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By Leon, on August 17th, 2010%
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Richard Petty Motorosports announced today that Marcos Ambrose will be replacing Kasey Kahne in the #9 Stanley Tools Ford in 2011. Ambrose, a native of Australia, has been piloting the #47 JTG/Daugherty Toyota for the last few years. Ambrose said that his desire to leave JTG/Daugherty Racing team . . . → Read More: Ambrose Moves To Richard Petty Motorsports
By Leon, on July 26th, 2010%
(photo courtesy Leon Hammack)
It appears that Richard Childress Racing is about to announce a new sponsor for the #29 Chevy driven by Kevin Harvick. All signs point to an announcement that Budweiser will be moving over to the #29 team for 2011. That announcement could come as early as the weekend . . . → Read More: Sponsor Changes Coming
By Leon, on May 15th, 2010%
If the France family is the backbone of NASCAR, then the Petty family was the “lifeline” of the NASCAR. It was Richard’s father, Lee Petty, that won the very first race staged at the famous Daytona International Speedway in 1959.
But more importantly, it was Richard Petty who became the “poster child” . . . → Read More: Richard Petty #3 Inductee
By Leon, on May 10th, 2010%
As a tribute to team owner and NASCAR legend Richard Petty, the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford will adorn old familiar colors for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. The Ford driven by AJ Allmendinger will bring back the “Petty Blue” and “Day-Glo Red” colors in . . . → Read More: “The Petty Blue/Day-Glo Red” Re-Emerges
By Leon, on April 22nd, 2010%
(George Gillett (left) and Tom Hicks have confirmed they will sell up at Enfield Photo: AP)
Liverpool are expected to confirm shortly that, as The Daily Telegraph disclosed, Hicks and Gillett are to stand down as co-chairmen at Anfield in favour of Martin Broughton, the chairman of British Airways.
Royal Bank of . . . → Read More: Gillett’s Continued Financial Difficulties
By Leon, on April 17th, 2010%
(photo courtesy Jason Smith/Getty Images)
Foster Gillette, co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, fully expects Kasey Kahne to fulfil his commitment to RPM and The Ford Motor Company for 2010.
Not only do I expect that, the one thing that I do know well is what a gentleman Kasey Kahne is,” Foster Gillett, . . . → Read More: RPM: Life Without Kasey Kahne
By Leon, on April 13th, 2010%
(photo courtesy Jason Smith/Getty Images)
Kasey Kahne will leave Richard Petty Motorsports at the end of the 2010 season. More importantly Kahne will drive the #5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy, but not until after Mark Martin retires at the end of the 2011 season. So beginning with the start of the 2012 season, . . . → Read More: Kasey Kahne Jumps To Hendrick Motorsports
By Leon, on April 13th, 2010%
Richard Petty Motorsports, the NASCAR team owned by George Gillett, has been in default on a roughly $90 million loan since at least February but expects to soon restructure the obligation, sources said last week. This underscores the collapse of late 2008 and, in particular, the impact of contraction among Detroit’s Big Three . . . → Read More: Richard Petty Motorsports In Default
By Leon, on March 31st, 2010%
(File photo courtesy of Indy Racing League)
Two of the great families in American auto racing will team up to race in this year’s Indianapolis 500 it was announced Wednesday.
Andretti Autosport of the Indy Racing League, it was revealed, will work in a joint effort with racing legend Richard Petty and . . . → Read More: Andretti And Petty Join Forces For Indy
By Leon, on March 11th, 2010%
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Things overlooked in Atlanta Sunday in light of “The Wreck”:
1. Kurt Busch wins the Kobalt Tools 500 for Penske Racing.
2. Matt Kenseth finished second for Roush-Fenway Racing.
3. Kasey Kahne led the most laps, but finished fourth for Richard Petty Motorsports.
4. Paul Menard, also . . . → Read More: Atlanta Refections
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