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Slugger Labbe To Yates Racing
The Lead Lap | December 11th 2009 by Michael
Yates Racing has hired Richard “Slugger” Labbe to serve as crew chief for the No. 98 Menards Ford, and driver Paul Menard next season. Yates Racing will become Richard Petty Motorsports when the merger is complete. Labbe recently left TR read more
The Work Horse
Urban Ninja | December 2nd 2009 by raoul de jongh
Look at the work horse in front, and Contador in background (drinking calmly) Since my earliest days of racing, I found the role of domestique oddly sexy. The nearly behind-the-scenes efforts of a leadout rider to ensure the team’s success was a pa read more
Burning issues: 11-24-09
NASCAR This Week | November 24th 2009 by Ovalscream
Jeff Gordon waits in the garage area during practice for Ford 400 race at Homestead on Nov. 21. Gordon finished sixth in the race and third in the overall Cup standings. Gordon almost became the first four-peat Cup winner back in the mid-1990s. (Ph read more
RPM Lays Off Workers
The Lead Lap | November 10th 2009 by Michael
Layoffs have begun at Richard Petty Motorsports with the team letting go of 47 workers as it shuts down its engine department. After merging with Yates Racing, the team is switching to Fords, and will receive engines from Roush Yates Engines. The tea read more
Elliott Sadler to drive Ford at Talladega for RPM
FanZone Sports | October 26th 2009 by Kyle Ocker
In the midst of finalizing a merger with Yates Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports will race a Ford-powered car at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, the team announced Monday. Elliott Sadler will become the first driver to ever drive a Ford in the read more
Menard To RCR?
The Lead Lap | October 24th 2009 by Michael
Ask.com could move from Hall of Fame Racing/Yates Racing’s No. 96 to Richard Childress Racing’s No. 07 next season for a few races. Casey Mears could be back in the car, but there’s a rumor that Paul Menard could bump Mears out of read more
Movie reviews: The Cannonball Run (1981) – Part 1
Mapless Quest - Ultimate Navigational Experience | October 18th 2009 by Dan
In 1971, the first real-life “Cannonball Run” launched from New York City with a professional race driver and Brock Yates, the son of an auto magazine editor (along with one of his friends). But it wasn’t until the second race that read more
Are our kids overcommitted?
FamilyLife MomBlog | October 13th 2009 by Culture Watch
by Susan Yates Are you overwhelmed with your fall schedule? Do you feel like you are racing from one carpool to the next, dashing to pick up one child before another needs to be taken to a different place? Do you find yourself rushing home to fix a s read more
The Pink Lady, Donna May Mims passes
The Garage | October 10th 2009 by Gary Grant
One of the pioneering women of racing, Donna Mae Mims has passed away as 82 years of age following a series of strokes. Mims became known as the Pink Lady, thanks to her penchant for driving pink race cars. No novelty act, the Pink Lady was one of t read more
The Stock Car Gazette e-zine for Friday, 10/02/09
MotorSportsNews.Net(Work), home of the FREE Stock Car Gazett… | October 2nd 2009 by Mike Irwin
Petty-Yates Deal Not Done, Gilliland To Drive 2nd Car For Robby Gordon At Kansas, #48 and #5 cars ‘too close’ in tolerances at R&D center? Read all about these and other stock car racing headlines in today’s read more
Menard A Candidate For RCR’s No. 07?
The Lead Lap | September 29th 2009 by Michael
Jayski is reporting via ESPN Insider (password required) that Paul Menard has denied speculation that he may replace Casey Mears in Richard Childress Racing’s No. 07. It was reported last week that he was touring RCR’s race shop. Rumor read more
Downward ho!
Cycling Art Blog | September 25th 2009 by Richard
Risk taker in the rain...Alessandro Bertolini showing his descending skills at the 2009 Giro!www.cyclingnews.comElite bike riders are an amazing bunch. Imagine racing down a mountain on your bicycle at sixty miles per hour. The pack precariously on read more
Burning issues: 9-15-09
NASCAR This Week | September 15th 2009 by Ovalscream
Kyle Busch talks to a television reporter after the finishing fifth at the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 auto race at Richmond on Sept. 12. Although Busch tied Mark Martin with four victories in the regular season, he fell eight points shy of making the read more
Richmond notebook #3: Kahne, Ford have a history
NASCAR This Week | September 13th 2009 by Ovalscream
RICHMOND, Va. – Not many stories catch NASCAR insiders by surprise. The announcement that Richard Petty Motorsports will race Fords next year did. The change puts Kasey Kahne in a sheepish position. Once affiliated with Ford, Kahne’s dep read more
ESPN news and Some thoughts on the RPM/Yates Racing merger of sor…
Wolves Watch | September 12th 2009
David Newton of ESPN is reporting tgar Richard Petty Motorsports is doing a more of a buyout than a merger of Yates Racing.My thoughts on this major news:If Richard Petty Motorsports wants to move over to Fords for 2010 I am okay with that. If read more
Dodge will move on with Penske after Petty decision
PureTalkForum blog | September 12th 2009 by Andrew
Dodge will move on with Penske after Petty decision to move to Fords By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer (AP) 02:59:12 PM (ET), Friday, September 11, 2009 (RICHMOND, Va.) The head of Dodge Motorsports on Friday called Richard Petty's defec read more
Richard Petty Motorsports to Race Fords in 2010
Racing Thunder | September 11th 2009
Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing announced today they have signed a letter of intent to merge operations in time for the 2010 season. The four-car team will race Fords under the Richard Petty Motorsports banner.Richard Petty: "This is read more
Richard Petty Motorsports to Race Fords in 2010
Racing Thunder | September 11th 2009
Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing announced today they have signed a letter of intent to merge operations in time for the 2010 season. The four-car team will race Fords under the Richard Petty Motorsports banner.Richard Petty: "This is read more
Petty merges with Yates and switches to Ford
All Sports News | September 11th 2009
It was announced yesterday that Richard Petty Motorsports will merge with Yates Racing and will switch brands from Dodge to Ford. They will field 4 cars with the 98 driven by Paul Menard coming over to Petty while doing away with the 44 which is driv read more
Petty to absorb Yates car, will race Fords in 2010
Unrestricted: My Nascar Rants & Raves | September 10th 2009 by Antonette
STATESVILLE, N.C. -- Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing on Thursday announced they have signed a letter of intent to merge operations in time for the 2010 season. The four-car team will race Fords under the Richard Petty Motorsports banner. read more
Yates Racing The Latest Victim Of Down Economy
The Nascar Insiders | September 10th 2009 by T.C.
It was announced on Thursday that Yates Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports will merge for 2010 and that the new team will race Fords. This new team owned by the Gilletts, Richard Petty, Ray Evernham, Boston Ventures, Doug Yates, and Max Jones (w read more
Richard Petty Goes Back to the Future
Full Throttle | September 10th 2009
Richard Petty Motorsports and Yates Racing announced today they have signed a letter of intent to merge operations in time for the 2010 season. The four-car team will race Fords under the Richard Petty Motorsports banner. read more
NASCAR people love to talk
Racing Thunder | September 4th 2009
My mother and I were talking on Wednesday, and she suddenly volunteered, "I can't stand people who complain and make excuses about everything." I thought, well, Mom wouldn't like racing. Here's the recurring theme that became pertinent this read more
The Best of a Bad Situation for Labonte
Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie | September 4th 2009 by Charlie
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Don’t Blame Darnell For Labonte’s Situation
The Nascar Insiders | September 4th 2009 by T.C.
Earlier this week Yates Racing announced Erik Darnell would run seven races this season (beginning this weekend at Atlanta) in the #96 Hall Of Fame Racing car. This of course meant Bobby Labonte was out of a ride, at least temporarily on that end. He read more
Labonote To Drive TRG’s No. 71
The Lead Lap | September 3rd 2009 by Michael
It was reported that Erik Darnell would be replacing Bobby Labonte in Yates Racing’s No. 96 Ford Fusion. Well, it didn’t take Labonte long to find a ride. He will pilot TRG Motorsports’ No. 71 in the races in which he will be replac read more
NASCAR peple love to talk. Lord how they love to talk.
NASCAR This Week | September 3rd 2009 by Ovalscream
NASCAR ain't "Project Runway" (left), but in racin', as in high-tootin' fashion, 'tis true: One week you're in--the next week ... you're out. Thus, Brad Keselowski (center) replaces David Stremme (right) at Penske Racing. HAMPTON, Ga. - M read more
It's easier than firing the team
NASCAR This Week | September 2nd 2009 by Ovalscream
Erik Darnell (left) will replace Bobby Labonte (right) at Yates Racing for most of the rest of the season. Word arrives that Bobby Labonte will be replaced, for most of the rest of the season, by Erik Darnell, at Yates Racing (or Hall of Fam read more
Yates Racing bumps Bobby Labonte to give Erik Darnell a look in…
Racing Thunder | September 1st 2009
In a move that might signal the end of Bobby Labonte's stock-car-racing career, Yates Racing will replace him with Erik Darnell in seven of the season's final 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup races. The change reportedly is sponsor-driven, but it also will give read more
Last Sprint Cup Off Weekend Leads to Decisions for Kevin Harvick…
Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie | September 1st 2009 by Charlie
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