SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Long before he won a NASCAR race, Kyle Petty strapped on catcher’s gear and played Little League baseball on Saturday afternoons growing up in North Carolina.
His father didn’t watch many of the games.
“Absentee,” Petty said when he asked about how involved his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty, was with his youth baseball days. “My mother was my Little League parent. … Obviously, playing on Saturdays, when my father raced, (he) was always gone somewhere.”  … Details

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