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01.28.2009 5:00 pm

A.J. Allmendinger joins Richard Petty Motorsports

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

A.J. Allmendinger has a ride with Richard Petty Motorsports for at least eight races and the July 4 race at Daytona, the newly minted Richard Petty Motorsports announced Wednesday.

Nice to see the King, Richard Petty, front and center in announcement.

“AJ…

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01.19.2009 9:45 pm

Richard Petty Motorsports — the next best thing to Petty Enterprises

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

The name for the new team that emerged from the merger of Gillett Evernham Motors with what remained of Petty Enterprises was officially announced today, with the organization’s new moniker being Richard Petty Motorsports.

I’ll give team owner George Gillett credit. The Montreal Canadiens owner bought…

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01.08.2009 8:02 pm

It’s official: Petty Enterprises merges with Gillett Evernham

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Petty Enterprises and Gillett Evernham Motors have agrred to merge for the 2009 NASCAR season. Also, Elliott Sadler might remain in the 19.

Here’s the story from the Sporting News NASCAR wire service …

GEM, Petty announce merger

 By Reid Spencer

Sporting News NASCAR…

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01.04.2009 10:22 pm

Elliott Sadler may sue Gillett Evernham over driver change

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

Left Turns’ fave Elliott Sadler was none too happy back in May when A.J. Almendinger, then with Red Bull Racing, wiped him out in NASCAR’s Sprint Showdown, knocking the pole-sitter and fan fave out of not only that race but also…

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01.02.2009 11:36 pm

NASCAR faces a rocky road in 2009

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

With the apparent disappearance of storied Petty Enterprises into a conglomo with Gillett Evernham Motors closing the book on 2008, ol’ Left Turns is left looking at 2009 with the glass half-empty and definitely without rose-colored glasses.

Not that the demise of Petty…

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05.29.2008 7:37 pm

Sadler re-ups with Gillett Evernham; Gordon re-ups with Dupont

Saint Louis Post-Dispatch

On the tailpipe of his eighth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600, Elliott Sadler has signed a contract extension with Gillett Evernham Motors.

Sadler, he of bolgona burgers and helmet-tossing, has been with Evernham since the middle of the 2006 season when…

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