(By Greg Engle)
Posted: Friday,September 11th, 2009
(By Greg Engle, NDN Editor, NASCAR Examiner)
A newly resurgent Petty Enterprises announced Thursday that the organization would merge with Yates Racing and form a four-car team that will campaign Fords beginning in 2010.
“This is a pretty big deal for us,” Petty said. “We’re thrilled to partner with Ford. We’ve talked with a lot of folks, but in the end it came down to the success the Gillett’s and I think we can achieve with Ford Racing.”The former Petty Enterprises merged with Gillett Evernham Motorsports late last year. The new organization became Richard Petty Motorsports. The company fields its four cars out of shops in Statesville, North Carolina.
Richard Pettys 1969 Torino
Yates Racing, formerly known as Robert Yates Racing has more than 20 years of racing to its lineage. The team is owned by Doug Yates and Max Jones who jointly took the reins after Doug’s father Robert Yates retired following the 2007 season. MORE–>>
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