Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) officials today announced several changes to the NASCAR Sprint Cup team’s executive lineup. Brian Moffitt, who previously headed up the RPM sales and marketing department, has been named chief executive officer for the multi-car team and Mike Hargrave has taken over the EVP, sales and marketing position. In addition, Robbie Loomis [...]
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On This Day In NASCAR History
February 23rd, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in NASCAR, This Week in Racing History, Your Track Pass Exclusive On this day … By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service February 23 1975: The Richmond 500 becomes the Richard Petty show as Petty leads 444 of the 500 laps and beats second-place Lennie Pond by more than six laps. Benny Parsons, who led the other 56 laps, finishes third, nine laps back. Starting [...]
A Look At The King
Speed’s Steve Byrnes takes a look at Richard Petty’s legacy on the track.
RPM to field all four of its cars at Talladega
Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (October 27, 2010) Richard Petty Motorsports will field all four of its cars at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, a team spokesman confirmed Wednesday afternoon. The team’s presence at the Amp Energy Juice 500 this weekend was in question as employees were told last week that their jobs weren’t [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 31, 2010) 3: Drivers who have run enough miles in Cup races at Atlanta Motor Speedway to circle the earth. Richard Petty, Ricky Rudd and Bill Elliott have driven more than 26,000 miles at Atlanta; the circumference of the earth at the equator is [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
August 5th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 5, 2010) Today’s number is this week’s daily double: 9: Jeff Gordon’s Cup wins on road courses, the most in series history. Gordon has five wins at Infineon Raceway and four at Watkins Glen, site of this week’s Sprint Cup Series race. 7: Career [...]
How to … deal with being the son of a legend
How to … Deal with the pressure that comes with being the son of a legend From the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (August 4, 2010) Sporting News has developed a feature called “How to …” in which NASCAR personalities explain certain aspects of their life in stock car racing. In today’s “How to [...]
On This Day In NASCAR
On this day … July 15 By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service July 15 1964: Billy Wade wins the first Cup race at Islip (N.Y.) Speedway. Wade leads 205 of the 300 laps on the two-tenths of a mile track and beats Ned Jarrett by more than a lap. Jarrett leads the other [...]
