Frontstretch.com’s Amy Henderson sat down with #43-A.J. Allmendinger in Atlanta to discuss many things, including his thoughts on a third team at Richard Petty Motorsports:
Henderson: “There has been some talk of adding a third team at RPM. That’s a long way from the team that, a year ago, the speculation was you weren’t even going to be here this year. You stuck around through that and it turned out for the better. Is adding a third team something that would be helpful to you?”
Allmendinger: “It’s helpful if it’s done the right way. The thing is that we can’t try to take off too much right away, we can’t bite off too much. If all the sponsorship is there for all three cars and it’s done the right way? Sure, it can only help. If you get a guy, say, like Clint Bowyer who’s won races and got great experience, that can only be a benefit. But it’s got to be done in the right way. That’s the stuff for me, that you look at. As you said, we’re a team that just barely missed bankruptcy, and we’re still making sure that we’ve got everything kind of buttoned up for next year among our two cars. It’s only good if it’s done the right way. There are other teams that have shown that. You look at Richard Childress Racing when they first went to four cars. They were terrible because of it. You take a team like Gibbs, who could easily do a fourth car, but they won’t do it unless it’s done the right way. I think that’s the main thing.”(Frontstretch)(9-7-2011)
