from ESPN.com and YardBarker.com/CLICK HERE to read more/read all…www.yardbarker.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The GMS Racing majority purchase of Richard Petty Motorsports will be called Petty GMS Motorsports going into next season and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty will be chairman of the new two-car Cup Series team. Petty GMS Motorsports revealed its plans for 2022 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, less than a week after Maury Gallagher announced he’d bought out Andrew Murstein at RPM. Murstein, as head of Medallion Financial Corp., had been the primary owner of RPM since 2011 and an SEC filing showed Gallagher paid…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —NASCAR star Erik Jones, who drives the legendary No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard Petty Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS), and BASF are helping the National Auto Body Council® (NABC) to put the brakes on distracted driving, just in time for National Distracted Driving Month in April. NASCAR Star Erik Jones and Richard Petty Motorsports Partner BASF Help the National Auto Body Council® to Put the Brakes on Distracted Driving During April National Distracted Driving Month CHARLOTTE, N.C. —NASCAR star Erik Jones, who drives the legendary No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Richard…
from WXII TV 12 at www.wxii12.com: No charges being filed in NASCAR noose incident involving Black driver Bubba Wallace, officials say TALLADEGA, Ala. — The noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway had been there since at least last October, federal authorities said Tuesday in announcing there will be no charges filed. U.S. Attorney Jay Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. said its investigation determined “although the noose is now known to have been in garage number 4 in 2019, nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage number…
Coming in tonight/Monday night from Twitter: People showing their support for NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace after a noose was found in his Talladega Superspeedway garage stall on Sunday. Together pic.twitter.com/D4zW3jA5y5 — Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) June 22, 2020 Wallace drives the number 43 car for Richard Petty Motorsports. Richard Petty recently said in a statement on Twitter in part that “this filthy act serves as a reminder of how far we still have to go to eradicate racial prejudice.” pic.twitter.com/upumtxDUbQ — LEGACY MOTOR CLUB (@LegacyMotorclub) June 4, 2020 Proud of you, @BubbaWallace. Keep on smiling!! pic.twitter.com/myTT2yOwUz — LEGACY MOTOR CLUB (@LegacyMotorclub)…
NASCAR legend Richard Petty will serve as Grand Marshal for VIR’s biggest event of the season, the Michelin GT Challenge IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Aug 25-27. ‘The King’ will be delivering the iconic command, “Drivers, start your engines!” Petty is no stranger to VIR, as a left-hand turn of the track is unofficially dubbed “NASCAR Bend” after difficulties Petty had there during a Trans Am race in the 1960s. Also, every year VIR also hosts its Spring Open House and Charity laps event to benefit Victory Junction, a camp that honors the life of Petty’s grandson. VIRginia International Raceway Announces…