A 1965 Ford Mustang owned by the late rock star Tom Petty was sold at the Bonhams ... held a special place in our hearts,” Dana Petty said of the car, according to Best Classic Brands.

Here’s a look back at the 10 best: No. 10. “Night Driver” From: Highway Companion (2006) Any Tom Petty album is ripe for a great car song – but “Night Driver” couldn’t be more ...

Memorable Dialogue: Tom Petty in 1982, with a take of takes that ... (You know, like hearing the cars roll by out on 441. Like waves, crashing on a beach.) And Petty is reactive to that, with ...

Tom Petty, along with his band the Heartbreakers, played heartland rock like few others during an era when guys like Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen made busted cars, crunchy guitars and lost ...

With his long blond hair and high cheekbones, Tom Petty looked like a central-casting ... road trip record full of songs like “Turn This Car Around” and “Night Driver” with little concern ...

“I was living in an apartment where I was right by the freeway, and the cars would go by – in Encino, near Leon Russell’s house,” Petty recalled in Conversations With Tom Petty.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fused a tough ... when he pulled up at a red light and spotted Jeff Lynne of ELO in an adjacent car. Petty motioned for Lynne to pull over. Lynne was in Los Angeles to ...

You don't need to be a NASCAR fan to recognize a Petty car. Going all the way back to the 1950s when Lee Petty raced in a distinctive blue Plymouth, the family's stock cars have always been ...

Rebecca Sapp/Getty; Stephen Lovekin/Getty Tom Petty's substance abuse issues in the 1990s were a battle he had to fight himself. Mike Campbell, who was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Hea ...

The special genius of this car lies not in what it is, but in what it did. Richard Petty, “The King,” won the Firecracker 400 behind the wheel of this car on July 4, 1984, down in Daytona ...

I think about Tom Petty a lot. But in October, I think about him a little bit more. This month marks two important Tom Petty milestones— it’s the seventh anniversary of his death (Oct. 2), and ...