Waid’s World: In 1986, Richard Petty’s Career Numbers Came Under Question – Part III
Was Richard Petty’s 1,000th start actually his 1,000th start in NASCAR’s top series?
Steve Waid has been in journalism since 1972, when he began his newspaper career at the Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin. He has spent over 40 years in motorsports journalism, first with the Roanoke Times-World News and later as publisher and vice president for NASCAR Scene and NASCAR Illustrated.
Steve has won numerous state sports writing awards and several more from the National Motorsports Press Association for his motorsports coverage, feature and column writing. For several years, Steve was a regular on “NASCAR This Morning” on FOX Sports Net and he is the co-author, with Tom Higgins, of the biography “Junior Johnson: Brave In Life.”
In January 2014, Steve was inducted into the NMPA Hall of Fame. And in 2019 he was presented the Squier-Hall Award by the NASCAR Hall of Fame for lifetime excellence in motorsports journalism. In addition to writing for Frontstretch, Steve is also the co-host of The Scene Vault Podcast.
Was Richard Petty’s 1,000th start actually his 1,000th start in NASCAR’s top series?
As soon as the 1986 race was over, controversy erupted. Johnson and Waltrip were furious.
The 1986 NASCAR Cup season ranks as one of the most compelling in stock car racing history for several reasons.
Ernie Irvan was given a 10 percent chance to live.
The summer event at Talladega Superspeedway was unique, part of Steve Waid’s fond memories covering the circuit as NASCAR’s growth began in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Firecracker 400 meant summer days at the beach at Daytona.
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Nashville hosted one of the most unusual, controversial — and in the case of the sanctioning body, embarrassing — events in the sport’s history.
Steve Waid remembers the first NASCAR Cup Series visit to Sonoma in 1989. Wine was had.
The Winston Legends Race didn’t become a regular feature at Charlotte — or anywhere else, for that matter. It’s merely a footnote in the long, colorful history of Charlotte Motor Speedway.