Jr. vs Kyle Petty, who is a bigger....?

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Poor Kyle Petty

You bring up an excellent point. I wouldn't want to be either one of them. The pressure on both of them must be awful, but different. They are both great guys & I love both of them. I don't think Kyle would get bashed more than Junior because his status is different than Juniors. For some reason ever since Adam was killed and Victory Junction Gang Camp started, Kyle still didn't have as much pressure as Junior. Junior was thrown into the attention of the media even before his Dad was killed. Over the years due to his popularity and marketing name the pressure increased.Junior has said over and over that he doesn't want to be compared to his Dad. People need to let that go. Then there was his leaving DEI and the controversy with Theresa. Kyle in his own way has always been a fan favorite. It's a sentimental thing. Seems no matter what anyone says about Junior, proving his stats, any possible argument you can think of, it doesn't matter. There are those who luv to bash Junior and keep doing it. If you ever come up with the reason, please let me know. I normally just ignore those questions because the result is always the same. It's a shame because Junior as a person is a great person the same as Kyle is and I'm sure Senior is proud of him for what he has done with his life. Thanks for asking this question.

This is a total no brain-er, JR by a country mile. Kyle has done Absolutely nothing for the sport but make his dad look like a chump.
this is Kyles big accomplishments over 28 years (since 1981) Career wins, 8 top 5's 52, top 10's 173 and avg. finish 21.3. VS JR's Career over 9 years wins 18, top 5's 86, top 10's 138 and avg finish 16.2 JR may not be his dad by a long shot but he sure is a long long way from being as bad as kyle.

Kyle and Jr are not in the same league K.
Kyle is a class act, even if he is a Long hair from the 70's (but its cool)
As for Jr, .... it's not worth commenting on


Sec of Def. You make some very good points about Jr. I really didn't have a problem with him when he was with D.E.I. I can understand why he left. If he signed with any other team, then I really wouldn't have any gripe with JR. I honestly don't see him being nearly as strong as Sr was.

The only reason Kyle Petty stayed at it as long as he did was to raise awareness for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and to honor the memory of his son Adam. I don't believe that either would be considered a dissapointment by their fathers. Dale Sr. got to race alongside Dale Jr, watch him win a couple of Busch Series championships and get his first cup wins. Richard has gotten to build up the Victory Junction stuff with Kyle and is incredibly proud of all the good he has done to benefit disabled children across the country. People bash Jr. because he is the most popular driver. Many fans feel that he is unfit to carry that title and is only living off of his dad's name. Kyle has never been a threat to most people's favorite driver, neither in ability or popularity. I don't even know that there are THAT many people that hate Jr. as much as they say they do. I think that in here it is more the tr0!!$ perception that Dale Jr. fans are an easier target and will get more riled up than fans of other drivers.
4's FINE N 09!!!!

Most people call Petty "The King", yet so many people on this forum act as if Earnhardt was the greatest driver to ever draw breath. I admit he had talent, and the only driver today i would even compare to him is Kyle Busch. Yet Earnhardt was more often than not a "dirty" driver, pulling a lot of the same moves his son did at Daytona this year. (That shocked the hell outta me, I thought Junior would never wreck someone on purpose). Seems like the old USSR where history gets re-written, nowadays Earnhardt is considered a saint, although old timers will remember he had as many race fans who hated his guts as he did who liked him. So up until Daytona I would have said Kyle was the bigger disappointmnet, but if Junior is going to sell his soul to the devil like his daddy did, I'm changing my vote.

Ok, lets say that Richard Petty and Dale Sr. both left the sport the year Sr. died. Also lets say Kyle Petty had started driving the same time Jr. did and he has the same stats he did when he was driving.
Comparing Jr. and Kyles records who has been the bigger disappointment? If Kyle was driving now, would he get more respect than Jr. is getting because of his father or would he be bashed more because he has less wins than Jr.?

Junior by far is the better driver and person. There is alot of history in both names and Kyle Petty is a wonderful person I mean look what he did with Victory Junction Camp. Junior is the better driver.

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There is difference in the 2 of them. I actually think Kyle had the talent but never the car. I really don't think his dad ever pressured him at all. You all know how earnhardt was with his passion for winning, second place is the first place loser and such. You really can't compare either one of them to their fathers.

I'd wait to see where junior ends up before nailing his coffin shut

This question really doesn't make sense, as Kyle has mostly been a back marker in his career. At least Jr is competitive.

Sec of defense said it well

Jr is more of a "threat" to their driver

He won 2 Busch series championships,
and has won 18 cups races, so you can't really call him a bad driver, that's a lot better than most drivers.

Since Sr was driving more recently,
and Jr won those 2 Busch champs,
more was expected of him

I do beleive that Jr. has the better driving stats than Kyle and racing less years. I love Kyle because he is a sentimental favorite. Not for any real reason except that he was racing a long time and what he has been through in losing Adam and then building that wonderful Victory Junction Gang Camp...
I think people respect him more of these things than of his driving ability.

Listen, the ONLY reason people bash JR is because they are Jealous of his popularity, if you can think of some other reason for some immature kid to bash JR, let us know.
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