# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-petty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:24:46.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-petty"
name: "Lee Petty"
slug: "lee-petty"
description: "Lee Arnold Petty was an American stock car racing driver who competed during the 1950s and 1960s. He is the patriarch of the Petty racing family. He was one of the early pioneers of NASCAR and one of its first stars. He was NASCAR's first three-time Cup champion. He is the father of Richard Petty, who went on to become one of the most successful stock car racing drivers in history. He is also the grandfather of Kyle Petty and great grandfather of Adam Petty."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1914–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeePettyDodgeCoronet.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1914-03-14"
deathDate: "2000-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.37
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.404748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Petty"
    title: "Lee Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719215"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump