merger with Gillett Evernham Motorsports and the closure of the historic Petty Enterprises organization.RPM then downsized to a two-car organi

Richard Petty Motorsports will downsize from two Cup cars to one for 2017, making it the fourth organization to either cut its number of cars or close after the 2016 season.Brian Scott, who brought sponsorship from Albertsons Companies as well as his familys Shore Lodge, announced his retirement last month, and RPM announced Friday that it would not field the No. 44 car next year.The charter (NASCARs licenses that guarantee spots in Sprint Cup races) from the No. 44 car has been leased to Go FAS Racing and will return to RPM for 2018, where it must either field a team with it or sell it.RPM has driver Aric Almirola and sponsor Smithfield signed for 2017, and the move allows the organization to regroup without fielding the second car it has no funding for in 2017. Almirola was 26th in the standings in 2016 while Scott was 31st.We feel that its in the best interest of our partners and for Richard Petty Motorsports to focus our resources on the No. 43 Ford Fusion and Aric in 2017, said RPM CEO Brian Moffitt, the son-in-law of team co-owner Richard Petty.A concentrated effort on one team will position us for improvement while giving us adequate time to re-establish our two-car team in 2018.Petty, the seven-time Cup champion and inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, has been co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports since its 2009 formation, the result of a merger with Gillett Evernham Motorsports and the closure of the historic Petty Enterprises organization.RPM then downsized to a two-car organization before the 2011 season with Andrew Murstein, the primary shareholder of Medallion Financial, heading the investment group with Petty still owning a share of the team.RPM is not the only team to have had trouble obtaining sponsorship for next season. Five full-time cars from 2016 wont run in 2017 -- RPM and Roush Fenway Racing both reduced their operations by one car, while the two-car HScott Motorsports and single-car Tommy Baldwin Racing wont field cars at all.Furniture Row Racing and JTG Daugherty Racing have increased from one-car to two-car operations. Discount Adidas Nmd r1 .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. Adidas Nmd Sneakers Style . PAUL, Minn. http://www.nmdsneakerssale.com/ . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. Cheap Adidas Nmd Human Race China . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Adidas Nmd Wholesale China . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night.The Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms on a new two-year contract for defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk and a three-year entry level contract for defenseman Colin Miller on Monday. Bodnarchuk appeared in 69 regular season games with the Manchester Monarchs – the Kings American Hockey League affiliate – last season, recording five goals, 20 points, 77 penalty minutes and a plus-17 rating. The 25-year-old also appeared in four postseason games with the Monarchs last season. Bodnarchuk, who served as a member of the Monarchs leadership group last season as an alternate captain, was originally selected by Boston in the fifth-round (128th overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Miller appeareed in 54 regular season games with the Sault Ste.dddddddddddd. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League last season, recording 20 goals, 55 points, 78 penalty minutes and a plus-13 rating. The 20-year-old also appeared in six post-season games with the Greyhounds last season. Miller, who last season served as a the Greyhounds captain, won the 2012-13 Mickey Renaud Captains Trophy, awarded annually to the OHL team captain who best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice, with a passion and dedication to the game of hockey and his community. The Kings drafted Miller, a 6-1, 175-pound native of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in the fifth-round (151st overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft. ' ' '