Richard Petty won 27 races in the 1967 NASCAR Grand National season. That total remains the record for victories by a driver in a single season of NASCAR’s top division, making Petty’s campaign one of the sport’s most dominant achievements.
Petty entered 48 races that year and won more than half of them. He also captured his second Grand National championship, scored 38 top-five finishes, and recorded 40 top-ten finishes. His performance was especially remarkable because the 1967 schedule was far longer and more varied than the modern Cup calendar, with races on dirt tracks, short ovals, and larger speedways.
Driving the No. 43 Plymouth for Petty Enterprises, Petty won major events including the Daytona 500 and Southern 500. One of his victories at Darlington was his only Southern 500 win. His dominance earned him the nickname “King Richard,” which eventually replaced the earlier “Randleman Rocket.”
The season is sometimes described as 27 wins in 49 scheduled races, while statistical summaries often say 27 wins in 48 starts. Those figures describe the schedule and Petty’s participation differently; they do not change the canonical answer to the question: Petty won 27 races.