# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-petty
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:09.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-petty"
name: "Richard Petty"
slug: "richard-petty"
description: "Richard Lee Petty, nicknamed \"the King\", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth/Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is one of the members of the Petty racing family. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times, while also winning a record 200 races during his career. This included winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times and winning a record 27 races in one season (1967). Petty is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Petty_Las_Vegas_Fall_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           24.71597866666667
  currentAttention:     40.56
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump