The recently opened “Petty: Building a Family Legacy” exhibit at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC, features a number of items from the Richard Petty Collection in the ASU Library Stock Car Racing Collection (SCRC). Petty’s wife Lynda donated a large collection of materials documenting her husband’s career to the SCRC. Items loaned to the Hall include fan letters, media guides, and photographs. SCRC curator Suzanne Wise attended the opening reception and reports that many racing legends were present. She chatted with Richard and Kyle Petty, Donnie and Pat Allison, Winston Kelly, and many others. For more information on the Richard Petty Collection at ASU, go to https://collections.library.appstate.edu/collections/stock-car-racing-collection and click on Richard Petty Collection in the right-hand column. To see details about the Petty exhibit, visit www.nascarhall.com/events/petty-building-a-family-legacy.
Written by Suzanne Wise, Curator of the Stock Car Racing Collection
Richard Petty, 1964
