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Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 - Kyle Petty Notes

Kyle Petty
#45 Paralyzed Veterans of America Dodge

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400
Richmond International Raceway
May 3, 2008

Quotes from Kyle Petty:
“We were really glad to welcome the PVA onboard the #45 this year. I know those folks have been looking forward to Richmond because it was the first race that the PVA was actually scheduled to be on the car. We kind of surprised them in March and donated the Atlanta race sponsorship back to them. We thought that was a great way to show our support for the organization and our veterans.

As a family, we have always supported the troops and our service men and women. I’m going with ‘The King’ to a VA Hospital in Richmond on Thursday to spend some time with some veterans there. Those types of things are really important to me. Not only am I meeting with race fans and Petty fans but I’ll get to tell the veterans how much I appreciate what they have done. I get to say thank you to them in person for serving our country.

“I like racing at Richmond. It’s a short track and it’s really competitive. We’ve raced there for a long time so it’s a good place for us to be heading right now. I’m familiar with the track like I’m familiar with Talladega, and we qualified well at Talladega last week.”

Kyle Petty at Richmond International Raceway

Petty won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond in 1986. The win made him the first third-generation Sprint Cup race winner at Richmond.

In 52 starts at the track, Petty has scored a total of three top-5 finishes and 12 top-10s.

On 13 occasions, Petty has started within the top-10 at Richmond. His highest qualifying position at the track is third.

Petty has completed 19,218 of 20,643 laps (93.1%) at Richmond, including 213 laps led. His average start at the track is 19.9 and his average finish is 19.6.

The PVA will adorn the hood and sides of the #45 Dodge this weekend. Petty and ‘The King”, Richard Petty, will be at Richmond’s Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center on Thursday to visit with some paralyzed veterans.