Richard Petty meets with Toyota

Could there be a Toyota in the King’s court? Multiple sources have confirmed to FOXSports.com that Richard Petty met with principals from Toyota and Michael Waltrip Racing at Martinsville on Sunday and the meetings continued through Monday in Charlotte.

In the past week, Petty has scrambled to salvage what is left of his brand and the No. 43. This latest development, however, doesn’t appear to involve Petty’s current partner George Gillett, the majority owner of Richard Petty Motorsports.

Gillett is still recuperating from the financial hit taken from the sale of Liverpool Football Club to New England Sport Ventures on Oct. 15.

And on Tuesday, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reported Gillett’s Booth Creek Resort Properties sold Northstar-at-Tahoe to Vail Resorts for $63 million. FOX Sports