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He has not won a race since 1984. His last championship came in 1979. But Richard Petty's big sunglasses, cowboy hat and that No. 43 still loom large over stock-car racing. Petty raced for a ...

So you want to go after that guy. You want to beat him more than anybody else," says Darrell Waltrip about Richard Petty on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. He has not won a race since 1984.

Richard Petty, nicknamed "The King," is tied with Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie Johnson for most NASCAR Cup championships with seven. Petty won in 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979.