11 drivers who graced Victory Lane for Richard Petty Motorsports

Petty Enterprises, once dominant in NASCAR, has gone through quite a few changes in recent years, initially merging with Evernham Motorsports and Yates Racing and eventually becoming Richard Petty Motorsports. 

Check out the complete list of every driver to win for Richard Petty Motorsports or Petty Enterprises:

In the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, Almirola took the iconic No. 43 back to Victory Lane. Almirola currently is sidelined by a compression back fracture suffered in a May 2017 race at Kansas, but will return to drive the car when he's healthy again.

Andretti drove 197 races in the No. 43 for Petty, winning at Martinsville Speedway in April, 1999. The win brought the 43 car back to Victory Lane at a track where Richard Petty won a record 15 times.

Panch drove for Petty and Wood Brothers Racing in addition to fielding his own cars through his career. He only raced five times in the No. 42 for Petty Enterprises, with his lone win coming in the World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1966.

Hamilton competed in 94 races in the No. 43 car for Petty, going to Victory Lane twice. The first was in 1996 at Phoenix International Raceway, the second came in the next season at Rockingham.

Buddy Baker raced in a lot of top-level cars through his career as he compiled 19 career wins. In 1971 and the early part of 1972, he teamed up with Petty Enterprises and drove the No. 11 Dodge to a win at Darlington in his fifth race with Petty. He drove 10 races with Petty in 1972 and captured his second win at Charlotte, before flipping over to the Nord Krauskopf-owned No. 71.

Ambrose came over from Australia as a road-course specialist and quickly took to driving at Watkins Glen International, winning in 2011 and 2012 for Petty in the No. 9. Ambrose departed NASCAR in 2014 to raise his kids in his native country.

In 2009, after Evernham Motorsports merged with Petty Enterprises, Kahne won two races in the No. 9 car for the newly-formed Richard Petty Motorsports. His first came in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, where he held off Tony Stewart. His second came at Atlanta Motor Speedway where he beat Kevin Harvick.

All of Hamilton’s wins for Petty came in the No. 40 car at superspeedways. He won the 1970 Daytona 500, where he held off David Pearson and Bobby Allison. He also swept the two Talladega races in 1970, and both times he and Bobby Isaac were the only two cars remaining on the lead lap.

Paschal raced from the first season of NASCAR in 1949 until the late-60s. He posted wins in various cars, including nine with Petty Enterprises. He won in the No. 41, 42, and 43 cars over his 65 races with Petty.

The founder of the Petty name in racing was one of the most dominant forces in the early days of NASCAR. He finished in the top five in points in his first 11 seasons in the sport and won three championships. One of his most iconic win came in the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959.

The winningest driver in NASCAR history won 196 of his 200 races driving for his father’s team as he made the No. 43 one of the most iconic numbers in racing.

Who were Petty’s four wins outside of Petty Enterprises with?

Here’s your bar trivia for your friends. In 1984, Petty raced with Curb Racing and won two races -- still in the iconic No. 43 car. The was the same Curb Racing organization that fielded XFINITY Series drivers from 1996 to 2011, including Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle.

Petty’s other two wins outside of Petty Enterprises came in 1970. Overall, Petty drove 40 races that season, 38 for his father’s team, and two for Robertson Racing. His two wins were the only two Robertson Racing ever won. The first came at Columbia Speedway and the final came at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.