*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Richard Petty made his rookie NASCAR debut in 1959. Richard Petty remembers stepping through the tunnel to the infield at Daytona ...
Richard Petty remembers stepping through the tunnel to the infield at Daytona International Speedway for the first time and feeling like the rookie he was. It was February 1959. Petty was only 21 ...