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Driver of the Year
2011

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What's your ultimate goal as a racing driver?

	James Peace:
– Formula One World Champion

	Simon Sikes:
– Formula 1 or any career racing something!

	Marco Pullen:
– to race in FIA GT3/GT2 by the time that I am 30

	Junior Strous:
– Winning on all street courses world wide

	Fahad Hizam:
– ALMS

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Most buzz

1.			Jaime Alguersuari
2.			Casey Adams
3.			Richie Stanaway
4.			Rio Haryanto
5.			Joel Miller
6.			Samuele Buttarelli
7.			Andre Heimgartner
8.			Carlos Sainz Jr.
9.			Stefan Rzadzinski
10.			Kevin Mirocha
11.			Jody Fannin
12.			Simon Sikes
13.			Nick Percat
14.			Lewis Hamilton
15.			Alice Powell
16.			James Thorp
17.			Felipe Merjech
18.			Daniel Haglöf
19.			Sami Luka
20.			Jesse Krohn
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Richard “The King” Petty

Date of birth:	July 2, 1937 (74 y/o)
Place of birth:	Level Cross, NC
Races entered:	1206
Wins:	200
Podiums:	463
Pole positions:	123
Race win percentage:	16.58%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Racing career highlights

NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1979.
Second in NASCAR Winston Cup 1977.
Second in NASCAR Winston Cup 1976.
NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1975.
NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1974.
NASCAR Winston Cup champion 1972.
NASCAR Grand National champion 1971.
Winner of the Daytona 500 1971.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1969.
Third in NASCAR Grand National 1968.
NASCAR Grand National champion 1967.
Third in NASCAR Grand National 1966.
NASCAR Grand National champion 1964.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1963.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1962.
Second in NASCAR Grand National 1960.

Racing career summary

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

1992	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1991	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1990	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1989	29 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1988	29 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1987	29 races.	0 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1986	29 races.	0 wins.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1985	28 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1984	30 races.	2 wins.	2 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1983	30 races.	3 wins.	5 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1982	30 races.	0 wins.	7 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1981	31 races.	3 wins.	8 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1980	31 races.	2 wins.	9 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1979	31 races.	5 wins.	14 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1978	34 races.	0 wins.	7 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1977	34 races.	5 wins.	18 podiums.	5 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1976	33 races.	3 wins.	15 podiums.	1 pole position.	? fastest race laps.
1975	33 races.	13 wins.	21 podiums.	3 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1974	33 races.	10 wins.	22 podiums.	7 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1973	28 races.	6 wins.	13 podiums.	3 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1972	31 races.	8 wins.	22 podiums.	3 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1971	46 races.	21 wins.	36 podiums.	9 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1970	40 races.	18 wins.	23 podiums.	9 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1969	50 races.	10 wins.	28 podiums.	6 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1968	49 races.	16 wins.	27 podiums.	12 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1967	48 races.	27 wins.	36 podiums.	18 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1966	39 races.	8 wins.	20 podiums.	15 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1965	15 races.	4 wins.	10 podiums.	7 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1964	61 races.	9 wins.	35 podiums.	8 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1963	54 races.	14 wins.	25 podiums.	8 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1962	52 races.	8 wins.	25 podiums.	4 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1961	42 races.	2 wins.	10 podiums.	2 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1960	40 races.	3 wins.	12 podiums.	2 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1959	21 races.	0 wins.	4 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1958	9 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.

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This profile page was last modified 2012-01-26 17:54:03 by Bertil Åberg
Modification: Daytona 500 1971

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Top 2012 race winners

1.	Andre Heimgartner	10
2.	Joe Ghanem	9
3.	Matthew Higham	8
	Warwick Mortimer	8
	Michael Lyons	8
6.	James McFadden	7
7.	Angus Fogg	6
	Matthew Griffin	6
9.	AJ Lauder	5
10.	Zac Kennedy	4
	Talal Al Ghaith	4
	Nick Cassidy	4
	Ryan Hellier	4
	Rowan Shepherd	4
	Lucas Foresti	4
	Jonathan Allard	4
	Andrew Waite	4
	Andre Cowan	4
	Chris Hanley	4
20.	Brooke Tatnell	3

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Driverdb.com updates

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Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011

As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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