DARLINGTON, S.C. – Bubba Wallace and Richard Petty Motorsports will honor the late Adam Petty during the upcoming Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 1.
Wallace, team owner Richard Petty and Kyle Petty, Adam’s father, revealed Wallace’s scheme for the Southern 500 Tuesday at Darlington Raceway.
The scheme is a throwback to the car Adam Petty drove when he won an ARCA Menards Series event at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in 1998.
“It’s truly an honor and top throwback that I’ve been a part of and knowing the history behind the Petty family and Adam’s vision and seeing it come to life at Victory Junction,” Wallace said. “I think this really speaks for Adam and what his vision was and I was too young to know him and I feel like we would have had a great time, to grow together and to bring this organization back to where it needs to be.”
Adam Petty was the fourth generation from the Petty family to pursue a career in motorsports. He was killed on May 12, 2000 after crashing during practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He was 19 at the time of his death.
“To be here, to have Bubba drive the car and for it to be my dad’s car and with Victory Junction on the car, it’s our 15th anniversary, it’s hard to believe that he would have been 39 years old this year, so it’s hard to believe it’s been that long,” Kyle Petty said. “But to have this car here, to have it at Darlington and for everything that Darlington means to our family, what it means to this sport, it was just the perfect time.”