The #43 AFTER Petty. A Misfortunate Legacy 

Watching Christian Fittipaldi retire on TV during the Daytona 24, they discussed his illustrative career in F1, Indy Car and Sports Cars. Nobody dared mention his NASCAR experience.

The 43 was actually very respectable in 2006. But just like every Dodge team at the time, they fell flat on their face in 2007 when the COT was introduced.

Dinoco was not all theirs

Well there's no doubt that RPM has been on a Downward spiral for the last 35 years, and the Death of Potential up-and-comer Adam Petty hasn't made it any better...

R.i.p john Andretti you will be missed 💐🎗🚖😢👍👌‼

A couple disclaimers 1. Petty’s #43 is a Misfortunate Legacy over the past 3 decades. The title caused some confusion, and I would suggest watching the video before coming to a conclusion. 2. I forgot to mention Medallion Bank is involved/co-owners of the race team. With that said, the company is still in murky waters going forward 3. Richard Petty won 192 of his 200 races in the 43 car

The teams paint scheme designer was a talented person. Awesome paint schemes for every sponsor

Petty Enterprises was never the same after Adam's death.

And just like that...#43 is back in victory lane!

Richard is a legend for his driving, and for who he is and what he did for stock car racing and his attention to his fans, and family. The King Nuff said

Adams death REALLY killed the team. They were decent up until then.

I honestly wonder how RPM would be doing if they didn’t switch to Chevy. I wonder if they could have cashed in on Ford’s recent dominance.

Blame Dodge for Fittipaldi not Petty. Labonte and Petty just got together too late. Todd leaving Labonte hurt. You just cannot discount Adam's loss from a sponsorship stance as well. Did you know the Dodge Dealers were supposed to have been on Adam's car?

These crazy people already leaving dislikes..

Here after Petty GMS Racing was announced!

Famous first family of stock car racing. Legendary Hall of Fame drivers. Legendary Hall of Fame Engine Builder. Legendary Hall of Fame Crew Chief. Iconic #43 race car number. Seven NASCAR Championships 1961, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979. All out of a small, family owned race shop in Level Cross, NC. Absolutely amazing accomplishments.

Umm, Andrettis win in the 43 was in 99, not 97.

I think the worse blow to the team was the death of Adam Petty.

The 43 was MEANT to be Richard Petty not for Hamilton, Andretti, Almorola, Bubba Wallace, etc. Petty is unreplacable.

Man, you really like the word “abysmal” don’t you?

I still love the King,. The coolest guy around.

Your dates are wrong Andretti won at Martinsville in 1999 not 1997 and Petty's last win was 1984 not 1983

Unfortunately I think this team is gonna die in a year or two

2018 was a tough year for multiple reasons. Losing a long time big sponsor, switching to a new manufacturer that was clearly the worst of the season in 2018, and on top of that having a rookie take the car got the car to struggle. I’m very scared for the future of the #43 and Richard Petty motorsports. But 1 top 5 and 3 top 10’s wasn’t all that bad compared too years past for the #43.

Here in 2023, Jimmie Johnson has become an owner of the team, now called Legacy Motor Club. Erik Jones in the 43, Gragson in the 42, and Jimmie part time in the 84

RPM is still my favorite team

Andretti won that Martinsville race in 1999, not 1997

Great video, it sucks petty isn’t doing great but I’m hopeful for this year

John Andretti was really shafted by Petty Enterprises. First was when Kyle decided to return to PE, and as such depleted resources for the 43 car. Second Adam Petty was being groomed for a car at Petty, making them a three car team. Third John spent the 2000 season driving a Pontiac, with almost no support as the team was switching to Dodge. Fourth John spent much of 2000 acting as a test driver getting the Intrepid ready for it's 2001 debut. Fifth when Adam died, it was a gut punch to the family, which they never truly recovered from. Finally after having to swallow all that was happening at PE, and being a loyal soldier, we was released in the middle of the 2003 season. John gave a lot more to Petty Enterprises than he ever got back from them. However John being John never complained about the raw deal he got, and had nothing but praise, up until his death. RIP to my favorite driver of the 1990's and early 2000's.

Don't care who drives for Petty. Have always been a Petty fan since 1959 and have always cheered for them no matter who drove or how bad of a season. Will stay with Petty no matter what.

Can someone count the number of abysmals? :)

The #21 Misfortunate Legacy (Wood Brothers Racing) The #3 Misfortunate Legacy (RCR)

These are my favorite videos . It should be come a new series, some ideas: The #6 After Mark Martin (briefly exploring other cars who were successful with the number, before talking about Mark and Rousch and Marks leaving the team)

Sadly Nascar has become a sport of a select premium teams. If you are not a part of Stewart-Hass, Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, or Team Penske you are on the outside looking in. Ganassi Racing is so so (as I think Kyle Larson would be a championship driver if he drove for one of the four teams listed above. Nascar is about the have and have nots and any team I have not listed above is pretty much a have not in the sport. This includes RPM and the likes of Roush-Fenway, JTG, RCR, and all the other teams that place in the 18th to 30th place week in and week out. That doesn't include the 31st to 40th place cars that essentially fill the fields out each week. Sad to say, I don't see RPM gaining any ground on the current successful team owners in the sport.

Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose made them look a good bit better than they really were

WHY WONT ANYONE SAY WINSTON CUP? Even Jeff Gordon didn't say it when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. In 1984 it was Winston Cup. Like Jeff said at his induction ceremony "Can't do this without the sponsors." I think Winston was a great sponsor for NASCAR. PAY RESPECT TO THE SPONSOR and no disrespect to the current sponsor of course.

I like these videos. Some other ideas: Car 6 after Mark Martin Car 8 after Dale Jr.

5:03 Andretti won the 1999 Goody's Body Pain 500. Probably one of the best races I've seen. Ever

Richard Petty makes himself available to the fans and seems to be an awesome guy. I don't think he is the best businessman in nascar though, but as far as a super nice guy he is at the top.

That Star Wars paint scheme is so damn cool

I grew up with Petty-Plymouth-Hemi, and the constancy of his attire, swagger, and smile over all the changes of cars, sponsors, and drivers, contradicted the turmoil around him. I appreciate your description of 'whats', and I wish I long for more of the 'whys.' Petty was always silent here, and all I have is his unfailing, baffling, resistance; 'All the world's a stage, and the show must go on.'

Plus, I have discovered that The King has ANOTHER Grandson named Thad Moffitt (which makes me wonder how does he fit into the Relationship?) Who currently competes in ARCA under a Team called Empire Racing (which I believe is also involved with RPM...)

Christian brought money to the table. Petty failed to invest in any R&D and caused his own downfall. That's why you see so many "technical alliances".

Richard should have retired right after the 200th win. He could have went out on top. It was excruciating, especially after 1987, to see him become a has been. Sadly, race drivers are the only ones who dont get it. They believe that next win is right around the corner. Richards last race, and the way he ended up that day at Atlanta in 92, is still cringworthy. Darrell Waltrip ended up the same way. Waltrips "Victory tour" 2000 was an embarrassment. Drivers, and teams, have their time, but that time has an end. The 43 team had their day in the sun, but they really peaked in 1975. 1979 was a gift from God to the Pettys. After 79, it was a slow painful ride downhill. Save for a bright spot here and there. I honestly dont think that they ever recovered from that cheating scandle in 83.

I always liked Bobby LaBonte in the 43 car, he was such a good fit in that car.

i tell ya what..you cant cheat the Rules, the Industry, the Sponsors, the Wife and Family, the Fans and expect to live like King Shit. Petty..cursed his damn self. cheese and rice, somebody was throwing races like a dodgy boxer had just thrown the fight. these races with Petties cars i questioned since Petty was found cheating in his Blooper Bird. See now, why we miss watching Dale Earnhardt racing so much. Dale fought for his Win's..because Dale wasnt going to settle for being the third monkey on noahs ark. it's as simple as that Ok..Winners WIN..because loosers can't.

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I remember that 2003 season well since it was my 1st year watching nascar, my god that 43 was horrible. They also had a road course ace named Scott maxwell at Sonoma and Watkins glen

“Don’t wanna see the 43 become a Legacy ride.” 😅😅 I mean… I know it’s not what you meant at the time… but that really is funny lmao

Why you always sound so angry, NRF?

Another unfortunate thing is both andretti and Hamilton passed away from cancer....

What sponsor? I suspect Black Lives Matter isn't paying a penny to have their name all over Bubba's car.

Petty's biggest problem this year was the switch to Chevrolet.

Young Adam Petty was the last hope for RPM and he has passed on i would rather see Richard sell the team than see him struggle to stay afloat this could push him into Bankruptcy really fast

#43 should have been retired when Richard Petty Retired Only 1 person in the entire history of NASCAR (David Pearson 105) has half the number of wins that Petty has (200).

Hopefully Bubba can bring a top 20 finish in points with the downforce package

S M I T H F I E L D

The #44 looked weird during all of the 1993 season. It would have been fine to keep the car numbered 43, though Rick Wilson had a pretty ugly season in '93. The sting would have gone away with Bobby Hamilton's good performance, and John Andretti kept the team respectable for a couple of years before the 2000s when Petty Enterprises started to fall further. Also, didn't AJ Allmendinger dominate the Fall Dover race in 2010? Almirola's Kansas run in 2012 was the best that team had looked in a couple of years, anyway.

Bobby Hamilton just seemed like a really great person and it was very cool to see him win in the 43. He did as much with a little as anyone else in Nascar history. Was cool to see him go run Trucks after his CUP career and have great success.

And for a small team that was starting to get their performance back. The COT car come out , meaning all existing chassis had to go.

They will never win with bubba.

This is what happens when you start to worry about your hats over your race team.

Love all the 43 General Mills paint Schemes, got to see Bobby finish 3rd at Martinsville In 2006

Oh boy… they didn’t hire Bobby labonte. Richard, Kyle, and sponsors with the team all agree about bringing in a driver to race the full season and evaluate the equipment the same time. Bobby labonte. It wasn’t hire him. It was an agreement based on a handshake, you help me I help you. Bobby just left Gibbs and still had the competition spirit. And he lifted the petty team with his performance.

Ironically, the #43 that was drove by the Fernando Poe Jr. Of NASCAR, Richard Petty, had become a mediocre team. I'm hoping that Richard Petty Motorsports would form an alliance with Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing in cooperation with TRD and Toyota Gazoo Racing, if the GR Supra contests in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, the year the Gen-7 car arrives, and hopefully John Hunter Nemechek could bring back the #43's glory days by the next decade of the 21st century

Richard Petty ALMOST hired Kurt Busch in 2012, but Kurt Busch said the contract was so atrocious he had no choice but to turn it down, I'm guessing they wanted to give him something like start-and-park pay, south of $5 million, for sure, for a driver that pretty much commands a salary of $10M wherever he goes. I wonder what could have been if RPM met Kurt Busch's salary standards though, I mean, he carried a 30th place car like the #51 to top 10s and top 15 finishes, maybe he could've done a lot of great things for RPM if he drove for them for a few years, but the world may never know (or will they? the whole Chevy partnership and Chastain licking his chops for that #1 ride might have Kurt hunting again, a Monster Energy #43, while unlikely, is certainly possible).

Newman is a pretty good driver that they should put in the 43.

RIP John Andretti 😔❤️

If you’re legacy is forever being referred to as the king it’s not a misfortune!

I’m a diehard 43 fan since 2007 so........

I feel like 43 & 3 should be retired numbers

I believe Richard Petty Motorsports should merge with another team again. Here are my suggestions: 1.) Chip Ganassi Racing. Rename it Petty-Ganassi Racing. 2.) Germain Racing. Rename Richard Petty Motorsports with Germain. 3.) Richard Childress Racing. Rename Petty-Childress Racing I believe John Menard could also merge with either team for backing. Here is some ideas. Petty Ganassi Racing: Switch numbers with Stewart Haas. #41 - Kurt Busch- Monster Energy #42 - Bubba Wallace - McDonalds #43 - Erik Jones- Stanley/DeWalt Richard Petty Motorsports with Germain: #13 - Ty Dillon - GIECO #23 - Daniel Suarez - Arris #43 - Daniel Hemric - Menard’s Petty Childress Racing: #3 - Austin Dillon - Bass Pro Shops #43 - Tyler Reddick - Caterpillar

Comment "W" under here when the 43 makes it to victory lane.

the big reason why RPM has become terrible the past 2 decades is because richard petty wasn't thinking about the future he was only thinking about getting 200 wins. you can find out about why this is in this video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IwxTp2MZXFM.html by the way the guy who made the video and that channel has a history with nascar. he's been on pit crews for a few drivers and has met a lot of drivers as well.

You certainly like the word abysmal, The death of Adam petty. The focus of the family on the victory Junction gang. Small organization despite not having a good crew chief or driver after Todd parrot left .The car of tomorrow forced all new technology all new equipment to a underfunded team. Richard petty is the king. All 200 of his wins were powered by Maurice Petty and the young Robert Yates. With the family push for the victory Junction gang , Adam's dream

Maybe what Petty Enterprises what is now Richard Petty Motorsports needs is a fresh start. Do what Gene Haas did. Partner with a driver that can win, and get their cars from an organization with a proven ability to win on the track such as Hendrick Motorsports. Chassis, Engines and Engineering support. That should help a ton. But finding the right driver is a little hard to get these days.

You forgot a major factor, George Gillett.. He left the teams he bought and merged with in financial ruin meaning Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprise. It got so bad that Roush would not deliver cars and engines until bills where paid in advance so the team didn't know if they where racing or not. Richard Petty is a minority owner of this team, I believe the Medallion Bank is the majority owner. This iconic team is where it is because Richard Petty hung on too long to the point that it was too far behind to catch up......

Misfortune of the RCR #31

Richard Petty would never put any money into the team, and he's wasted the talent of some great drivers. I sincerely hope Bubba Wallace goes to Roush, Penske, Hendricks, ANYBODY. And the guy will win multiple races a year. And say what you will about Danica Patrick, Petty insulted her and she went out and beat his product week in and week out, driving absolute trash cars.

The death of Adam Petty was the single saddest tragedy in racing this century honestly his death could not be overstated and unlike Dale Earnhardt and dei there was no feel-good victory no concert nothing that put a Band-Aid over it nothing made it any better for the racing community or his family and honestly I think about that quite often

Love that Spider-Man paint scheme I forgot Bobby labonte drove the 43 car

IMHO, Bubba was rushed to cup, he should have spent more years in the xfinity series, I'm pained to say this, but the drive for diversity is a failure as a whole, the only real "success story" is Kyle Larson (he's half asian, he was part of the program) who only went in the 42 because Montoya one day wen "Fuck NASCAR...IMMA DO IndyCar!!" and Kyle just landed into the seat, Suarez i'm wary of, he's joining one of the best teams on the grid this year, and I do think this is his absolute last chance period, Tony can always kick him out and throw Briscoe or Custer in that car.

Bubba Wallace has a few top fives

A true field filler.

The #43 should have definitely be retired after Petty retired. It also shocks me that the #3 is still out on the track after Dale Earnhardt's death.

Richards last several years were pretty sad.

Now as 2022 season started. Petty merged with GMS & become Petty GMS Motorsports with drivers of Erik Jones in #43 & Ty Dillon in #42.

I used to wonder about what happened here too its wild to have that legacy, maybe in some alternate universe its a winning 4 car team with the 42-45. I don't know though. I do know I watched most in those years when Andretti drove the 43 till Labonte and those cars always looked great.

I feel for the King Richard Petty and would love to see Bubba Wallace win a race but unfortunately I don't think it's going to happen

They used Christian Fittipaldi in 2003 because he was the only driver they had. He was the only option at the time.

4 days later this didn't age well. RIP Andretti.

Ok, this a lie dude. John Andretti won at martinsville in 1999 I got it on tape because I had to miss it so I recorded it. John Andretti got his 1st win at Daytona in July driving for Cale Yarborough in the 98 in 1997 Do research- get your facts in order… Andretti won the goodys body pain 500 You even put that in the 500 in clip

WhAtisUpwithTHISguyzSpeetch? It sounds like he's trying to do a Howard Cosell-does-the-Catskills vocal thing. It's annoying.

Richard Petty will always be the king of racing they should not be judged about what other drivers of that car have done or actually not done and hiring Bubba Wallace what's the worst thing that's ever happened to Petty Enterprises this actually isn't really owned by Richard Petty anymore

Here before carnation

Use meeeeee as driver i am gooood

Dear Mr. NRF, Iv always enjoyed watching your videos. Excellent work!! & your videos are always informative & always seemed to be unbiased. You’ve gotta make your version of “C’MON MAN!!” But for NASCAR..

John andretti won in 1999 not 1997

say what you will about their performance but those 00's Cheerios schemes were/still are pretty sweet

Richard Petty only had 192 wins in the 43... 2 wins in the 42... 6 wins in the 41...