Our childhood heroes made us car guys

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On the surface, this looks like a simple case of hero worship-in this case a legendary NASCAR driver.
It's actually a lot more than that, because when you're a kid your first hero probably isn't going to be famous-it's probably going to be your dad...
http://www.mystarcollectorcar.com/2-features/editorials/590-richard-pettywhy-the-king-of-nascar-will-always-be-a-hero-to-me.html

[68X426]

Here's a better place to visit if you want to know about The King:

http://www.allpar.com/racing/petty-plymouth-racing.html

And plenty of photos here: http://photobucket.com/images/richard%20petty/

No spammers with agendas!!