Background
Jeremy Petty was born in Salina, Kansas on August 31, 1982, of no relation to National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing champion Richard Petty.
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He attended Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kansas where he was awarded a scholarship to play baseball.
Career
Petty, who was always an athletic person, started into racing at the age of ten years by becoming a Colorado State Champion Soap Box Derby driver. This led to various other forms of racing such as go-karts, vintage race cars, and IMCA type modifieds. In 2001, Petty started his racing career racing modifieds at various dirt tracks throughout Oklahoma and Kansas.
In 2002, Jeremy tried asphalt racing at the Dodge City Raceway Park.
In 2003, Jeremy concentrated his racing efforts to asphalt at Dodge City Raceway Park, where he finished 3rd in points and was also rookie of the year in the modified division. In 2005, he started racing in Associate of the Royal College of Art Remax Series events.
In 2009, his first full season with the series, he finished 13th in the final points standings by racing for Hixson Motorsports.
Achievements
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His father Joe Petty and grandfather Jack Petty were both accomplished drivers who won a combined 11 championships and 340 wins in various series. Petty went on to win taking his first “A” feature race in just his 9th career start. In 2004 Petty won a record 17 straight feature wins on the asphalt. He went on to win the overall points championship at J.R.P. Speedway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Missouri Cup.
