The 1981 NASCAR Cup Series® season was the season where Kyle Petty earned the full-time opportunity to continue the Petty family’s iconic legacy - and he took full advantage of just that.
After
making limited starts in the premier NASCAR® season over the course of
the previous two seasons, Petty raced the entire 1981 schedule with a
familiar yet different – paint scheme to the one wheeled by his
legendary father, Richard.
For years before Kyle’s first
full-time season, his dad – “The King” – had a sponsorship from STP on
board his legendary No. 43 cars. When Kyle made the leap to compete in
all 31 of the series’ races on the 1981 schedule, that Petty family
partnership with STP extended to Kyle’s No. 42 car.The younger Petty’s
car would sport the same colors, but in an inverse pattern from the
Petty blue and dayglow red livery of his dad’s.
Kyle Petty went
on to a solid 1981 season, earning one top-five finish and a 12th-place
result in the season’s final standings. It was the catalyst to what
became his iconic on-track career that lasted 30 years and spawned
numerous victories and accolades.
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