Its a given that Richard Petty Motorsports will field at least two teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2011, but team officials said this past weekend that its possible that the organization could field a third team as well. RPM currently fields four Cup teams for drivers #43-AJ Allmendinger, #9-Kasey Kahne, #98-Paul Menard and #19-Elliott Sadler. Kahne is scheduled to drive for Red Bull Racing next season while Menard is slated to join Richard Childress Racing; Sadler has said he isnt expected to return to the organizations #19 team. Team co-owner Richard Petty hasnt ruled out the possibility of a third team. ‘Weve talked to a lot of people about a third car, but our main deal is make sure weve got two really good cars, and then we try to do a third deal,’Â Petty said. ‘Weve got until the end of the year [to make a decision]. If were downgrading from four teams to three teams, weve still got plenty of everything it would take to run that third car. It wouldnt be like just having two, and then all of a sudden weve got to go out and get cars, people and trucks and all the equipment to run the third car. We can wait a pretty [long time], I think, as far as being able to get cars ready.’Â(Scene Daily)(9-27-2010)
