GODSPEED! PRESTON PETTY (1941-2022)
Preston Petty was born in Los Angeles on February 19, 1941. His father was a successful attorney and tried in vain to keep young Preston off those crazy motorcycles. Preston had an interest in anything motorized and at the age of 13 he got what he described as his first “real motorcycle,” an Ariel Colt. It didn’t take long before Preston Petty was a leading off-road and motocross racer of the late 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the first riders in the country to race Honda motorcycles. Petty rode for Team USA in three International Six-Day Trials ISDT (now known as ISDE) events and was one of the early proponents of bringing European-style motocross to America.
