{"id":1325644,"date":"2021-03-14T13:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T17:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1325644"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:18:08","slug":"conspiracy-theory-richard-petty-200th-nascar-cup-series-victory-staged-ronald-reagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/conspiracy-theory-richard-petty-200th-nascar-cup-series-victory-staged-ronald-reagan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conspiracy Theory That Richard Petty's 200th and Final NASCAR Cup Series Victory Was Staged Due to the Very Special Guest in Attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are very few drivers — if any — in motorsports<\/a> history bigger than Richard Petty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of 35 years in the NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series, “The King” accumulated an incredible 200 victories, close to double the amount of second-place David Pearson (105), 712 top-10 finishes, 123 poles, a record seven wins at the Daytona 500, and seven Cup Series titles, which ties him with Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt for the most in history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it's that number 200 that we'll be focusing on today as some NASCAR conspiracy theorists out there<\/a> believe that Petty's 200th and final Cup Series victory, which came on Independence Day in 1984, was staged due to the fact that then-President Ronald Reagan was in the stands at the Firecracker 400 that day at Daytona International Speedway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald Reagan, for whom Richard Petty campaigned in North Carolina, attended the 1984 NASCAR Firecracker 400<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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