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Merger launches Richard Petty Motorsports

NASCAR Nuts & Bolts found this 1/19/2009 on sports.espn.go.com

CONCORD, N.C. -- At the top of Richard Petty's list of deal-breakers when merger talks began between Petty Enterprises and Gillett Evernham Motorsports was to keep his name in the title of the company. Meet Richard Petty Motorsports. Or "RPM," as some might call it. The four-car Sprint Cup ...