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In 1972 Richard Petty won his 4th Winston Cup Championship, thanks to
his 28 top-10 finishes, including 25 top-5 finishes and 8 victories.
1972 was a year of change in other ways, as it was the last year Richard
would campaign a Petty Plymouth, as toward the end of the year Petty
drove a newly built 1972 Dodge Charger in a few races (winning one of
them), as Petty believed the car to have a slight aero advantage over
the Plymouth body style. On February 18, 1973, in a driver’s duel,
Petty, in a newly built 1973 Dodge Charger (a body style he would use
exclusively until the end of 1977)
outlasted Baker (now with the K&K Insurance Dodge race team) to win
his fourth Daytona 500 after Baker's engine gave out with six laps left.
One year later, Petty won the Daytona "450" (shortened 20 laps {50
mi/80 km} due to the energy crisis) for the fifth time en route to his
fifth Winston Cup Championship.
Now MPC in a licensing arrangement with Petty Racing recreates one of
the holy grails of plastic model car kits, the 1/16 Scale Petty Charger.
The original issues were commanding upwards of $300 on the collector
market. Now, we all get a chance to enjoy and build this recreation of a
vintage gem. The body is molded fittingly in opaque Petty blue.
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Features
- Famous Richard Petty Racer
- Super size 1/16 Scale
- Vinyl Goodyear stock car tires
- Engine detailing wire included
- PVC fuel and oil lines
- Authentic detail throughout
- Molded in Petty Blue, gray and chrome
- Full color details
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