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Richard Petty on NASCAR media tour
NASCAR legend Richard Petty answers questions during a media tour stop at Petty Enterprises in Mooresville, North Carolina on January 23, 2008. (UPI Photo/Nell Redmond)

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Bobby is a true champion who never failed to give everything he had when he was behind the wheel
Labonte, Petty Enterprises part
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There is a lot of discussion going on, but the 43 car (driven by Bobby Labonte) and Richard Petty will be at the track next year
Report: Petty exec denies merger
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It may be a few more years before we can really measure the impact that Humpy Wheeler had on the sport of stock car racing
Veteran NASCAR promoter to retire
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Powerful people have confidence in what they are thinking, whether their thoughts are positive or negative toward an idea, that position is going to be hard to change
Study: Powerful people don't listen
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Level Cross will always be the home of the wins and championships that the Petty family built
Petty to move Petty Enterprises
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad