With so much attention being spent on the transition from Petty Enterprises to the new Richard Petty Motorsports, in this week's edition of "A Look Back" we have decided to spotlight the last time a Petty car went to Victory Lane. It was the eighth race of the 1999 season and the series made its way to the hills of Martinsville, Virginia for the Goody's Body Pain 500.

Jeff Burton sat atop the series standings, with Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon making up the rest of the top-5. A rookie sensation in the No. 20 Home Depot Joe Gibbs Racing ride - no not Joey Logano - named Tony Stewart sat on the pole that day, with Martin on his outside and Jeff Burton in his rearview mirror.

The field took the green flag and Stewart began to fall through the field with an ill-handling car. It did not take long for the first caution to fly, as Jeremy Mayfield spun in Turn 1 and jammed up the field on Lap 11. While Mayfield struggled from the outset, it did not take his teammate Rusty Wallace long to make his way to the front.

Early in the going it was clear the race was going to be a battle of the short track kings. At that time the last seven short track races had seen seven different short track winners, with Wallace being the latest - taking the victory the week before at Bristol. From the drop of the green flag, Wallace, Martin, Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon showed it was going to be a four car fight for the win and everyone else was running for also-ran.

Racing hard with Ward Burton for the 19th-spot less than fifty laps into the race, John Andretti was turned by Burton's No. 22 in the corner. The driver of the No. 43 STP Pontiac was able to avoid contact with both the wall and any other drivers, but with no yellow flag Andretti was left a lap down.

Perhaps by a bit of karma, Burton spun his No. 22 on Lap 63, bringing out the second caution of the day. As the yellow flag flew, Andretti raced to get his lap back from leader Jeff Gordon. Unable to get past the leaders before the start/finish line, Andretti remained a lap down.

As the leaders hit pit road, Martinsville's brand new single pit road was put to the test. Prior to that weekend's race, Martinsville had two pit roads - one on the frontstretch and one on the backstretch. In an attempt to even the competition, the speedway eliminated the backstretch pit road, stretching the new pit from the entrance of Turn 3 around to the exit of Turn 2.

The first car one lap down in the 30th-spot, Andretti fought hard with Gordon, Wallace and Jeff Burton as he tried to get his lap back. Before the days of the free pass, in order to get his lap back Andretti would have to do it the hard way - passing the leaders.

Working through lapped traffic, Andretti proved he had a good car by staying right with the leaders. Keeping within striking distance to Jeff Gordon, Andretti was able to work under the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet and get his lap back. From then on Andretti drove away and worked to overcome his early misfortunes.

While Andretti worked his way through the field, Gordon, Wallace, Jeff Burton and Mark Martin fought hard for the lead. In a battle of the short track kings, the four veteran drivers worked through traffic while racing side-by-side with each other swapping the lead.

As the laps wound down, it looked as if the race would come down to either Gordon, Wallace or Burton. Wallace led at halfway, but Gordon and the others were in no way giving up. With 140 laps remaining in the 500-lap event, Gordon looked under Wallace for the top-spot while Andretti fought with Dale Jarrett as he attempted to break in the top-10.

When the tenth caution of the day flew on Lap 380, Gordon and Burton were able to get past Wallace before taking the yellow. Hitting pit road for the final time of the race, Gordon, Martin and Burton had great stops, while Wallace struggled and came out fifth. Going for broke, Andretti's crew chief Robbie Loomis called for right side tires only sending his No. 43 out in the fourth spot. After moving from 11th to 4th thanks to pit strategy, Andretti was back amongst the leaders - this time racing for the win.

Restarting on Lap 389, Burton was able to move his No. 99 Ford under Gordon for the top-spot with just over 100 laps remaining. The South Boston, Virginia-native brought his home-state crowd to their feet as he made the move out front. With Gordon in tow, the two began to open a bit of a lead as they worked through traffic.

With less than seventy laps remaining, Andretti hit the afterburners. After losing the fourth-spot to Wallace right after the restart Andretti was able to get past Martin to recapture fourth. Twenty laps later it was Wallace who found himself in Andretti's crosshairs. Moving past Wallace and into the third spot, Andretti was three seconds behind Burton and Gordon out front. Wallace's car fell off and the winner from the week before fell through the field and out of contention.

As the leaders hit heavy traffic, Andretti began to whittle away that three second deficit. With laps ticking away it appeared Burton was cruising to victory. However, Andretti continued to click off fast laps as his crew cheered him on from atop the pit wall. Laying down laps faster than anyone on the track, Andretti finally made his way to the back bumper of Gordon with less than twenty laps remaining.

Closing in on Gordon, Andretti made his move past the No. 24 as they came off Turn 4 with just twelve laps to go. Now in second, Andretti set his sights on the No. 99 Exide Batteries Ford. With no real traffic to deal with it was all up to Andretti to get the job done.

Getting a great run with just eight laps to go, Andretti was able to move under Burton to take the top-spot. Closing in on traffic Andretti refused to give up as the two leaders battled side-by-side lap after lap. Taking the advantage going into Turn 3, Andretti drove away from Burton as he scored his second career Cup Series victory after leading only four laps on the day.

Standing on the pit wall congratulating his driver, Richard Petty looked ecstatic. The team's first win since the 1997 race in Phoenix with Bobby Hamilton behind the wheel, Petty Enterprise swept that weekend?s events in Martinsville. The day before, Jimmy Hensley took the checkered flag for Petty Enterprises in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.

"We've had a good weekend," 'The King' said grinning from ear to ear. "It's a pretty big victory. John didn't qualify good, got spun out, lost a lap, made up a lap. Hard race for him and he drove his fanny off all day long. I told him he looked like Richard Petty driving that thing."

Driving down pit road Andretti stopped to give his car owner a lift to Victory Lane. Greeted by Kyle Petty as he pulled in, Andretti was all smiles.

"The two tire call, I didn't think we had anything left," Andretti explained standing next to his winning ride. "Then with twenty to go, I thought my brakes were done, but I didn't care. I'd rather win the race or try to win the race and go out with my brakes failing."

Andretti's win marked the final time a Petty Enterprises car pulled into Victory Lane. With nearly three thousand starts to their credit, Petty Enterprises were able to score 268 victories in sixty years worth of racing. While the sun may have set on the Petty Enterprises era, the shadow cast by the entire Petty family will endure forever.