Adam Petty

Adam Kyler Petty is an American Professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the number 45 Petty Enterprizes Chevy Camaro in the 2019 season. He was known for his 2009 upsetting championship. In total he won 30 races in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series.

## Adam Petty

### Best Finsh

1st (2009 & 2013 BUT 2013 WAS TAKEN AWAY)

## Career (Pepsi Cup)

After his few 2000 starts in the Pepsi Cup Series, Adam was moved to full-time racing in the number 45 Sprint PCS car for his family Petty Enterprizes team in 2001. He got 2 top 10s and 1 top 5.

In 2001 Petty did decent with 10 top 5s and also 10 top 10s. He finished 19th in the standings.

In 2002 he got 10 top 5s again but also 20 top 10s and got his first career win at the 2002 Pocono 500 after a big strategy advantage over Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick leading only the checkered flag lap. He finished 15th in the standings.

In 2003 He won twice in the Pocono 500 again and Pepsi 400 and got 21 top 10s and 19 top 5s. He finished his first top 10 in the standings in 9th place.

In 2004 Petty had a scary ride in the Daytona 500 flipping about 11 times on the back straightaway. He was thankfully okay. He only did win 1 race in the 2004 Coca Cola 600 at Chicagoland Speedway. He got only 5 top 5s and 10 top 10s. He finished his worst record points finish ever in 22nd. He went on to DNF 10 times the most in a single season for Adam Petty.

In 2005 he won 3 races which were the DAYTONA 500! His first, Pocono 500, and Chevy Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond Raceway. He got 22 top 10s and 21 top 5s and finished 6th in the standings.

In 2006 Petty did go winless with 18 top 5s but did finish EVERY RACE in the top 10 making him get 11th in the standings.

In 2007 Petty won the DAYTONA 500 for the 2nd time in his career! He won the Autism Speaks 400 Presented By Visa race which was a COT race. He got 22 top 10s and 15 top 5s and got 12th in the standings.

In 2008 Petty pulled off an amazing win in the Coca Cola 600 but that was his only win but did have 25 top 10s and 25 top 5s which got him 11th in the standings. This was also the first full-time year of COT which had many struggle.

In 2009 Petty who was already adapted to COT had gotten his 3rd Daytona 500 win along with 4 more wins in the Aaron's 499, Crown Royal Presents The Russel Friedman 400, Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Sharpie 500, and Ford 400. He got 30 top 10s and 29 top 5s.

In 2010 Petty did not put up a fight to defend is championship with not winning a single race, 19 top 10s, and 4 top 5s. He got 20th in the standings.

In 2011 Petty also struggled with winning the Aaron's 499 but also failing to finish a race 19 times. He somehow got 15th in the standings after his 15 top 10s and 9 top 5s.

In 2012 Petty won three times in the FOURTH DAYTONA 500 he won, Aaron's 499, and Quicken Loans 400. He got 21 top 5s and 22 top 10s.

In 2013 Petty somehow won his FIFTH Daytona 500 along with NINE other races being the Kobalt Tools 400, Food City 500, Auto Club 400, STP 400, Coca Cola 600, Party In Poconos 400, Camping World RV Sales 301, Crown Royal Presents The Samuel Deeds 400, and Ford EcoBoost 400. He got all races in the top 10 and 29 top 5s. He blew everyone away with a 202 points lead but was later found to be cheating in the last 4 races of the season giving Jimmie Johnson the championship. His Ford EcoBoost win was taken away and given to Jimmie.

In 2014 Petty went winless with 1 top 10 in the Daytona 500 and also a top 5 in that same race in 2nd to Dale Earnhardt Junior. He finished every race though and got 19th in the standings.

In 2015 Petty won his SIXTH and final Daytona 500 in his final season. He finished 5th in the standings with no DNFS, 29 top 10s, and 24 top 5s. Also in his final season, his teammate Aric Almirola and him crashed each 8 times together by themselves and fought 2 times at Bristol and Bristol again in both races. The first was Adam's fault but the second was Almirola's fault.

The number 45 continued on with Brian Scott. Sprint PCS sponsored Adam along with Sprint every race in his whole career. Sprint left NASCAR after Adam retired. In total Adam had a decent 30 wins and 2 championships in 2009 and 2013.