Lynda Petty

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FILE - In this May 7, 2005, file photo, Kyle Petty, top, smiles as he is introduced to fans along with his mother, Lynda Petty, before a NACAR race at the Darlington Speedway in Darlington, S.C. The drivers honored their mothers at Saturday night's race and continued their tradition of not racing on Mother's Day. Lynda Petty, the wife of NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty, has died after battling cancer. She was 72. Jeff Dennison of Petty Motorsports says in a statement that Petty was surrounded by her family when she died at her home in Level Cross, N.C., on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Dennison says Petty had been fighting cancer for the past several years. (AP Photo/Patrick Collard, File)