Richard Petty’s NASCAR legacy blends triumph and adversity, from crashes to carbon monoxide struggles, driving safety ...

Richard Petty tallied three victories at Darlington in his NASCAR Hall of Fame career. But it’s his violent crash in the 1970 race at “The Lady in Black” that served as a pivotal moment in ...

Our friends at Popular Mechanics have put together a list of what they consider the top ten most influential crashes in NASCAR history, complete with video. These ten smash-ups were influential ...

Also, 1970 NASCAR Grand National champion Bobby Isaac was leading the race in the Bud Moore Engineering No. 15 Ford when he suddenly pulled into the pits and told Moore he quit.