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's father Lee lodged a protest of the scoring—confirmed by his mother Elizabeth’s scorecard—to steal what would have been Richard's first Cup win in 1959.
Long before he was known as “The King,” 21-year-old Richard Petty was riding high following the race when he pulled into the pits located on a spit of land that jutted into the lake in the middle of the one-mile dirt oval. His convertible Olds had just taken the checkered flag first in what he thought was his first victory. Until his father Lee lodged a protest of the scoring—confirmed by his mother Elizabeth’s scorecard.
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