Lee Petty Net Worth 2018: What is this NASCAR driver worth?
Lee Petty was a professional NASCAR racing driver. Petty died of Abdominal aortic aneurysm, on April 5, 2000, in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.. Petty was born on March 14, 1914, in Randleman, North Carolina, United States. This page examines Lee Petty’s net worth.
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Lee Petty Career and Earnings/Salary
Lee Petty raced in a total of 427 NASCAR cup races over a 16 year cup career, with 54 wins, 332 top tens, and 18 poles. Petty’s best cup position was 1st (1954, 1958, 1959). Petty began NASCAR cup racing with the 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series Race 1 (Charlotte Speedway). Petty’s last cup race was the 1964 The Glen 151.8 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen International), and last cup win was the 1961 in NASCAR untitled race (Speedway Park).
Petty is best known for these top achievements: 1954, 1958, 1959 Sprint Cup Series.
Petty has won several awards, including being Inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1990).
Lee Petty Net Worth 2018
NASCAR essentially has two salary levels. One one hand, there are multi-million dollar drivers, who bring in millions of dollars a year via sponsorships, prizes money and bonuses. However, the rest of the drivers make a lot less. Younger, less experienced drivers can earn as little as 5 figures. Better known drivers, on the other hand, earn between $200,000 and $500,000, with a base salary plus either a portion of their prize money or a win bonus.
So what was NASCAR driver Lee Petty’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Lee Petty’s net worth at death is: $50 million
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