Yates/Petty Merger Exposes More Drivers to Rideless Future

Last week, almost silently, the Yates Racing team and Richard Petty Motorsport reported they were to merge into a single four car team for 2010.   This is nothing new. These days mergers and co-operative efforts are all the rage in NASCAR.   Yates already has a tie in with Roush Racing and with Hall of Fame Racing for the running of the No. 96 car. RPM, on the other hand, has already been through one complete merge, having blended with Ray Evernham’s efforts for this season, resulting in the four car team that this year has run cars for Reed Sorenson, A.J. Allmendinger, Elliott Sadler, and Kasey Kahne.   The announcement of the new merged team also came with an announcement of the four drivers who will pilot the Fords t...

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