980 after he crashed the last of his father’s Dodge Magnums in one of the Daytona 125 qualifying races.
Kyle had six top-ten finishes and garnered twenty-eighth-place points finish. Kyle started the 1981 season by driving his father’s No. 43 for one race prior to running a full schedule in his regular No. 42, he finished in the top-ten ten times and also finished twelfth in points. Kyle started the 1982 season with two top-ten finishes.
However, he ended the season fifteenth in points after he began splitting time between his No. 42 and the No. 1 UNO/STP car owned by Hoss Ellington. Kyle picked up funding from 7-Eleven in 1993 and switched his number to 7 accordingly. Although he had only two top-ten finishes, Kyle improved to thirteenth in the standings. In the following year, he followed that season up with six top-tens. However, he fell three spots in points.
Kyle Petty Music | Songs | 1995
Apart from being a stock car racing driver, Kyle is also known for his brief attempts as a professional country musician. RCA Records signed him to a record contract in 1986 and started work on an album with Don Light. “The Other Guy” was his lone single from this period. The song led to appearances on Hee Haw and also opened for acts including The Oak Ridge Boys and Randy Travis.
Later, Kyle abandoned the album project due to disagreements with his record company and management. However, he then recorded a track entitled “Oh King Richard”, which was a tribute to his father Richard. The track was written by Rodney Crowell and released as part of a NASCAR-themed country music compilation album in 1995. The music video for the song was produced later that featured Kyle playing an acoustic guitar in front of his father’s No. 43 racecar, as his father Richard watched highlights of his career on a screen.
Kyle Petty Salary
He currently serves as a racing commentator and earns an average salary of $77,375 per year.
Kyle Petty Net Worth
From his career as a stock car racing driver, Kyle accumulated an estimated net worth of $4 million.
How Old Is Kyle Petty
Kyle was born on June 2, 1960, in Randleman, North Carolina, United States of America. He is 61 years old.
How Tall Is Kyle Petty
Kyle is a man of above-average stature who stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in ( Approx 1.88m).
How Many Races Did Kyle Petty Win
Kyle won eight races in a 30-year NASCAR Cup Series career.