Third-generation driver Kyle Petty's son Adam died in a training accident less than two years after breaking his dad's record. This excerpt from Kyle's memoir tells when he got the heartbreaking call.
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is an American institution. While NASCAR has struggled in recent years over issues such as lack of diversity among drivers and owners, its historic affinity for the Confederate flag and its weighty carbon footprint, it is still a wildly popular spectator sport, bringing in over $500 million in annual revenue. After a two-year dip in viewership, in 2022, NASCAR's marquee event, the Daytona 500, saw its audience nearly double to close to 8.
The Cup teams had the weekend off. For us, it was a two-week breather between the Pontiac Excitement 400 in Richmond, which Dale Earnhardt, Jr., had won, becoming the first repeat winner of the season, and the Winston, the all-star race on May 20 in Charlotte. A perfect time for a father-daughter getaway!
And let's be honest, I wasn't exactly tearin' 'em up in my No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac. Just one top 10 finish so far that season, my 20th as a Cup regular. But I wasn't sweating it. The season was just getting rolling, and I felt like I was starting to fall into a good rhythm. Plus, I had decided in my mind to step back from driving and move out of my son's way as my father, for personal and financial reasons, had been unable to move out of mine.
I didn't know much about horses, and what I did know was entirely from the dad's perspective. I knew it didn't make any difference whether your daughter had a $2 million horse or a $2 horse. It still ate the same amount of food. And I knew that, however much you thought your daughter's love of horses was going to cost you, you had no earthly idea.
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