When Adam Petty was killed in a racing accident at New Hampshire International Speedway ten years ago, NASCAR lost one of their brightest rising prospective super star drivers. Kyle Petty and his wife Pattie suffered far worse. Adam was their son, and the 19 year-old was set to be the next standard bearer for the vaunted Petty Enterprises team. Nothing has been the same since for the Petty family, or Petty Enterprises.
The story of Kyle and Pattie’s struggle to move on from the death of their son is both sad and uplifting as the family turned their grief into a positive by creating the Victory Junction Gang Camp which gives kids with chronic medical problems a place to escape and act like kids, if only for a short time.
Death is a strange thing in auto racing. Lots of the appeal of racing is the dangerous aspect to the sport. It’s about riding the ragged edge of ability, speed, and machinery. No one should have to bury their son, especially when that son is doing something that he loves and has shown such promise at.
Source — News-Record.com — 10 years after Adam’s death, life still evolving for Petty family
