Re: Black Stripe Kyle Petty 45
willy
at New Hampshire in 2000.
willy
> Adam Petty drove a #45 Bucsh car and was killed in it a practice crash
> at New Hampshire in 2000.
ps: Kyle's son.
Bumper7
> Kyle Petty,
>
> What is the black stripe through the 45 on his hat and other garments
> he wears?
While Adam Petty is certainly the main reason, you'll note that Kyle
runs "Petty Enterprises" and was left out of the merge to "Richard
Petty Motorsports" with Gillette/Evernham, and they don't run the "45".
willy
> That indeed is what I thought it was about, what he is saying.
HAMPTON, Ga. – Kyle Petty is wearing a black band over the No. 45 on
hats he is wearing to honor his son, Adam Petty, who died in 2000
during Busch Series practice at New Hampshire.
Petty said it was his son Austin’s idea and should not be construed as
a statement against new Petty Enterprises majority owner Boston
Ventures.
“When Adam was killed and Austin said lets put a black band across
[the number],” Petty said Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “If you
live in our neighborhood, you’ll see hundreds of these numbers [with
black bands] on cars around our neighborhood. … When I started driving
the 45, I said I drive the 45 and that’s Adam’s car and I didn’t even
put my name on that car.
“So since I’m not driving the 45 as much, Austin about a month ago
said, ‘Why don’t you go back and wear that hat again.’ And I thought,
‘Good idea.’ All I did was switch back since I’m not driving the 45
full time.
“Austin’s opinion was, and I deferred to him, that it was Adam’s
number and Adam’s car and now you’re not in it, let’s go back and
close the personal door. It’s a personal thing. It’s not a statement.
It’s not anything other than that.”
Petty had said earlier in the weekend that Boston Ventures, which
bought its stake in the organization in June, had not helped the
competitive side yet of the teams.
Petty said Sunday that he was trying to explain that none of the
mergers have helped on the competitive side and Boston Ventures had
only been with the organization for four months.
DAVe
> I don't understand how a black band honors anything, but whatever,
Wow, and you admit this in public?
You need to work on the "understanding" concept *before* posting.
no...@nowhere.com
}I don't understand how a black band honors anything, but whatever,
}I've always thought Kyle Petty is a bit of a nutcase anyway.
In law enforcement, we wear a black band across the badge to honor a
fallen brother/sister, so this doesn't seem at all out of place
considering he lost his son on the race track.
no...@nowhere.com
}Please pardon my asking, but why black? Also, a ribbon/bow instead of
}a band seems more commonplace to me. Still, nothing wrong with a black
}band. That's what you do, and I can respect that.
No problem! I don't know where it started but it is called a black
mourning band and has been around a long time (since the early 20th
century anyway). The ribbons we often see today are relatively new as
far as I know. The first I remember seeing were with AIDS/breast cancer
awareness and now can be for anything.