Kyle Petty Puts Himself in the Same Boots as Joe Gibbs & Billionaire Rick Hendrick After the Tragic Events This Past Week

Following the recent passing of Joe Gibbs’s son, Coy Gibbs, the iconic Kyle Petty mentioned that he felt he was in the same bracket as Joe Gibbs and Rick Hendrick. He understood the pain of losing a child and all the emotions attached to it, mostly due to his own experience in dealing with his personal loss.

Petty stated, “There’s too many of us. And I put myself in that category with Joe and with Rick Hendrick, who have lost sons and who have lost children. This is Joe’s second child. JD passed away and we know what JD meant to the sport and to Denny Hamlin into that organization. And then Coy steps in and picks up that mouth for his brother and for his for his dad. And now he’s gone.”

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“I can’t imagine what Pat and Joe. But their faith is so strong. Their faith is so strong. And they have been such an inspiration to this garage in this community. And I think that’s what people have to understand is our community lost, someone. Our community lost someone, that garage lost someone, our sport lost someone. Ty will be that legacy, that kid that we always look at and always remember. But my heart has been broken all day for the Gibbs family.“

Kyle Petty also lost his son in a tragic accident

Kyle Petty can relate to Joe Gibbs and Rick Hendrick, especially after the passing of Coy Gibbs recently, since he too has lived through losing a child.

back in the year 2000, during a practice session at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kyle’s son, Adam Petty’s accelerator pedal got stuck and he subsequently rammed into the wall so hard that it killed him instantly. The incident was unfortunate and the NASCAR world lost yet another amazing driver in the blink of an eye.

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Hence, Petty can understand the grief, Joe Gibbs would be going through after losing two of his sons.