Legend NASCAR driver Richard Petty stated that he hasn't spoke with his son Kyle about the harsh remarks his son made to a newspaper about the merger of Petty Enterprises and Gillett Everham Motorsports. In fact, the two have been estranged since Christmas.
Kyle was incensed that at Daytona, AJ Allmendinger's car carried his old number and the paint scheme he had when he won the ARCA 200 at Daytona in 1979. He is also mad because he was not offered a spot with the new organization. In fact, Kyle was told last June, when his father sold majority ownership of the team to Boston Ventures that he would not be part of the team's plans going forward. And the seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and seven-time Daytona 500 winner knows there are fences to mend with Kyle. "He was really crushed that we didn't include him in that part of it, and I can understand that," Richard said. "We were so busy trying to get our end of the deal done and make it work with a new team that it fell through the crack and I'm sorry that it did." Photos: NASCAR - Getty Images
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