LEVEL CROSS, N.C. — Petty’s Garage and Arrington Performance are partnering to build a Richard Petty Signature Series line of vehicles. The power for these vehicles will be supplied by NASCAR engine builder Joey Arrington at his shopHEMI.com facility in Martinsville. Engine installation, performance upgrades and paint work will take place in the historic Petty shop in Level Cross, N.C. Customer orders are currently being taken with production of vehicles to start in March and completed vehicles delivered in April.

"I’m excited about the Signature Series," said Petty. "Over the years I have had my name on various street vehicles, but those were all built by other companies. In those days I was too busy racing or running a race team to do this type of thing and be involved on a daily basis. But now that we have Petty’s Garage up and running here in Level Cross I can build a production-based, high-performance street vehicle that can be a daily driver not an all out racecar."

The plan for the Signature Series is to build 200 vehicles over the next five years. The first year Petty’s Garage is offering 43 sequentially numbered vehicles (replacing the #13 with #67) for sale to the public and will produce 50 cars per year for the next three years; which will leave seven vehicles to be produced at the end of the series, one for each of "The King’s" seven NASCAR Cup Championships.

The 2010 Richard Petty Signature Series will be based on the base 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T with a 27F option package. This option package includes six-speed manual transmission, 3.73 rear axle ratio, anti spin differential rear axle, performance pedals, performance steering with variable displacement and the Challenger track pak. The cost of the Petty’s Garage package will be $34,930, not including the cost of the vehicle. It will be available through Petty’s Garage and other selected authorized dealers.

For more information and vehicle images visit www.pettychallenger.com.