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Richard Petty Motorsports drops Dodge for Ford, joins Yates Racing

As expected, Richard Petty Motorsports will no longer race in NASCAR using Chrysler vehicles after the current season, instead turning to Ford and joining forces with Yates Racing. The first sign of discontentment between the Pentastar and Petty came shortly after Chrysler filed for bankruptcy and halted payment to Petty's racing organization. For the 2010 season, the new group will field a team of drivers consisting of Kasey Kahne, A.J. Allmendinger, Paul Menard and Elliott Sadler. At this point, its unclear what will happen with Reed ... Read more →

Respect Your Elders: Even Richard Petty stung by Chrysler's bankruptcy? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Richard Petty – quite possibly the best NASCAR racer of all time and the man in charge of Richard Petty Motorsports – says that Chrysler stopped paying his team after filing for ...

Return of the King: 71-year-old Richard Petty to field a team in this year's Indy 500 Jeremy Korzeniewski

For the first time in history, an open-wheel racecar bearing Richard Petty's classic #43 on the side and powder blue and red livery will circle the oval at the 93rd running of the Indianapolis ...

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Richard Petty Motorsports drops Dodge for Ford, joins Yates Racing 3 months ago on Autoblog

Respect Your Elders: Even Richard Petty stung by Chrysler's bankruptcy? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Richard Petty – quite possibly the best NASCAR racer of all time and the man in charge of Richard Petty Motorsports – says that Chrysler stopped paying his team after filing for bankruptcy last month. No surprise there. The lack of funds prompted RPM to lay off nine workers, although ...

Return of the King: 71-year-old Richard Petty to field a team in this year's Indy 500 8 months ago on Autoblog

For the first time in history, an open-wheel racecar bearing Richard Petty's classic #43 on the side and powder blue and red livery will circle the oval at the 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 24th. The 71-year-old Petty won't be behind the wheel, instead acting as a team owner. ...

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