Richard Petty, arguably the most successful NASCAR Cup Series driver, once ventured into the world of drag racing during his racing days. However, he quit after a heartbreaking incident in drag ...

Richard Petty won seven Wiston Cup championships ... and Chrysler boycotted the season. Petty went into drag racing, but instead of finding redemption, he found tragedy. On Feb. 28, on a track ...

Even though young Richard was bitten by the racing bug as a kid ... it would take a greater tragedy to bring him back. Petty spent 1965 competing as a drag racer, but that phase of his career ...