“Unstoppable”: Mark Martin lauds underappreciated member of NASCAR’s legendary Petty family

Mark Martin shared an appreciation post for Kyle Petty on his social media account on Friday. The former NASCAR driver, through his X post, praised Petty for his dominant performances at Rockingham during his time as a Cup Series driver.

Kyle Petty is a renowned name in the NASCAR fraternity. Thanks to his grandfather, Lee Petty, father, Richard Petty, and Petty Enterprises, the Petty name has been extremely popular in the stock car racing scene. Furthermore, Adam Petty, who tragically passed away in May 2000, was also a part of the Petty Family.

Lee Petty, the late Cup Series driver raked in 427 races during his time and claimed 54 wins. His son and Kyle Petty's father, Richard Petty, is the most successful driver in the sport's history. He participated in 1184 Cup Series races and won a record 200 races in 35 years of racing.

Martin recently shared a post on X celebrating Kyle Petty's racing career. He went on to highlight Petty's 1992 AC Delco race win at Rockingham.

"Kyle Petty won the 1992 AC Delco 500 at Rockingham 32 years ago today. It was his 4th straight pole at Rockingham, and his 3rd win in 6 races at #TheRock," the original post read.

Sharing the post, the former NASCAR driver wrote,

"@kylepetty was unstoppable at Rockingham in this era. He hooked the bottom like nobody else."

During his time as a Cup Series driver, Petty made 829 appearances in 30 years. He claimed eight victories, 173 top-10s, and eight pole positions.

Petty made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 1979 at Talladega and his final race came in 2008 at Phoenix. His first win came in 1986 in Richmond, and he claimed his last Cup Series win in 1995 at Dover.

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Kyle Petty shared his reaction to Bobby Allison's latest achievement

The defending Winston Cup points champion Bobby Allison. (Source: Imagn)

NASCAR on Wednesday, recognized and announced Bobby Allison's victory from 1971, the Myers Brothers 250. The race was controversial even before it started due to NASCAR's temporary merger of the Grand National and Grand American Series.

However, 53 years later, the governing body put an end to the controversy on October 23, 2024. Jim France, NASCAR CEO and Chairman, and Mike Helton, Vice Chairman, paid a visit to the former driver to inform him about the recognition.

Once the announcement was out, Kyle Petty congratulated NASCAR and Allison via a post on his official X account.

Sharing NASCAR's official post on X, Petty wrote,

"Heck YEAH!!!!!! @NASCAR GREAT job!"

Interestingly, Petty's father, Richard Petty, competed against Bobby Allison in the 1971 race and finished in the runners-up position. Thanks to the recognition, Allison has officially become the driver with the fourth-highest (85) Cup Series victories.