Petty Enterprises Team I

Owners - Richard Petty, Lee Petty, Kyle Petty

Founded - 1949

First Race - 1949 Hillsborough

Last Race - 2003 Charlotte

Wins - 75

Championships - 7 (1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979)

Numbers Used - 04, 7, 11, 40, 41, 42, 44

Primary Numbers

(Numbers used the most during the year, associated with primary sponsor)

1949 - 1959

Lee Petty Engineering

1960 - 1961

Lee Petty Engineering

1962 - 1964

Pety Engineering

1965 - 1967

GTX Plymouth

1970

7-Up/Plymouth

1971

STP

1972

STP

1974

Almost Heaven, West Virginia

1979 - 1982

STP

1983

7 Eleven

1997 - 2000

Hot Wheels

2001 - 2002

Georgia-Pacific/Sparkle

2003

Bugles

Team Information

Drivers

  • Lee Petty (1949 - 1964)

  • Maurice Petty (1960 - 1961)

  • Jim Paschal (1961 - 1967)

  • Ronald “Bunkie” Blackburn (1962)

  • Richard Petty (1962)

  • Bob James (1963)

  • Bob Welborn (1963)

  • Elzie “Buck” Baker (1964)

  • Marvin Panch (1966)

  • Paul Lewis (1966)

  • DeWayne “Tiny” lund (1967)

  • G.C. Spencer (1967)

  • Pete Hamilton (1970)

  • Elzie “Buddy” Baker (1971 - 1972)

  • Hershel McGriff (1974)

  • Kyle Petty (1979 - 1984)

  • Richard Petty (1980)

  • Kyle Petty (1997 - 2000)

  • Steve Grissom (2000)

  • Roy “Buckshot” Jones (2001 - 2002)

  • Wally Dallenbach Jr. (2001)

  • Steve Grissom (2002)

  • Jerry Nadeau (2002)

  • Ted Musgrave (2002)

  • Greg Biffle (2002)

  • Christian Fittipaldi (2002 - 2003)

Crew Chiefs

  • Maurice Petty (1961 - 1972, 1974)

  • Maurice Petty (1979 - 1980)

  • Mike Beam (1981 - 1982)

  • Maurice Petty (1983)

  • Bobby Kenendy (1997 - 1998)

  • Doug Hewitt (1999)

  • Chris Hussey (2000)

  • Bobby Leslie (2000)

  • Mark Tutor (2001)

  • Bill Putnam (2002)

  • Greg Steadman (2003)

manufacturerS & Cars

  • PLYMOUTH (1949 - 1956)

  • PLYMOUTH SAVOY (1957 - 1959)

  • PLYMOUTH FURY (1960 - 1962)

  • PLYMOUTH BELVEDERE (1963 - 1967)

  • PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD RR (1970 - 1972)

  • DODGE CHARGER (1971 - 1972, 1974)

  • CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO (1979 - 1980)

  • BUICK REGAL (1981)

  • PONTIAC GRAND PRIX (1982 - 1983)

  • PONTIAC GRAND PRIX (1997 - 2000)

  • DODGE INTREPID (2001 - 2003)