Richard Petty is busy lining up his team for 2013 (and, hopefully, beyond), and he is moving in waters that remain choppy and with changeable tides. Discussions about Richard Petty Motorsports ‘ future continue, but the landscape as it currently is painted appears to keep the RPM cars in the Ford camp for the next season, although the King has been talking with more than a few other possible partners. ‘It looks like there is not going to be a lot of change there for next year, but there’s no concrete stuff yet,’ Petty said Friday at Chicagoland Speedway. ‘We ‘re figuring on staying in exactly the same place, with the same operation from a manufacturing standpoint. We don ‘t see a change unless somebody else comes up with something.’ Petty said he expects drivers #9-Marcos Ambrose and #43-Aric Almirola to return but admitted the die is not cast.(SPEED)(9-15-2012)
