Happy Birthday, Richard Petty: Celebrating the Career of NASCAR's King

Today, July 2, we raise a checkered flag to a living legend: Richard Petty turns another year older, and the racing world says a hearty happy birthday to the man simply known as "The King." Few athletes in any sport have defined their discipline the way Petty defined stock car racing, and his birthday is a fitting moment to look back at the Richard Petty career, a body of work that still sets the standard decades after his final lap. Born in Level Cross, North Carolina, Richard Petty grew up in