Richard Petty

The undisputed "King" of stock-car racing with 200 NASCAR Cup Series wins, Petty won seven series championships during his 35-year career.

In the most remarkable season in NASCAR history, Petty won 27 of 48 races -- including a record 10 in a row -- and finished second seven times in cruising to the 1967 title. Petty led 41 of the 48 races in the 1967 season and of the 12,739 laps he completed, 5,537 were leading the field.

Seven of Petty's 200 wins were in the Daytona 500, and he notched the final win of his career in the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 4, 1984.

Petty ranks first in numerous NASCAR Cup Series all-time categories: all-time wins (200), races started (1,184), top-five finishes (555), top-10 finishes (712), pole positions (126), laps completed (307,836), laps led (52,194), races led (599) and consecutive races won (10).

In 1992, Petty was inducted into Lowe's Motor Speedway's Court of Legends. Five years later, Petty was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Ala.