WITH CLASS AND STYLE... ...The Pettys build a camp for children with life-threatening diseases.(Motorsports)

Byline: AL PEARCE Adam Petty was a charismatic 19-year-old when he died in a single-car crash during practice for a Busch Series race at Loudon, New Hampshire. This tragedy happened midmorning on May 12, 2000, the Friday of Mother's Day weekend. Adam's mother Pattie was at their family home in Trinity, North Carolina. His father Kyle was flying to London with Montgomery Lee, Kyle's daughter and Adam's younger sister. The tragedy sent Petty Enterprises into a tailspin from which it hasn't recovered. Everything at the sprawling Level Cross, North Carolina, racing complex was ...