Richard Petty doesn’t agree with Brian France’s comments that the new Race Team Alliance (RTA) is a bad idea.
“It’s really kind of a bad idea from the standpoint that NASCAR should be doing what we’re doing,” said Petty, who is part of the nine-owner association.
“We belong to an organization…and NASCAR should be making the best deals they can for their organization. We see them do a lot of that, but they’re not doing it as much as maybe the new crowd wants.”
The RTA was formed earlier this month in order to help the teams speak with one voice and possibly find cost savings in areas like travel and insurance.
Petty compared Friday it to a farmers’ co-op. But France, NASCAR’s chairman and CEO, told Sirius XM radio earlier this week he “didn’t think (the RTA) was necessary” and said NASCAR preferred to listen to many voices instead of one consensus voice.
(USA Today)
