Another future team merger in NASCAR?
Robbie Loomis, vice president of racing operations for Petty Enterprises, said the organization is planning to greatly expand its alliance with the new Gillett Evernham Motorsports by next season. In addition to getting engines from Gillett Evernham, Petty also hopes to receive car chassis and technological support, including the sharing of wind tunnel data, which leads s to believe that the two teams might someday merge. We have seen mergers become the norm recently in NASCAR as the teams strengthen to combat on expected Toyota onslaught.