The wheels continue to turn and the Elliott Sadler, AJ Allmendinger battle over the No.19 car for the 2009 season has reached the next stage.
One week after the announcement that Allmendinger would replace Sadler for this season and less than a week after Sadler threatened to file a lawsuit to stay in the car, it was announced today that Sadler will indeed stay in the No.19 car according to sources.
The announcement comes with the news that Petty Enterprises and Gillette-Evernham Motorsports have officially merged together. The newly merged team will run four cars in 2009, the No. 9 of Kasey Kahne, the No. 10 driver to be announced, No. 19 of Elliott Sadler and No. 43 of Reed Sorenson. Sorenson was originally scheduled to run the No.10 but that car is not locked into the top 35 in owner points.
"This is pretty exciting stuff," Kasey Kahne said. "I've gotten to know Richard over my five years working with Dodge and I look forward to being around him more. This is pretty awesome. The Gilletts have done a fantastic job of putting this together. I think you can see their commitment to winning. We could have kept on the same path, but they made a pretty bold statement that they are here to win."
With the season officially starting in a month there is still plenty of time for more to come from the Soap Opera that is Gillette-Evernham Motorsports only now they have all-time winning driver in NASCAR history, Richard Petty, added to the mix.
Sources: Foxsports.com and NASCAR.com
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