On January 8, 2009, Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings announced in principle to form a new NASCAR Sprint Cup team that will be co-owned by Richard Petty, Petty Holdings (owned by majority shareholder Boston Ventures), and Gillett Evernham Motorsports. The new car number would be No. 43 and would be driven by Sorenson.GillettevernhamMotorsports.com , Petty Holdings & Gillett Evernham Motorsports To Form New Team It was announced on January 19, 2009, that with the merger of Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings the newly formed team will be known as Richard Petty Motorsports.NASCAR.com, Richard Petty Motorsports born out of GEM merger
