 Lee Petty 1949-1964 It took a while -- three whole days -- for officials to declare Lee Petty the winner of the first Daytona 500. But that first Daytona 500 is only one of many Petty accomplishments. His career was a long list of "firsts" and "mosts." Along with winning the first Daytona 500, Petty was also the first driver to capture three championships in the Cup Series. And up until the time his son Richard caught and passed him, Lee won more races than any other driver -- 54. That number still ranks ninth all-time.
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Sprint Cup Series
CAREER STATISTICS BY TRACK
| TRACK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG ST. | AVG FIN. | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne Speedway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 163 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 172 of 177 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Arizona State Fairgrounds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 149 of 150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 153 | 2765 of 3067 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Motor Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 0 | 526 of 534 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bay Meadows Race Track | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 246 of 252 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Birmingham International Raceway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 199 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bowman-Gray Stadium | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 144 | 1542 of 1750 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bridgehampton Race Circuit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 0 | 69 of 70 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Civic Stadium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 99 of 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Canadian National Exposition Speedway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 29 | 100 of 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Canfield Fairgrounds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 70 of 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Central City Speedway | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 5 | 494 of 498 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |
| Champion Speedway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.8 | 11.2 | 25 | 465 of 600 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlotte Speedway | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 0 | 962 of 1233 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chisholm Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 188 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cleveland County Fairgrounds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 17 | 682 of 801 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Coastal Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 244 of 400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Columbia Speedway | 21 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 67 | 2858 of 3500 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Concord Speedway | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1167 of 1300 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Darlington Raceway | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.9 | 16.8 | 61 | 3763 of 4413 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dayton Speedway | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 0 | 495 of 700 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Daytona Beach & Road Course | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19.8 | 13.0 | 37 | 161 of 317 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Daytona International Speedway | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 52 | 642 of 720 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dixie Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 196 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fonda Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 191 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Forsyth County Fairgrounds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 108 | 400 of 400 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ft. Miami Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 194 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gamecock Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 195 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gastonia Fairgrounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Greensboro Agriculture Fairgrounds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0 | 393 of 400 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Greenville-Pickens Speedway | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 74 | 856 of 1200 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Heidelberg Raceway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 169 | 385 of 388 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Hickory Speedway | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 39 | 2258 of 2350 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jacksonville Speedway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 166 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lakeview Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 of 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakewood Speedway | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 6 | 639 of 800 | 4 | 5 | 21 | |
| Lancaster Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 391 of 400 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Langhorne Speedway | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 141 | 2225 of 2474 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Lincoln Speedway | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 1 | 862 of 1000 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lowe's Motor Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 46.0 | 0 | 119 of 667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martinsville Speedway | 24 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 681 | 6033 of 6756 | 3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Memphis-Arkansas Speedway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 150 | 773 of 835 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Michigan State Fairgrounds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 22.5 | 43 | 333 of 500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Monroe County Fairgrounds | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.8 | 12.2 | 21 | 397 of 776 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Monroe Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 199 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Montgomery Air Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 97 of 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Montgomery Motor Speedway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 0 | 581 of 600 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Morristown Speedway | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 76 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nashville Speedway | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 37 | 1020 of 1033 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New Bradford Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 150 of 150 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| New York State Fairgrounds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 0 | 343 of 350 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Newberry Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 74 of 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norfolk Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 0 | 439 of 500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| North Carolina State Fairgrounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 170 of 172 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| North Wilkesboro Speedway | 20 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 265 | 1858 of 2827 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Occoneechee Speedway | 20 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 174 | 1440 of 1700 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Oglethorpe Speedway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 136 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Oklahoma State Fairgrounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 168 | 193 of 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Bridge Stadium | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 22 | 462 of 787 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Old Dominion Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 148 of 150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Palm Beach Speedway | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 152 | 964 of 1200 | 1 | 6 | 24 | |
| Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 84 | 1486 of 1787 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Playland Park Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Powell Motor Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 184 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Raleigh Speedway | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.2 | 17.6 | 16 | 680 of 950 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rambi Race Track | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 594 of 600 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Reading Fairgrounds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 199 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Richmond International Raceway | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 57 | 1070 of 1200 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Riverside International Raceway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 184 of 190 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Road America | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 59 of 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Santa Fe Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 199 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Soldier Field | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 190 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| South Boston Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 144 of 150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Southern States Fairgrounds | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 212 | 2580 of 3000 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Speedway Park | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 214 | 597 of 600 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Stamford Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 40 of 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Starkey Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 148 of 150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| State Line Speedway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 139 of 150 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tennessee-Carolina Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 0 | 372 of 400 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Titusville-Cocoa Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 47 of 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Trenton Speedway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 0 | 641 of 650 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tri-City Speedway | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 194 | 200 of 200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Watkins Glen International | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 49 of 110 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Williams Grove Speedway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 196 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wilson Speedway | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 40 | 1472 of 1706 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Wine Creek Race Track | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 198 of 200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 405 | 18 | 42 | 170 | 249 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 4038 | 55870 of 65909 | 78 | 258 | 97 |
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