In seven years running GMS at the Truck Series and lower levels, Beam led the team to five championships. Mike Beam, the current team president at GMS who will oversee the day-to-day operations of Petty GMS, was crew chief for Kyle Petty in 19. It's really special to me that Petty GMS will be racing that car number." Kyle drove cars and won races with the No. Dad had a lot of success winning races and championships with that number. "I grew up watching my dad race that car, I worked on cars with that number way before I started racing. "I don't know that I can express how special it is to me personally to have the No. 42 had most recently been used by Chip Ganassi Racing. 42, and Petty's son, Kyle, used the number from 1979 to 1982 and again from 1989 to 1996. Lee Petty won three championships and 54 races in the No. 42 - the original number driven by Petty's father, Lee, from 1949 to 1961.
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Ty Dillon, the driver selected by GMS, will pilot the No. Both teams have a track record of winning and we have a strong desire to continue this legacy in a new chapter."Įrik Jones, who just completed his first season driving for Petty, will remain in the flagship No. "Petty GMS will have a sole focus of winning. "I'm very excited about this opportunity to work with Richard, arguably the greatest driver in NASCAR history, and form Petty GMS Motorsports," Gallagher said. But the seven-time Cup champion known as "The King" was introduced Tuesday as chairman of Petty GMS Motorsports and a "face of the team at the racetrack." Petty, 84, had long been mostly a figurehead of his namesake team. Murstein, as head of Medallion Financial Corp., had been the primary owner of RPM since 2011 and an SEC filing showed Gallagher paid $19.1 million for Medallion's majority stake. Petty GMS Motorsports revealed its plans for 2022 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, less than a week after Maury Gallagher announced he'd bought out Andrew Murstein at RPM. The GMS Racing majority purchase of Richard Petty Motorsports will be called Petty GMS Motorsports going into next season and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty will be chairman of the new two-car Cup Series team.
Richard Petty to be chairman, 'face' of new Petty GMS Motorsports teamĬHARLOTTE, N.C.
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