“Cale Yarborough made it official yesterday, RCA won’t be back as sponsor next season. But Yarborough said he isn’t releasing John Andretti from his driving contract yet, despite reports that Richard Petty had asked Yarborough for permission to talk with Andretti. ”We’re looking for a sponsor, and we hope there is someone out there in the corporate world who wants to get involved,” Yarborough said. ”We think there is, and we’re talking to some of ’em. RCA just told us this last week they won’t be back. We’d have loved to known it sooner. But we’ll be all right.” Yarborough said that Andretti, who won for Yarborough at Daytona in July, would be back with him next season and would not be driving for Petty. ”No, he’s not leaving,” Yarborough said. ”He’ll be back with me, absolutely.””(JournalNow)(10-5-97)
