Jeremy Petty
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Early career
Jeremy Petty was born in Salina, KS on August 31, 1982. Although he shares a last name with Famous NASCAR champion Richard PettyRichard Petty
Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...
he is of no relation. His Father Joe and Grandfather Jack were both accomplished drivers won a combined 11 championships and 340 wins in Various series. Petty who was always an athletic person started into racing at 10 years old by becoming a Colorado State Champion Soap Box Derby driver. This led to various other forms of racing such as go-karts, vintage race cars, IMCA type Modifieds. In 2001 Petty started is racing career racing modified's at various Dirt Tracks throughout Oklahoma and Kansas. In 2002 Jeremy decided to give asphalt racing a try at Dodge City Raceway Park. Petty went on to win taking his first “A” feature race in just his 9th career start.
In 2003 Jeremy concentrated his racing efforts to asphalt at Dodge City Raceway Park, where he finished 3rd in points and was also rookie of the year in the modified division. In 2004 Petty won a unprecedented 17 straight feature wins on the asphalt. He went on to win the overall points championship at J.R.P. Speedway in Tulsa, OK, and the Missouri Cup.
ARCA career
In 2005 started racing in ARCA Remax Series Events. In 2009 his first full season with the series he finished 13th in the final points standings racing for Hixson Motorsports.Personal life
Petty resides in Smolan, KansasSmolan, Kansas
Smolan is a city in Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 215. It is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area. Smolan was named after the Swedish province of Småland, because many local settlers came from that province.-Geography:Smolan is...
near his parents. Jeremy has a number of different sporting interests and hobbies. He attended Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kansas where he was awarded a scholarship to play baseball. He pitched for the Brown Mackie Lions and received a degree in business management in 2003.