Heart Shattering Richard Petty News Gave Fans a “Heart Attack” Which Turned Out to Be Nothing More Than a Misinterpretation

Calling Richard Petty a living legend in NASCAR is a major understatement. Even at 85, the seven-time champ is making strides in the industry but now as a team owner.

But 85 is quite the age, maybe even too old to still be active as some fans fear it could affect his health. However, Legacy Motorsports made everyone fear the absolute worst with their last post.

The newly renamed team included another seven-time champion, Jimmie Johnson, in their ranks. The team’s Instagram page wanted to innocently appreciate Petty with a picture of him smiling. But the admin thought it was a good idea to post the picture in black and white.

Of course, it gave a seriously wrong idea, giving the impression that the seven-time Cup Series Champion has met the maker. Hilariously enough, the caption gives the full story because the post was nothing more than a celebration of national hat day. Could it really be a joke by the admins? Or just an innocent post that was misinterpreted?

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Whatever it was, the fans were simply not fond of it.

NASCAR fans were not happy about the Richard Petty health scare

Now we know it was just a post for national hat day. But every fan assumed the worst and was pretty heartbroken until they saw the caption. In fact, the fans even commented, “My soul nearly left my body”. 

The clearly unhappy fans asked the page to comply and stop posting black-and-white pictures of the legend.

You guys had me for a second never do black and white again

Jesus the black and white gave me a heart attack

y’all don’t need to be doing these black and white shots

Man y’all scared the shit outta me with the black and white picture

I ain’t gon lie, you had me in the first half. Don’t do that again.

You guys need to stop posting Richard with black and white filters

Never do grayscale again. Ever. Never ever ever

Why the F* y’all posting black and white pictures??? Chill… dammmm