# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-petty
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:26:36.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-petty"
name: "Maurice Petty"
slug: "maurice-petty"
description: "Maurice Petty was an American NASCAR crew chief and engine builder for Petty Enterprises, of which he was part owner. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2011. He was subsequently enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2014. He was the first engine builder to be inducted into that Hall."
tagline: "American NASCAR crew chief (1939-2020)"
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: "1939-03-27"
deathDate: "2020-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.92
  momentum:             5.436382754994742
  historical:           2.252848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  51
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Petty"
    title: "Maurice Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Petty"
    title: "Maurice Petty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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