Daytona 500

Driver RICHARD PETTY (Richard The King Petty, King Richard) reversing 1966 Plymouth Belvedere stock car #43 from garage at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona / Petty seated behind wheel, smiling through window, putting car into gear and pulling away / Richard Petty driving #43 stock car onto pit alley, smiling, passing crowd / Petty Enterprises mechanics (including team engine builder Maurice Petty) and Firestone inspectors getting on hands and knees, looking under 404 cubic inch stock car #43 while Richard Petty smiles, talks with crew; Richard Petty rubbing eye, smiling / Petty driving #43 through pit alley / Richard Petty racing Plymouth 1966 #43 during pre-race heats, passing empty spectator stands / Richard Petty climbing into stock car through window, talking with mechanic, buckling safety seat belt / Petty driving Plymouth Belvedere #43 from garages, through gate, toward racetrack. Daytona 500 on February 27, 1966 in Daytona, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)