Yeah, I think he had an 8th last year, but it's been since '97 since has was top 5 (also 3rd).
Petty also went into the infield crowd and picked people at ramdom to ride with him around the track! He may not be the driver everyone wants him to be, but he certainly is the personality for the sport that everyone should be. His work like that as well as the Victory Junction Gang camp for kids has shown that this is a class act.