Richard Petty sat in his motorhome Saturday afternoon, admitting he had not talked to Jimmie Johnson about the potential of Johnson tying him and Dale Earnhardt for a seventh Sprint Cup title Sunday in the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Petty said he wasn’t avoiding Johnson and doesn’t have any animosity in seeing another driver tie his record. They just aren’t all that close and haven’t had time to connect. ‘I haven’t talked to Jimmie,’ Petty said. ‘I’ve been too busy answering questions about Jimmie so I haven’t got a chance to talk to him.’(see full article at ESPN.com)
