Mark I think I saw you at your Grandparents house 2 weeks ago when I visited the. museum

"Another family member you stood by" Let me tell everybody that The National Guard probably couldn't have removed Mrs. Petty from Lee's side during his time of need! Times were tougher back then & so were the people of those hard times, simply put they were cut from a different cloth than the generations that followed them 💪 God bless The Petty Family & RIP to all who have passed on 🙏✝️

Love this one!

That was really neat..enjoy seeing all those old photos!

What about Jeremy Clements? He's a Spartanburg boy. Aren't they still located here?

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That must have been exciting times back in the beginning of NASCAR. Thanks for sharing this

Fantastic.

I love "gold" like this, straight from the lips of the ones who created a racing dynasty. Right from memory, the Petty's impressions of what it was like to be "boots on the ground" in late 40's- 50's NASCAR. "It was lots different." "We had to RACE." "Nobody had any money." Great work Petty Bros.

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

The old photos are awesome 👍

Thank you for sharing

I sure like hearing Chief commenting in the background and pix of Mama Trish. The world just isn't the same without them. >>> Brian

That is so neat to hear this

Thank you very much. Voices from the past. 👍👍🇨🇦

Sure is cool to hear the voices and hear the stories.The Petty family to me is an American treasure,like Mt.Rushmore or the Hoover Dam,etc.Never ever get tired of hearing a Petty speak.Thanks for bringing this to us,Timmy,Richie and Mark,as always a great walk through Petty history.42,43,44,and 45

Awesome! Was that Lee with the turn signal on in the back ground😄😄😄

What a treasure!! Thank you for sharing your family memories with us!! God bless!

Omg. The voices and stories ring in my heart. Thank you❤️❤️🙏

Great to finally put a face to toomuchcountry - he does share a lot of great content!

Love the Pettys

My father, Les Heath Sr and Charlie Lester towed this car around for shows in the late 70s and early 80s. I have quite a few pics of me standing beside it in our driveway and a few of the racetracks/hotels we stayed at during races.

Brian Hauck should be interviewed next! You won’t find a bigger Richard Petty fan!! Great interview Chase!

The King surveyed the troops throughout his mighty Kingdom, & all was as it should be in 1974 💪👑👍

I thought "LeeBoy" did a darn fine job as a color commentator for CBS at the '79 Talladega 500. Seemed relaxed & genuine. Especially considering it was on short notice for Lee, (David Pearson was scheduled to be in the booth with Ken Squire for that race but instead had to sub for Dale Earnhardt, who was injured the week before at Pocono).

Outstanding. I need a pinwheel hat @bakerracingpix :)

When you have people that love racing like Wayne and Ralph and treat NASCAR like an actual auto racing series, it does indeed become successful ;) Nowadays it’s just random people making a racing series into WWE and ball sports on wheels.

Awesome podcast. Definitely the biggest Petty fan I know.

My tribute to Petty sits in the garage. A 74 Charger with Petty flags hanging from the ceiling.

I can certainly relate to Mr. Whitaker’s growing up as a fan of Richard Petty racing. As an eleven year old boy, I first had an opportunity to meet Richard Petty while attending one of my first races in Bristol, Tennessee. The team was having a meal at one of the local motel restaurants, and The King walked up to me in the motel parking lot and autographed a large photo post card featuring the #43 Plymouth Roadrunner. I was amazed that this famous race car driver would take the time to give me his autograph on a photo of his famous race car. I treasured that autograph for many many years. Over the years I have, had several more opportunities to meet Richard Petty. Each time has basically been the same as that first encounter with him in Bristol, He is warm, genuine and so easy to approach in conversation. And each time that I had an opportunity to meet Richard he took the time to give me his autograph. I believe that some of today’s NASCAR drivers could take a lesson or two from Richard Petty on how to relate to the race fans. Many of today’s drivers are so busy, they just can’t stop and sign a bunch of autographs for race fans. Richard Petty always stopped and made time for the race fans. Thanks so much to Petty Brothers Racing for having Chase Whitaker on their channel.

Wow! Damn good interview Chase! Made me proud and jealous too! Hauck will be proud too! If I had a Schaefer I would have one have one in your honor but I’ll have to drink one of my skinny beers instead.

In 1969 I got my own TV and one of the first things I watched was Wide World of Sports that had some of the Firecracker 400. Since I was growing up in California the only driver name I recognized was Richard Petty, I was disappointed that day but I still became a big fan.

Great video with an awesome guest! I could listen to y'all reminisce all day long! Thanks for sharing these great stories! Lets have part 2!! God bless! STP & 43🏁

Chrysler Fire Power 🔥 I remember the Falstaff Mustang pace car at Sportsman Speedway in Johnson City Tennessee back when I was a child.

What a great tribute to Richard Petty superfan Chase-and Julian Petty's involvement. Chase's blog is AWESOME, including on some of the obscure Petty cars, like the Caprice and the Oldsmobile! And he retold Brian Hauck's story of reuniting Richard with the spring the 1980 Pocono wreck in 2019! And congratulations to Ritchie on his daughter's graduation! GREAT episode. And thank you both for being so hospitable to me when I was in North Carolina recently! -Joe

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My prayers are with everyone who was in the path of this devastating storm.

8:00 Elvira in the background 8:45 Rhinestone Cowboy, hellfire, id come for the music Only got 2 or 3 seconds of each but man

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I was born in April 1974 😅

Is there anything different you do working on engines. Whether it’s a Dodge, Chevy, or Ford engine. For racing or a street? Thank you all, I love watching your videos. Petty fan since 1976

I would love to have the Petty Brothers finish my Superbird race-replica. Who should I talk to?

Nice 👍

Got to say hello to Mark at the Fan Club Convention, thanks for saying hello!

"Cam tunnel problem" ? I'll have to go back & look at that episode. (I keep having problems on my big block Mopar with camshaft keeps tightening up but the engine still runs good.)

That was a great story

Just another day in the shop for you guys, experience of a life time for us, Thank you for sharing also how many engines have been dyno there, short answerA LOT

Making progress! Thanks for the update.

Thats gonna be a nice ride when its finished! Id be excited too! Thanks for sharing!😊

That was a big fat and Richard Petty before Jeff Gordon it's not a very important car I picked that car Richard Petty retire found out later it was Jeff Gordon's rookie year big Nascar fan I love Chevy sorry about that Dodge